Who should take scrum metrics?
Hi everyone!In my company, the scrum master is the role who is responsible of gathering project metrics, such as the velocity or the lead time. Is that right? Who should do that job? Thanks!
View ArticleDefinition of Increment in scrum guide and scrum glossary are not matched
Hi all, I think there is a mismatched in the definition of increment in scrum guide and scrum glossary. How do you think ? ThanksScrum Guide: The Increment is the sum of all the Product Backlog items...
View ArticleAgile Releases in a "semi-agile" Organisation?
(Note:I already posted my question here: https://www.scrum.org/forum/scrum-forum/5712/release-sprint-most-crucia… but maybe it's better to start a new forum topic? - I'm new here, so I do not know what...
View ArticleFailed sprint - every single time
I am new to my role as scrum master and I have a problem with the sprints in one of my teams:every single sprint is failed and we have tons of tickets, that are not ready, which are moved to the next...
View ArticleChallenges in consistent predictable delivery?
I have recently joined an organization that is experiencing challenges in predicting the delivery from its dev team, and I want to help them team back on track. So my manager asked me to report with a...
View ArticleCan work committed during Planning be added and not be treated as Scope change.
The Scrum Guide states the following: "The Development Team usually starts by designing the system and the work needed to convert the Product Backlog into a working product Increment. Work may be of...
View ArticleScrum: Facing a temporal reduction of team size to just 1 developer + PO
"That's not scrum, minimum team size is 2- 3 people!"I know, but that's the situation I need to face, first of all sorry if topic has been treated before here, but i couldn't really find anything...
View ArticlePull Requests reviews with the team
Hello dear scrummers,At our company we currently review each others PRs. This works great! But I hear and read about some folks doing PR reviews with the whole team.I'm curious how these meetings look...
View ArticleProduct Owner novice
Hello Scrum.org community,My name is Ana, and I just passed my PO I certification. I am a banking/economics professional, working somewhat on software development (from client side).I am wondering if...
View ArticleSizing Stories in a Cross-Functioan Agile Team
Hi everyoneI need to know how to size stories in story points in a cross-functional team? the team has frontend, backend, and QC team members.Should we get one size per each story? and calculate one...
View ArticleConvergence of Story Points
How should we interpret convergence of story points?Our scrum team has been working together for about 1 year. We noticed that the majority of tasks in the sprint backlog had same score. But, when the...
View ArticleSprint start or sprint end fall on a holiday.
Hi Everyone,How to deal when Sprint start or sprint end fall on a holiday. Yes, we should recognize that we do not have much capacity in this sprint and we can plan accordingly.But, for example,say 2...
View ArticleRegarding any unplanned work (defects, bugs, etc) do we really need to estimate?
Regarding any unplanned work (defects, bugs, etc) do we really need to estimate?This may make sense if we are adding work to the backlog for future consideration, but mid-Sprint, if this is one of...
View ArticleSprint Planning - Without Product Owner
Hi Everyone,During Sprint planning, if product owner not able to attend (due sick or emergency leave), can we still proceed with Sprint Planning? Similarly, if PO not available for Sprint Review ?...
View ArticleRefactoring of code after delivery to test environment
Hi,Soliciting ideas on how to deal with this situation.There is a large piece of functionality that drives the major business process - backend functionality that the user doesn't see. The development...
View ArticleTime For Change
With the BLM movement making so many positive changes around inclusion and equality, I think its time to address the use of the term "Master" when referring to a Scrum Professional. While it does refer...
View ArticleChallenges in Scrum in an Onshore-Offshore model
Hello,I'm the Scrum Master of a team whose PO and two Dev team members are based out of US and the rest of the team (including me & 5 other Dev team members) are based out of India. Being part of a...
View ArticleRefinement - Sizing stories
If a developer is working on a feature and more stories are added throughout time and are brought into refinement to size.. Should we have the entire team size the story or just the one developer and...
View Articlevelocity limited by one person
How the velocity of a team is established when it depends on the capacity of a person. For example more developers than QA. developers get free time while QA spends all their time on tasks?
View ArticleData loads
Hi,We are consolidating all production accountant files received in various formats into EDW then eventually into an ERP. There are 8 user stories created.I need some help in writing the detailed...
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