Scrum.org

JUNE 20, 2022

TL; DR: Scrum Master Interview Questions on the Sprint Review. Scrum has repeatedly proven to be the most popular framework for software development. Given that software is eating the world , a seasoned Scrum Master is nowadays in high demand. Which makes any Scrum Master interview a challenging task.

Technical Review 208

Technical Review Software Review SCRUM Agile 208

Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

TL; DR: The Definition of Done: Business Agility & Technical Excellence Most of the time, stakeholders are not interested in how we solve their problems as long as we ethically play by the rules. Learn more about twelve success principles of employing such a Definition of Done as a Scrum team to help your organization become agile. ??

Technical Review 188

Technical Review Agile SCRUM Sustainability 188

Scrum.org

OCTOBER 9, 2023

TL; DR: Can We Or Should We Change Scrum? Can we or should we change Scrum, or is it a sacrilege to tweak the ‘immutable’ framework to accommodate our teams’ and organizations’ needs? Not so fast; don’t just dismiss augmenting Scrum as leaving the path, contributing to the numerous Scrumbut mutations, giving Scrum a bad name.

SCRUM 146

SCRUM Technical Review Software Review Underperforming Technical Team 146

Scrum.org

MAY 15, 2023

The following article offers a primer to creating ChatGPT prompts for Scrum practitioners to get you started running. Zur deutschsprachigen Version des Artikels: 60 ChatGPT-Prompts Plus Prompt Engineering Guide für Scrum-Praktiker. ? Are you planning to hire a new Scrum Master? ? ? ?? Yub, that works, too.) ??

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ChatGPT Technical Review SCRUM Artificial Inteligence 187

Scrum.org

MAY 17, 2021

One of my customers is hiring for the Scrum Master Role and asked if I had a handy-dandy Scrum Master Job Spec that they could use. Here is my best effort to use the existing job postings, and combine them with the latest version of the Scrum Guide. Professional Scrum Master. . Hiring a Professional Scrum Master.

Technical Review 137

Technical Review SCRUM Development Team Review Certification 137

Scrum.org

APRIL 21, 2021

TL; DR: A Sprint Review without Stakeholders? There are plenty of failure possibilities with Scrum. Given that Scrum is a framework with a reasonable yet short “manual,” this effect should not surprise anyone. Why a Sprint Review without Stakeholders Is the Path to Mediocrity. You can’t be in two places at the same time.

Technical Review 177

Technical Review SCRUM 2021 Agile 177

Scrum.org

OCTOBER 27, 2021

The Sprint Review meeting is one of the Product Owner’s most important events. As discussed in a recent article Making the Most of the Sprint Review , it’s an opportunity for the Scrum Team and stakeholders to inspect what was delivered, discuss the progress made towards the Product Goal, and adapt accordingly. Audience polls.

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Technical Review SCRUM Estimate Agile 205

Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

The Product Owner is the bridge between corporate strategy and the Scrum Team. The Product Owner must balance the demands of users against the need to ensure that the product remains up to date from a technical perspective. What is technical debt? Evaluate user requests and technical debt against this strategy.

Technical Review 168

Technical Review Software Review Sustainability 2023 168

Scrum.org

OCTOBER 2, 2019

As part of the Scrum.org webinar “Ask a Professional Scrum Trainer - Martin Hinshelwood - Answering Your Most Pressing Scrum Questions” I was asked a number of questions. In case you missed it, here is the recording of yesterday's Ask a Professional Scrum Trainer webinar with Martin Hinshelwood! The Scrum Master, Scrum Guide.

Technical Review 132

Technical Review Software Review SCRUM Engineering 132

Scrum.org

OCTOBER 29, 2023

TL; DR: Scrum Team Failure This post on Scrum team failure addresses three categories from the Scrum anti-patterns taxonomy that are closely aligned: Planning and process breakdown, conflict avoidance and miscommunication, and inattention to quality and commitment, often resulting in a Scrum team performing significantly below its potential.

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SCRUM 2024 Sustainability Technical Review 196

Scrum.org

MARCH 13, 2024

People may not see the point when they hear about the Definition of Done in Scrum. T he Definition of Done (DoD) in Scrum is a set of criteria determining when a Product Backlog item can be considered complete. Others may think a code review is needed before the work can be considered done.

Software Review 163

Software Review Underperforming Technical Team SCRUM Technical Review 163

Scrum.org

JUNE 21, 2022

According to The 2020 Scrum Guide , a Scrum Team should contain members with all the skills necessary to create an Increment of usable product each Sprint. Although having some technology teams in your organization might be necessary, product teams should be the default because of their many advantages. Defining our terms.

