Remove When Is It Time to Stop Using Scrum
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When Is It Time to Stop Using Scrum?

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TL; DR: When Should a Team Stop Using Scrum? When is the time to look beyond Scrum? outlive their utility sooner or later; why would Scrum be an exception? Scrum is a tool, a helpful practice but neither a religion nor a philosophy. Setting the Context of Using Scrum To Your Benefit.

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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. Some tools and practices have proven highly effective in supporting Scrum’s application and reaping its benefits. And then there are others — the Scrum trap. Preorder the Scrum Anti-Patterns Guide book now for delivery in January 2024!

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Fixing OKR Theater Using Agile/Scrum Principles

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OKRs that look more like tasks than strategic objectives – especially by the time they reach working teams. OKRs are used to micro-manage teams and individuals rather than empower and enable them. . OKRs are used to micro-manage teams and individuals rather than empower and enable them. . Dealing with the OKR Theater.

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How We Made Our Customer The Product Owner

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From 2010–2015 I worked as a Scrum Master for a web agency. When I started, Scrum wasn’t used at all. In the context of Scrum, the Product Owner plays an essential role. Word of warning, this isn’t going to be a “Scrum Guide post”. A bit of background Stop writing proposals ✍️, start selling Sprints ?

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In-Depth: The Science On Sustainable Pace, Stress, And Motivation

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How sustainable is your pace as a developer? This has always been a huge struggle for us and most of the teams we’ve been part of. What is a sustainable pace? The notion of “sustainable pace” is closely tied to Extreme Programming practices. Pace should be sustainable over a long time. .

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Meaning of purpose

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In recent years, the Scrum Guide 2020 mentioned that the Product Backlog need s to be committed to the Product Goal, the Sprint Backlog needs to be committed to the Sprint Goal and become an integral part of the Scrum framework. The Scrum teams have started to take this more seriously and apply it in building their Products.

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The 12 Agile Principles: Definitions & How to Use Them

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Agile principles also apply to other project management methodologies derived from agile such as kanban or scrum. These values are used to support organizing teams in agile projects, those that embrace change and speed. Even when the customer requests a change late in the project phase, implement it. Agile Core Values.