As a team balances adopting Scrum with the pressures to deliver value, it's possible for them to lose sight of some of the basics that make Scrum work. This checklist can be used periodically by the Scrum Master or by the team (e.g. in a retrospective) to assess whether some of the key things are … Continue reading Scrum Self-Assessment
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Car Retrospective
What Kind of Car Are We? What Kind of Car Do We Want to Be? One of the most interesting challenges for the Scrum Master is to determine which retrospective format will best help the team at that particular moment in time. For a team that has been together for a little while and it’s … Continue reading Car Retrospective
Shadow Backlog
The team was under pressure to deliver a rewrite of the flagship product after having been handed an agressive delivery date. In spite of the Scrum board and other information radiators in their area, the Scrum Master had to deliver progress reports to the CEO every day. The company president and vice presidents attended sprint … Continue reading Shadow Backlog
The Heartbeat of an Agile Team
What is the one focal point that catches every team member’s attention at the same time every day? Of course it is their Scrum board. Some teams go through the motions and use their Scrum board because they are told to; for effective teams the board is a way to collaborate, manage work in process, … Continue reading The Heartbeat of an Agile Team
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