Scrum.org

APRIL 23, 2022

In this article you will learn: Why enabling Scrum Teams with UX Design capabilities is important. Why introducing UX capabilities to Scrum team is frequently hard. What is the job of an UX Leader in a product development organization. The narrative around Scrum is centered on delivering products.

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Many of us find it difficult to ask for help at work, which is a problem if you are part of a Scrum Team. Interdependence and collaboration are central to Scrum, but these practices don’t always come naturally to those new to the framework. Interdependence also promotes greater accountability.

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

In the fast-paced world of software development, agility and efficiency are paramount. This is where Scrum, an agile framework, comes into play. Within Scrum teams, the role of a Product Owner is pivotal. In this article, we'll explore these crucial areas for a Scrum Product Owner's success.

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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. Zur deutschsprachigen Version des Artikels: ChatGPT-Prompts für Scrum Master, Product Owner und Entwickler. ?

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Scrum.org

MARCH 22, 2021

Some time ago, someone on Reddit asked whether there would be any other profession that requires attending a 2-day training class and would then pay as well as a Scrum Master job. This attitude is precisely why the 47 Scrum Master Interview Guide exists: Prevent imposters from slipping through the hiring process and causing damage.

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Scrum.org

AUGUST 24, 2020

Suitable agile metrics reflect either a team’s progress in becoming agile or your organization’s progress in becoming a learning organization. At the team level, qualitative agile metrics often work better than quantitative metrics. A team may have deliberately built some temporary solutions to speed up experimentation.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 18, 2022

Every Scrum Team, at some point, will struggle with how to facilitate the Daily Scrum. It's the Daily Scrum, not the "stand-up.". It's a collaborative working session where the Developers on a Scrum Team update their work and plan to progress towards their Sprint Goal over the next 24 hours.

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 18, 2021

A Scrum Event is a meeting. Given the poor reputation that meetings have, maybe it's not a surprise. Rather than replicate the name and pain of meetings, the Scrum Events are designed to replace them and be all that you need. The power of the Scrum Events is in the way they're time-boxed and in their purpose. Daily Scrum.

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Scrum.org

AUGUST 31, 2020

TL; DR: 20 Questions a New Scrum Master Should Ask. Twenty questions for you — the new Scrum Master — that fit into a 60 minutes time-box. Start learning how your new Scrum Team is currently delivering the product and get up to speed: from Product Backlog forensics to metrics to team challenges and technical debt.

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Scrum.org

JUNE 5, 2023

Create Scrum Master Interview Questions? Previously, I tested how ChatGPT would answer questions from the Scrum Master Interview Guide; see below. Back in January 2023, I would not have taken the next step in the Scrum Master interview process, inviting ChatGPT to a full-size interview with several Scrum team members.

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Scrum.org

APRIL 5, 2022

I’ve been part of the Scrum community for about 12 years. In this period, I’ve noticed a clear pattern in the majority of Scrum-related threads on social media like LinkedIn, Medium, Twitter, and so on. As a community, we excel at putting our fingers on the sore spots of what teams and organizations do wrong.

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Scrum.org

JULY 17, 2023

Health Checks for Agile Teams Agile teams thrive on continuous improvement and adaptability. Self-assessment isn’t just a health check measuring tool but a compass guiding teams toward their potential. It’s not an audit; it’s a mirror reflecting a better version of your Agile team. Source : Crisp DNA: Happiness Index.

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ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 7, 2020

For example, take scrum. Scrum is a great framework for helping teams work more productively together. In fact, the name comes from rugby and like it, scrum is a team sport. Teams learn through experience, reflective meetings and specific roles that add structure and manage work. Then there’s kanban.

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Scrum.org

JULY 17, 2023

The purpose of the Scrum Master is to enhance the efficiency and productivity of the Scrum team. It’s an important accountability for the success of the Scrum team, and yet, it is surprising that many people are uncertain about the qualities they should seek when hiring a Scrum Master.

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Welcome to Scrum Sutra — a series where I shall share a 3-min overview of each element of Scrum and how it connects with the other elements in the bead to form Scrum Sutra. Successful use of Scrum depends on people becoming proficient in living five values.” — Scrum Guide 2020.

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

In this blog post, I share some tips and tricks that may help you facilitate strong Sprint Planning outcomes, so that your Scrum Team will have a great start into their Sprint. Your team needs to overcome the Groan Zone to avoid weak outcomes that lead to a poor Sprint! Who facilitates Scrum?

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Scrum.org

DECEMBER 4, 2022

TL; DR: Business Agility, Scrum and Generative AI’s Take on Getting There. I thought it might be fun to ask ChatGPT a few questions about business agility in general and Scrum in particular. . ???? Zur deutschsprachigen Version des Artikels: Generative KI: ChatGPT von OpenAI über Business Agilität und Scrum. ??

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Scrum.org

DECEMBER 10, 2022

Trust among Scrum Team members is essential to enabling agility. Trust is so important that some propose it should be one of the Scrum values. Let’s unpack what defines trust and how, although it does not sit among them, the Scrum values help build trust among team members. Why trust isn’t a value. Commitment.

