Course recommendation: agile programs with external stakeholders
I have a friend who works on social change programs in a co-ordination role, and asked me to recommend a course on agile working. I believe in her context there are generally multiple (external)...
View ArticleUsing SCRUM to open new stores
Hi everyone,I'm looking to use SCRUM as a framework to open new stores. I wondered if anyone has any experience of using SCRUM in this nature, or in a none IT sense.We take about 12 to 24 weeks to open...
View ArticleItems selected for a Sprint Backlog - Do they get moved out from the Product...
Hi All Just trying to clarifying - Do the items that are selected for the Sprint Backlog get moved out from the Product Backlog?
View ArticleOne Team Or Two Teams?
I am dealing with some of my client organizations and my students in post-secondary that are finding one aspect of the Scrum Guide confusing. Over the years, both Jeff and Ken have always emphasized...
View ArticleWhat's the best practice in handling missed/dropped business cases through...
I faced a situation that I am trying to search for the best way to handle it with minimal impact.We are 2 teams working together, on a specific integration module, and after setting the expectations of...
View ArticleWhen one development team member is not getting along with the other...
If one development team member is not getting along with the other development team members, what should the Scrum Master do?Should he/she guide the team to be self-organizing and find their own way...
View ArticleHow to Analyze the maturity level of teams in Agile
Hello All,I have been training on agile from last 6 months on Agile , And now time has come to showcase their maturity level for management.I would like to know in what ways or by using any charts or...
View ArticleHow do I assign the right number of Test Analysts to a scrum team?
I am a Test Manager who has recently taken over a team of Agile Quality Assurance analysts.In each scrum team, there are 5 Developers to 1 QA, and he is overwhelmed with work! Invariably the team are...
View ArticleHandling Incomplete Work during Sprint
Hello,I have a question regarding incomplete work during a Sprint.While it is mentioned in the Scrum guide (in the context of Sprint cancellation) that -"All incomplete Product Backlog Items are...
View ArticleConvergence of Story Points
What can be understood, if the story points of tasks in a Sprint are close to each other? What are your thoughts about it? Can it be arising from the bad things on the team?
View ArticleNo Estimate
Is Estimating a Product Backlog Item mandatory in Scrum ? What if the team wants to explore no-estimate ? Would it mean breaking Scrum rules ?
View ArticleLong running un-releasable work and sprints that always map to release
We are moving to scrum. Before this, we had a two-week release cycle (a new version is deployed that customers can actually use). We are now moving to two-week sprints. Sprints give certain flexibility...
View ArticleWIP-Limit per Person, without Kanban Board
Hello everyone,I am really interested in this case (above).Im not quite sure what will happen to your cycle time, if you set a WIP-Limit per person (for example 1) without setting any WIP-Limit in the...
View ArticleNeed Advice for passing PSM -1 Certification
I failed my first attempt and the areas I did poorly were :Product Backlog ManagementProduct ValueScrum ValuesAny suggestions on books/ material for these weak areas ? Thanks in advance.
View ArticleEvidence Based Management - trying to understand proposed metrics
Hi,I'm about to propose EBM or at least part of it to my organisation in order to start discussions about actual value of our products. Also I try to start decision-making based on something more than...
View ArticleScrum Master doing daily huddle with multiple teams together
I have observed that some of the Scrum Masters facilitates daily huddle with multiple teams together to save their time. And teams are not dependent on each other so we cannot call it Scrum Of Scrums...
View Articlecan we have stories in sprint without assignee
HelloI have a basic question. When sprint starts, is it mandatory to have all the stories that are part of the sprint should be assigned to a resource?
View ArticleAdaptation during COVID19
Hi,with COVID19 “voluntary” or mandatory lockdowns the environment for Scrum teams changed dramatically. I think everybody who can is staying home. Fortunately, we are working in an area where we can...
View ArticleAll Subtasks Estimation for a Story in Sprint Planning is it essential? or...
Hi Everyone,I have stories in my backlog prioritized for sprint planningFor clear understanding of what work gets done by whom, we have broken work of story down to sub tasks(one sub task per...
View ArticleChoosing a non-scrum method
I've returned to scrum.org after having completed my PSM1 and PSPO1 some time ago. I'm currently looking toward my PAL1 exam.I do a lot of work in government where we deal as is often the case with...
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