How to deal with unhappy member of Team
Hi Please can you give me some pointers and suggestions as I have a member of my Scrum Team that is unhappy that I joined the Team as their new Scrum Master last week. Their previous Scrum Master (and...
View ArticleUsing Agile to write RFP
Hi dearsMany of software projects are outsourced projects(at least in my country), the problem is that the project period(deadline) is defined in the RFP by the IT people of the customer(owner of the...
View Articleagile & (object oriented analysis & design)
Hi dearsdid agile affect by any way the way of analysis and design of the systems?as you know, many o the application are developed under OO for many reasons, so we are object oriented NOT data...
View ArticleLeSS or Nexus?
Hi, Can you please clarify, LeSS and Nexus are 2 different types of Scaled Scrum? If yes, am I right that LeSS is the product of the Scrum Alliance?
View ArticleThoughts & Advice on Passing PSM-I, PSPO-I, PSK-I, and SPS
There's no shortage of posts on how to pass stuff, so here's mine, from the perspective of having passed 4 exams in the last year all on the first attempt. Here's my approach, and I suspect it is an...
View ArticlePO and DoD
Hi everyone, so I am studying (still) to pass the PSM I. This question came up in an external website (recommended in this forum); The Product Owner has doubts about the quality of the definition of...
View ArticleScrum master on daily sand up or not?
Hi, As I have understood from the scrum guide/certification test questions, the development team are the owners of the daily stand up and the Scrum master is not attending. But, all organizations where...
View ArticleAre extensive programming skils needed to succeed as Product Owner
Is it a must to have mid-senior level programming skilss to suceed as product owner.I have some experience with python, html, css, php, but all of them are junior level projects and was wondering if i...
View ArticleNecessary activities before Sprinting
Hi everyone - need your help.ATM I am working to kick off a separate initiative off the main product. We will work with different budget and team. Even though we intent to use Scrum and Agile...
View ArticleProduct Owner and Dev Team Role
As per Hiren Doshi's book (Scrum Insights for Practitioners), the PO encourages the dev team to work directly with stakeholders and users for clarifications on a PBI so he or she (PO) does not become a...
View ArticleScrum roles and responsibilities
Hi all, I am a team member as a developer and we are using scrum. My main issue are the roles and responsibilities. The scenario of the issue that the sprint backlog has one thing. That thing is to add...
View ArticleHow do you, as a SM, tell others in the company about what you are doing?
We are basically starting with Scrum in our company (first projects started in September last year). Our boss asked Scrum Masters to invent some sort of report that on a weekly/monthly basis will...
View ArticleNexus Open assessment - question regarding Sprint length
In the Nexus Open assessment, the question about "two factors should be most considered when establishing the length of a Sprint", has the following "correct" answers:i) The risk of being disconnected...
View ArticleExpert Comments on Books for PSM2 and PAL
Dear Scrum SMEs,I would like to request your opinion and comments on the following books prescribed for PSM2 and PAL exams. You can rate them something like - Must Have, Good to Have, May Have or any...
View ArticleOrganizational Agile Transformation
Hi,I am a SM in a medium sized Media Planning and Advertising company. I started working with the IT team and has made good progress with them so far. Now, my organization is also willing to adapt to...
View ArticleScrum Teams with Different Skillsets Drawing from Single Backlog
We have one product backlog composed of items split across: Front of store retail activities: view inventory in X fashion in appBack of store / logistics activities: enable real-time inventory views...
View ArticleUse of Overtime with Scrum
Is it ever appropriate for Scrum teams to put in overtime*? If so, what would be a situation where a team should do so? Who makes the decision about when and how to work overtime?*For the purposes of...
View ArticleHow to Define the part of DONE
Hi dearsI want to define the part of done, BUT I need to know does it include the developing of System Screens? Or it includes the analysis & design documents?Does it regard User stories only? Or...
View ArticleAm I failing as a scrum master?
I've been a scrum master for 9 months, but I've worked in IT for 7 years. Currently I am tasked with 7 dedicated teams and 2 fluid teams. The company I work for is obsessed with getting things in...
View ArticleProduct Backlog in MULTIPLE Scrum Teams situation
Hi dearsSuppose that we have MULTIPLE Scrum Teams that work together on the SAME productHow many P.O.s will we have in this case?In case of many, who will be responsible about updating the Product...
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