Searching: "All improvement circles are the same" blogpost
Hi everyone,Once I read a blogpost which dealt with different versions of an/the improvement circle/cycle (like PDCA, DMAIC,...) and states that they are more or less the same. I am looking for this...
View ArticleHow do new team go about estimating user stories
New project and a new team, they have not worked on anything similar to this project in the past.They have picked (rather asked by the PO) up few stories in the sprint planning that are of high...
View ArticleWhich one of these story point estimations make sense?
A small IT team which works in 1 week sprints, has deployments every 2 weeks, has a threshold that each dev on the team has to complete 30 points each sprint which somehow equals to 40 hours, and use...
View ArticleStruggling as Agile Leader
I'm struggling with finding the the best path to walk when I'm looking at description in the scrum guide and the agile manifesto. Or I'm overthinking and by doing that I loose the clear vision. But...
View ArticleHow to solve project steering problem statement 1?
We miss clarity on prioritization of epics taken into business analysis & design in a sprint, we do not know if the scope of sprint is sufficient to have all epics and user stories design ready...
View ArticleStory Point Handling
Hello everybody, I have got a question in regard to the handling of story points. We are working with JIRA Tickets and Story Points. We estimate a ticket and sometimes a ticket is not completed. This...
View ArticleJob rotation - does it do any good or essentially anti-Scrum?
Dear Scrum Practitioners,Just wanted to walk you all over one common situation which we find ourselves in almost all IT Organizations now a days and seeking your opinion on whether it does any good or...
View ArticlePossible number of Sprint Reviews per Sprint
Is it possible to organize more than one Sprint Review per Sprint? For example, if stakeholders think that some corrections are needed because they are not completely satisfied with presented "Done"...
View ArticleIs it possible to switch from Waterfall to Scrum
I have a team of about 20 people working on a product (an app). Every 1.5-2 months, we release a new version with new features. I think it's possible to treat each version as a small project. In the...
View ArticleDifference between Goal and Objective
The Sprint Goal is an objective that will be met within the Sprint through the implementation of the Product BacklogIs there a difference between Goal and objective in the context of the above...
View ArticleScrum Board and mixed goals
Hi, I m recently joined a new team/project and, as scrum master and senior engineer I have been trying to understand and propose better way of work. At the moment seems the team is favouring a very...
View ArticleScrum with Kanban - why use WIP limit?
Hi All,I am reading the Kanban guide for Scrum teams and there is a section that explains limiting WIP. I am not sure what I read highlights any benefits of this concept within the Scrum framework....
View ArticleHow do we know if scrum team is getting better?
Hi everyone,I'm wondering if there are any measurements that we can use to objectively measure if our team is getting better at sprints?If the team is getting better with the scrum framework, does that...
View ArticleDefining a Scrum Master Plus profile
Hi, I would like your opinion where a company defines the role of the scrum master that is defined on top of the scrum master role as described in the scrum guide? In other words it is an extension of...
View ArticleRelative Estimation - should individual skill and experience be a factor?
Hi Experts,I have a question that I believe is not uncommon to see in real life working with teams with a mix of skills.
View ArticleShould there be a disaster recovery plan when using SCRUM
I have been asked to prepare for the Disaster Recovery plan. We have recently adopted SCRUM and are developing a bio-medical SaaS product. My question is do we have a Disaster recovery plan in SCRUM?...
View ArticleHow to handle non-development tasks
Hello everyone,This is my first post here, hope this is fine!I am working as a PO on the development of a web-based solution tool (to be used for the employees of our company to claim Business Trips...
View ArticleTasks (much) longer than a sprint
I had to develop an algorithm that took 6 months, another 1 year, and another 3 months. There was no way of splitting these into lesser pieces. How does scrum accommodate really big tasks like these...
View ArticlePSM I difficult for non-IT folks?
Hello dear community, I am preparing for the PSM I exam and I wonder if there are any other community members who are not working in an IT-related field and have taken this exam. Was it difficult for...
View ArticleHow do we ensure that the Retro Actions get executed?
Retro Actions hanging around and carrying over more than one Sprint. Assignees with no time to execute and forget about them.Bad for morale and weakens the Retro.How can we ensure these Actions are...
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