How does anything get fully completed on-time?
I am new to Scrum and I ask the question in all seriousness. I am currently working on my second team that is organized in a Scrum format and neither of the teams I have worked on Scrum with have been...
View ArticleHow many sprints ahead do you plan?
We are moving from Kanban to Sprints.We have a big backlog of over 200 items (related to a few different projects)In Feb we will be moving to 2 Sprints and my question is how many sprints do you...
View ArticleCan PRINCE2 and SCRUM work together?
In theory, they could be used both because:PRINCE2 about managing the project’s process.SCRUM about deliveryHow can I relate the different aspects?For example, is correctProject Product Description...
View ArticleGap between stakeholders and development team during Sprint Review
In our company we're trying to involve our stakeholders more into working agile. We've already made quite some changes, as they attend the review once a month. Currently we're facing two challenges.1....
View ArticleProfessional Agile Leadership (PAL) - Focus Areas
Hi everyone,Could someone share with me the Focus Areas of Professional Agile Leadership (PAL)?As I see, if we pass an assessment from Scrum.org, we will receive an email including Focus Areas. For...
View ArticleScrum, Projects & Products
Why does the scrum guide talk about Products and not about Projects? Is it because a Project may span across multiple Products and therefore there will be a lot of context switching? If a Project is...
View ArticleWhat are daily obligations during the sprint of Product Owner?
If you can write down in a little more in detail your practical experiences of decomposing of Product Owner daily work obligation.So, what do these roles do all day long?How does he ensure that the...
View ArticleIs the Scrum Master the right person to answer this question?
The following scenario is given:Team A finished 50 story points in their last two-week iteration. Team B is working on a similar project to Team A, but Team B has twice as many developers as Team A....
View ArticleSAFe PO/PM
Hi - anyone here done their scaled agile PO/PM course and exam? Any idea where I can find a helpful set of past exam example Q&As..? Thanks.
View ArticleRoadmap to becoming a PST
Please, I need your professional Advice. I'm planning to become a PST and I had written the PSM 1 with 92.8% in a sitting while I also did PSPO(96.3%), SPS(90%) and PAL(80%), all in one sitting. But...
View ArticlePending Changes - Sprint Item Status?
Hi everyone, I'm on a team that has a mix of development work, and infrastructure support, and there's been some questions about the correct status for items in our sprints. Specifically we're having...
View ArticleI just passed PSM and PSPO, and someone send me this article and "is that...
Story goes like this.I passed PSM I 97,5 % and PSPO I 92,5% from first attempt.So I am very excited about this achievement and wanted to share it on my FB page.One of the followers send me remark: Good...
View ArticleHow to have a cross-functional team in a real-life setting?
Hello all,we are currently a Scrum-Team consisting of 8 Devs, 1 QA, 1 SM and 1 PO who work on a highly-customizable, old legacy software with many different customers. We have bugs, technical stuff,...
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BacklogBuzz.com - product and feature ideas
Hi guys,I've come across what must be a new-ish site called BacklogBuzz.com. It's essentially a feed of user captured products and features from various websites, looks like a nice idea as an idea in...
View ArticleLooking for guidance to create User Stories and tasks
Hello,I recently started to volunteer with a Non-profit Org as a Product Owner intern. They are creating a App that would give financial literacy to teens. I am looking for some help for creating task/...
View ArticleA Scrum Team can change the length of a Sprint
If there are good reason for that, a Scrum Team can change the length of a Sprint, but they don’t change it constantly.Is this correct?Imagine next situation:There will be new big product and your...
View ArticleCapacity Tracking - Scrum Master or PO Responsibility
Hi,We are using excel to track Team's capacity. Recently there was some confusion on who owns the responsibility of getting the capacity updated for the team.Is it Product Owners responsibility to get...
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