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Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Are there any boundaries to where a transparency created by a Scrum Master should not reach? When looking at Scrum pillars, we clearly see: transparency, inspection and adaptation as core beliefs on which Scrum stands. A Scrum Master works with the Scrum Team for some time. Let’s see what will happen.

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Its purpose was to use all our personal experiences and creativity, to identify quick tips around team autonomy, and its components self-management, and cross-functionality. This article is focused on quick tips to make your Scrum team more self-managing. Within the Scrum Team Survey, we call these 15% Solutions “Quick Tips”.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 20, 2022

Scrum defines three specific accountabilities within the Scrum Team: the Developers, the Product Owner, and the Scrum Master. Scrum Guide 2020. When it comes to the Scrum framework, these three roles with their accountabilities are the minimum required to deliver a potentially “done” Increment.

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Scrum.org

AUGUST 21, 2022

I think of the three accountabilities in the Scrum framework as creating a balance of power. The Product Owner owns the content and ordering of the Product Backlog, which describes what the team will work on. The Developers own how to deliver their work. And the Scrum Master helps to maintain the balance between them.

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Scrum.org

DECEMBER 12, 2022

We plan a lot in Scrum: There is a daily plan when the Developers think about progressing toward the Sprint Goal during the Daily Scrum. Of course, the Sprint Goal reflects an intermediate target the Scrum team considers valuable to solve their customers’ problems. The Scrum Guide on the Product Goal.

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Scrum.org

JULY 11, 2022

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. What if, for example, not all of your Scrum team’s members feel enthusiastic about the Sprint Retrospective, the critical event when the Scrum team inspects itself?

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Many well-meaning practitioners have misconceptions about Scrum. Scrum is a framework for doing complex work, not a how-to playbook. Don't fall for it if someone tells you these practices are part of Scrum. . Product Backlog refinement is critical to the Scrum Team. It makes sense when you think about it.

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Scrum.org

MAY 16, 2022

Hence, learn more about 21 common Sprint Retrospective anti-patterns that will hold back your Scrum team. ???? Join Stefan in one of his upcoming Professional Scrum training classes ! The Scrum Guide on the Sprint Retrospective. The Scrum Team identifies the most helpful changes to improve its effectiveness.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

Scope creep is the more common term but you might hear both, especially if you are working in software development. Ultimately, it isn’t the project manager coming up with new requirements and asking the team to “just do it”. What’s so bad about scope creep anyway? It takes its toll on team morale.

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Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

"There's no predictability/commitment in Agile/Scrum". Over the years I've heard my share of these kinds of statements from various levels of executives: "When my guys run a product development release I really want to know what I will get at the end so I can make business plans accordingly". "In Wait, That was a complex sentence.

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ProjectManager.com

JUNE 27, 2019

The secret to scrum is simplicity, even in the face of complexity. And although scrum is simple at heart, it can be difficult to master. Scrum requires self-organizing teams that can quickly solve problems in unpredictable environments. Scrum ceremonies are meetings that are unique to scrum teams.

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Photo by Alessandra Verre on Unsplash Meet Team Sauron. Sauron is a Scrum Team working at Magnum Opus, a company that creates biometric security machines. This team specifically is creating facial recognition software with highly sophisticated cameras. What if we hire an external team member ?

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Scrum.org

APRIL 7, 2019

Part 1 intends to focus on the Scrum Team, Part 2 will be released shortly after our Webinar on April 29th and will focus on the “Epic” challenges agile leaders are facing. Product Backlog is not an event in Scrum, but has its place in the Scrum Guide and therefore the Scrum Framework.

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Project Pulse Journal

APRIL 8, 2024

Malinawan, PMP Navigating the complexities of modern project management demands a sophisticated comprehension of the Development Approach and Life Cycle Performance Domain. Your pursuit of streamlining and enhancing project management processes led you to a pivotal crossroads.

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 4, 2020

I have listed the top 5 reasons that don’t allow the team to gain such productivity but feel free to suggest more. Scrum doesn’t help complete the product faster rather than how quickly a team can release a product. Scrum doesn’t help complete the product faster rather than how quickly a team can release a product.

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Scrum.org

MARCH 8, 2021

Instead, they will reorganize themselves around autonomous teams to deal with the complexity and pace of innovation of the 21st century. In such an agile world, recruiting will become a team decision, and the “human resources” department’s role will change into a supportive one. This first article will cover the Scrum Master role. ??

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Scrum.org

JULY 15, 2018

This is the third in a series of posts exploring Scrum Mastery. In our first post, we introduced the 4 dimensions of Scrum Mastery. In the second post, we explored how to grow a strong team identity. Now we will explore the team process dimension. How does your team determine what to build? And much more.

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

In Scrum, the Product Owner’s purpose is to maximize the value of the Scrum Team’s work (the product). Delivering value to the customer (beneficial customer outcomes) is the ultimate measure of success for the Scrum Team, including the Product Owner. We can consult with Developers on the Scrum Team for ideas.

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Scrum.org

MAY 23, 2022

Moreover, how did the previous Sprint contribute to our Scrum team’s mission? Answering these questions and adapting the Product Backlog in a collaborative effort of the Scrum Team with internal and external stakeholders is the purpose of the Sprint Review. The Scrum Guide on the Sprint Review.

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