Actuals VS Estimates - Is this one of the recommended metrics in scrum?
One of the directions that we have received from management is to track the Actuals VS Estimates, and flag the team when we notice that they are exceeding the estimate already. Do you agree?
View ArticleSoftware in 30days - is SM a manager?
I'm reading "software in 30 days" right now (by Ken Schwaber and Jeff Sutherland) and I have bumped into the following sentense which disturbs me: "the team of people that will be developing the...
View ArticlePurpose of a definition of “Done”
Controls whether the developers have performed their tasks. Provides a template for elements that need to be included in the technical documentation. Creates transparency over the work inspected at the...
View ArticleDaily Standup Notes
Scrum Master manager daily stand ups. Daily standup meeting are very short just to ask 3 simple questions-1) What you did yesterday?2) What you are planning today?3) Any challenges?I need to understand...
View ArticleFeature teams specialization
Hello,At my company I have following teams:Mobile teamBackend teamFrontend team (Admin portal)Customer portal team.Mobile team (4 developers): Currently 90% of the time they are working on app...
View ArticleQuarterly Team Reviews and Retrospectives
As quarters come and go, I thought it would be a nice idea for the team to reflect on some recent successes and open up opportunity to perform actions we don't typically do on a Sprint by Sprint basis....
View ArticleAdvice on becoming a Scrum Master
Good evening, I'm seeking advice on becoming a PSM. I'm presently preparing to retire from the Air Force, and I've been doing a lot of reading on scrum. I have The Scrum Guide (November 2017...
View ArticleHow do I salvage this, or should I just move on?
I'm going to try and sum this up as best I can... Started working at a new company last year, I was hired as the only scrum master in the company for a specific team, but also to help all of their...
View ArticleSprint Review day
I'm the Scrum Master for a team running 3 week sprints. There's an ongoing discussion in my team about which day we should have the Sprint Review on. In the past, we had it on Thursday in week 3, but...
View ArticleProblem Statement and Solution Approach
Hi there,Where do you mention Purpose of the project (Problem Statement) and Solution Approach in Agile methodology? I comes of loads of IT development and testing experience in odl world (Waterfall...
View ArticleCone of Uncertainty
Not in the Scrum guide although it's mentioned a lot regarding PSM-1 exam. How much material is not mentioned in the Guide that will be on the exam?
View ArticleScrum Guide Glossary Game
I created this little Jewels of Wisdom game for those who wants to learn and have fun at the same time. https://www.cram.com/flashcards/games/jewel/scrum-glossary-10859564
View Article"Done" but not releasable
I am working for a company that has a number of teams who are developing the different modules of a single product. Unfortunately, we are not scaling it yet. One of the problems that we encounter is...
View ArticleHow to structure a master thesis that it's about the development of web...
Hi, My master thesis is about the development of a web tool that has the following architecture: Back-End Api, Front-End (Web client) and Front-end (Mobile Client). During this projects I was using...
View Article"done", "undone" and Technical Debt.
This is one attempt to bring the terms "done", "undone" and "Technical Debt" together visually. Technical Debt is undone (or potential) work that is implicit / not transparent. What do you think?
View ArticleThe primary goal of Scaled Professional Scrum
Hello all, I have been working towards my SPS certification and I stumbled upon the following question during one of the mock tests on thescrummaster.co.uk The primary goal of Scaled Professional Scrum...
View ArticleSprint Event Schedule for Distributed Teams with Timezone Differences
I'm currently working with teams that are composed of people from different parts of the world (with different timezones).Does this mean we have to adjust our working hours atleast during the first and...
View ArticleSelf-organization, cross-functional or not and release in Scrum
Hi all.The Development Team consists of professionals who do the work of delivering a potentially releasable Increment of "Done" product at the end of each Sprint.The Increment is the sum of all the...
View ArticleSprint Planning in practice
HiOver the weekend I tried to quickly put together a visual presentation of how to run Sprint Planning. It's still very rough and very open to input and changes.LINKThe idea is to use it as a...
View ArticleAt what intervals 'Release Planning' meeting should be conducted?
Is there any defined time for the Release Planning meeting?E.g.Daily Scrum - EverydaySprint Review - When Sprint (2 weeks) is overI agree that the Release Planning is the is longer-term planning of the...
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