Process improvement item in Sprint Backlog
Can a process improvement item identified in Sprint Retrospective be included in the Sprint Backlog without it first being in the Product Backlog?Since The Development Team is sole owner of the Sprint...
View ArticleDevelopers have bandwidth to pick up new story
Hi all, Just need to understand how this particular situation needs to be handled from scrum process perspective.Our sprint lasts for 2 week (total 10 working days). Starts on Monday and ends on the...
View Article"Selling" Scrum to Developers
Hello all, Getting the developers in my organization to be involved in Scrum and take advantage of it is the most difficult task I've had so far. This is very strange to me because Scrum was "created...
View Articlewhat should you reply when the PO asks you about the team performance?
What you should say as a coach/ scrum master to reply the PO when he is asking about the team performance?He is asking about that as he wants to replace any technical team member with some poor...
View ArticleCan anyone say that How different is Scrum practice from Agile Practice?
Most of the people say Scrum and Agile interchangeably but what is the major difference between Scrum Practice when compared to Agile Practice?
View ArticleShould items pulled into a sprint be reflected in the sprint burndown?
In planning the sprint we use story point estimations to size items and figure out our velocity. Once the sprint is planned we create tasks under each user story. Each task is given an 'hours' estimate...
View ArticleWhat is the Software testing?
The search engine defines software testing as the process of running a program or application with the intention of identifying errors. I define testing as a process of validation that a piece of...
View ArticleDilemma - Story points or Capacity ? What should be considered while work...
In our first sprint , we considered story points as below:1- Low 2-Medium 3- High & So on... (Here story points indicate complexity, Risk and efforts involved)
View ArticleWhen Scrum Team can adapt the Definition of Done?
Hi everyone, I read contradictory things about when the definition of "Done" can be adapted within a sprint. Some say that can occur anytime if necessary to include more stringent criteria for higher...
View ArticleI've been asked to lend a resource to another team for a single story. Should I?
Our organization has multiple scrum teams who are generally aligned with sub-divisions of our overall product. Another team has an epic planned for a coming release where they are short on resourcing...
View ArticleLevel of involvement for an org.’s agile leader when there is need to hire...
We know the Dev Team should be self-organising but even then there are guard rails and limits, and a while back there was this related post on hiring...
View ArticleHow collaboration can be achieved practically ??
As per the Scrum Guide team should work collaboratively. You have work items A,B,C X and Y with same priority to be delivered.You have 4 developers in your team.Developer 1- Because of his skill set...
View ArticleResponsibilities of being an Agile Leader / Guard-rails and limits to teams...
I thought there would be value in creating a summary of the things which things which a Scrum Teams need help with. On reflection this is probably also the responsibilities of an agile leader.
View ArticleBest Self Study for PSM II Certification.
I recently got my PSM I certification and now I want to get my PSM II and II eventually. I can't afford the classes so what books would be good for reading to help study for those tests?
View ArticleHow to estimate spike stories
How to estimate spike stories: My team is working on a spike story to determine the best approach to solve/implement a new technology in the upcoming sprint (s).How do we estimate the spike story &...
View ArticleNexus +
Is Nexus+ (i.e multiple nexuses working together ) a thing..Cant seem to find any information on that at all
View ArticleTeam casual in their approach
Hi,I have been given a team who is a little too casual in their approach when it comes to following scrum. We have 10 working days in any given sprint. There is not even a single story that reaches for...
View ArticleNot all stories are DONE before sprint Demo..Now what ??
As per the Scrum guide, development team demonstrates "DONE" work.So, what if - :a. No story is in DONE stage till demo ? (Which in our case happens 3 days before sprint end)b. Not all stories are in...
View ArticleSCRUM Team Performance Measurement
Hello everyone,I'm working on a product where we have 8 Scrum teams. Of course we are following Nexus. I work as Scrum Master and Development team member for my team. Its been 18 months we started...
View ArticleImpediments Are Our Friends
One powerful and often misunderstood maxim exists in the Scrum Guide section describing roles on the Scrum Team, where the scrum master’s service to development teams is described. We’re told scrum...
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