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The Scrum Trap: How Unfit Practices Will Harm Return on Investment

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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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The Scrum Master Balancing Act

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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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Unleashing Agile Excellence: How Scrum Training Empowers Developers and Drives Organizational Success

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Image Source: [link] Although Scrum is a well-known framework for agile software development, implementing Scrum alone won’t guarantee success. Scrum and technical practices help achieve business agility by building the right thing and delivering it sooner. Scrum helps the team learn what they need quickly.

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5 kinds of Agile bandits: Special Sprints Bandits

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An upward curve of undone work, contradicting the essence of Agile, which is to minimize such backlogs and ensure a sustainable pace of development. In Agile, we manage risk not through detailed plans, as in traditional models, but through the continuous delivery of a working product.

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Risk-aware Product Development (a.k.a. Scrum)

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"There's no predictability/commitment in Agile/Scrum". They are either already victims of "Bad Scrum" or are basing their concerns off of a lot of "Bad Scrum" going on out there. Why didn't I just say "Agile/Scrum provides great predictability" and get it over with? Wait, That was a complex sentence.

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Balancing Self-Management and Guidance: The Art of Agile Leadership

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The best teams that I have worked with were supported by Agile leaders who focus on communication, removing impediments and empowering the Scrum team to deliver value. Allowing teams the freedom to self-organize empowers them to take ownership of their work, fostering creativity and innovation. Strategies for Striking the Balance 1.

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Why Should We Care About Empiricism?

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Empiricism, particularly in product ownership and scrum mastery, is a cornerstone for fostering effective, adaptive, and customer-centric product development. Grounding strategies in real-world feedback and evidence mitigates risks and fosters adaptability.

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