Technical Review 211

Technical Review Web Development Defining SCRUM 211

Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

However, at the same time, they are often not given the time to tackle technical debt, learn new skills or improve how they work. This assessment covers seven different areas, ranging from technical aspects like architecture and automation to organisational aspects such as collaboration and culture. So, what can you do about this?

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Technical Review Agile Development Team Review Software Review 444

Scrum.org

JUNE 17, 2019

TL;DR: Technical Debt & Scrum. If technical debt is the plague of our industry, why isn’t the Scrum Guide addressing the question of who is responsibly dealing with it? What Is Technical Debt? No matter from what angle you look at the problem, you cannot escape it, and Scrum does not offer a silver bullet either.

Technical Review 151

Technical Review SCRUM Software Review Development Team Review 151

Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

TL, DR: The Scrum Trap Scrum is a purposefully incomplete framework. And then there are others — the Scrum trap. Let’s look at what practices and tools for collaboration and team building are not helpful when used with Scrum. ? Preorder the Scrum Anti-Patterns Guide book now for delivery in January 2024! ?️

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SCRUM Technical Review Innovation 2024 156

Scrum.org

AUGUST 3, 2023

The Scrum Master is accountable for establishing Scrum as described in the Scrum Guide. The Scrum Master is a teacher, coach, impediment remover, change agent, mentor, and facilitator. They lead by example and they serve the Scrum team, the organization and the Product Owner.

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SCRUM Software Review Technical Review Innovation 137

Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

When I work with customers, the ones who have the biggest troubles are the ones who are obsessed with ”doing scrum right”. Scrum is not the point. If I’m working with a company on their agile transformation or their implementation of Scrum or doing a Scrum training for their team, they’re not wrong in thinking that Scrum is important.

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SCRUM Software Review Development Team Review Technical Review 190

Project Pulse Journal

APRIL 15, 2024

Beyond Scrum , several Agile frameworks were developed to address the unique needs and challenges of projects and teams. It encourages continuous delivery and improvement without the fixed iterations of Scrum. Agile methodologies offer a path to mastering these challenges. What Makes Kanban Agile?

Software Review 52

Software Review Technical Review Agile SCRUM 52

Scrum.org

DECEMBER 23, 2021

Each post discusses scientific research that is relevant to our work with Scrum and Agile teams. So I was pleasantly surprised when Carsten Grønbejrg Lützen pointed at a peer-reviewed academic paper by Michele Tufano and his colleagues (2015), called “When and Why Your Code Starts To Smell Bad”. Technical Debt and Code Smells.

Software Review 179

Software Review Technical Review Underperforming Technical Team 2015 179

Scrum.org

JANUARY 9, 2023

TL; DR: A ChatGPT Job Interview for a Scrum Master Position. Can a large language model, not specializing in anything “agile,” pass a screening interview for a Scrum Master position? So, read on and learn whether Scrum Masters will soon be replaced with a chatbot. ?? Question : Thank you for your application as a Scrum Master!

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ChatGPT SCRUM Underperforming Technical Team Technical Review 219

Scrum.org

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Low-tech dashboards, like whiteboards, promote experimentation because they’re easier to change in terms of presentation, content, and format. Inspect the dashboard together during Sprint Reviews or Sprint Retrospectives. Be purposefully minimalistic by starting with the essentials — for example, stakeholder happiness and cycle time.

Technical Review 173

Technical Review SCRUM 173

ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

The waterfall method makes use of Gantt charts for planning and scheduling; an example is below. Scrum Methodology. What It Is: Scrum is a short “sprint” approach to managing projects. It’s led by what is called a Scrum master. Schwaber formed the Scrum Alliance in 2002, a certified scrum accreditation series.

Technical Review 483

Technical Review Prince2 Manufacturing Lean 483

Scrum.org

JUNE 6, 2022

TL; DR: Scrum Stakeholder Anti-Patterns. Learn how individual incentives and outdated organizational structures — fostering personal agendas and local optimization efforts — manifest themselves in Scrum stakeholder anti-patterns that easily impede any agile transformation to a product-led organization. ????

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SCRUM Technical Review Underperforming Technical Team Agile 198

Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

In many large organizations, Scrum teams fall into the ‘feature factory’ trap, focusing more on churning out features than creating real value. Preorder the Scrum Anti-Patterns Guide book now for delivery in January 2024! It’s too bad that this shift undermines Agile principles and hampers long-term success and innovation.

Technical Review 179

Technical Review Software Review Underperforming Technical Team Sustainability 179

Scrum.org

JANUARY 23, 2023

TL; DR: Scrum Master Interview Guide 2023: The Scrum Master Role If you want to fill a Scrum Master position in your organization, you may find the following interview questions helpful in identifying the right candidate. This revised set of questions addresses the Scrum Master role.

2023 161

2023 SCRUM Technical Review ChatGPT 161

Rebel’s Guide to PM

MAY 31, 2023

And many of the professional bodies offer certificates and credentials that require pre-requisites – difficult to get if you are just starting out in technical project management. I’ve spent many hours reviewing the materials and going through the lessons so you can save time in your own course evaluation.

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Certification Technical Review Software Review 2023 338

Scrum.org

JANUARY 17, 2023

TL; DR: ChatGPT Prompts for Scrum Practitioners. Last week, I ran an “interview” with ChatGPT as an applicant for a fictitious Scrum Master position based on questions from Scrum Master Interview Guide. Think twice if you still believe this technology is a fad or a toy. ChatGPT Prompt for Scrum Masters.

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ChatGPT Underperforming Technical Team SCRUM Technical Review 169

Scrum.org

AUGUST 22, 2023

In Scrum, the product owner will decide when the releases are but might not know for sure what will be on those releases. Scrum has moved on. Check out my InfoQ article on Sizing & Forecasting in Scrum. EXAMPLE: Say maybe 10,000, maybe a million simulations are run. Estimates are just estimates. They’re not commitments.

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SCRUM Technical Review Planning Estimate 139

Scrum.org

MAY 8, 2023

TL; DR: Life Is a Negotiation; Why Would Scrum Be Different? Life is a negotiation; why would Scrum be different, particularly given its egalitarian nature? As you may recall, no one on a Scrum team can tell anyone else what to do, how to do it, or when to do it. Rant: Scrum Masters are no Project Managers ! ? ? ??

SCRUM 167

SCRUM Agile Technical Review Software Review 167

Scrum.org

JUNE 13, 2022

TL; DR: Scrum Developer Anti-Patterns. After covering the anti-patterns of the Scrum Master, the Product Owner, and the stakeholders, this article addresses Scrum Developer anti-patterns, covering all Scrum Events and the Product Backlog artifact. The Role of the Developers in Scrum. Source : Scrum Guide 2020. .

Underperforming Technical Team 146

Underperforming Technical Team SCRUM Technical Review Software Review 146

Scrum.org

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Did you ever notice that a lot of scrum teams are having two-week sprints? The first thing I would say is, let’s just start with a single Scrum team. A single Scrum team working on a product because Scrum is for product development, not so much for project management. In Scrum, we have a definition of done (DoD).

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SCRUM Underperforming Technical Team Technical Review Planning 205

ProjectManager.com

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Every project is different, of course, but the differences when managing software development projects are especially so, due to its distinct life-cycle processes. Scrum teams can manage their backlog and collaborate when planning sprints. Examples of Software Projects Software and web projects can run the gamut. Learn more.

Software Review 329

Software Review Software Software Developers Software Development 329

Scrum.org

OCTOBER 30, 2022

If anything, more risk was created due to the inability to effectively refine Product Backlog Items (PBIs) before they were needed. Backlog refinement is not an event in single-team Scrum. First things first: in single-team Scrum refinement is not an official event. Ready' is mentioned in the Scrum Guide.

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SCRUM Technical Review Software Review Consulting 196

Scrum.org

AUGUST 8, 2021

At the time, I was the Scrum Master for a team that was building an online application, and the Product Owner did not intend to release the new application to production until it was complete. From a technical standpoint, a web form that saves to a data storage location has three main components: . How wrong I was.

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SCRUM Technical Review Software Review Risk 239

Scrum.org

JUNE 20, 2022

And what does this mean for remote Scrum Teams? For many Scrum Teams finishing tasks is less important than delivering value toward the Product Goal and Sprint Goals. For a Scrum Team, remote or in-person work requires special attention to ensure that it is both enjoyable and productive. Everyone, not just the Scrum Master.

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SCRUM 2001 Technical Review 2020 239

Scrum.org

MARCH 30, 2021

I'm encountering more and more people that are trying to solve different kind of problems with Scrum: People designing Consumer Goods. One of the key questions I start a conversation about Scrum with is Why - Why do we need Scrum? Next, we typically explore Where/When - Where would it make sense to use Scrum?

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SCRUM Technical Review Software Review Healthcare 177

Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

The recent update on Scrum Guide has leveraged the accountability of the Scrum Master. In fact, the very first few lines of the Scrum definition section in Scrum Guide immediately starts with the explanation of what the Scrum Master does in the organisation. Or maybe unauthentic leaders? Or maybe bogus leaders?

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SCRUM Technical Review Leadership Agile 208