How should I approach Scrum?
Hi!I am a mechanical engineer with an interest to move into IT. I will be pursuing project management and I needed help on how to move into this dimension with the help of scrum. Any advice is...
View ArticlePSM II exam difficulty relative to SPS difficulty
Hi,I just passed the SPS assessment. I could say that it is noticeably more difficult than the PSM I assessment. Now my question is, how difficult is the PSM II assessment when compared with the SPS...
View ArticleAgile metrics and reports
Hi,I am curious to know if there are standard templates, guidelines you could suggest if any, to present the reports to leadership team.- Sprint status report: Sprint report weekly, monthly, quarterly...
View ArticleThe Elusive PSPO III
Hello colleagues,I am preparing for the PSPO III, my final scrum.org exam to acquire, and I can find precious little help with this task. Even on this forum, unless my search parameters are wrong, I...
View ArticleDevelopment team now called Developers
The 2020 version of the Scrum Guide changed the name of the Development team role to Developers. I understand the logic of the change that we want to avoid having a team within a team. But I still...
View ArticleHow can I prepare for PSPO II with self-training
Hello everyone,I want to pass the PSPO II certification without training and if you can share with me your learning path and experiences on this certificationI had without training, the following...
View Article2020 : Year End Retro Ideas
Greeting fellow Community members !! Hope all are doing fine.We all understand 2020 has a been a tough year for humanity general. However, unprecedented time requires unprecedented efforts, doesn't it...
View Article2020 guide sprint review wording insight
Trying to get some insight into a wording change in the 2020 guide. Given the text below from the 2020 guide:INSPECTION textThe Scrum artifacts and the progress toward agreed goals must be inspected...
View Article2020 guide: Daily Scrum more restrictive?
The question is if there is a difference in regards to Daily Scrum. 2017 vs 2020. It might look like the phrase "The Daily Scrum is a 15-minute event for the Developers of the Scrum Team." makes...
View ArticleDefinition of Done - survey for thesis
Hello all! Currently, as a part of my studies, I am looking into the use of the Definition of Done; whether teams use one and if they do, what it looks like. As a part of this study I am currently...
View ArticleThe Scrum Aide Memoir - Updated for Scrum Guide 2020!
Since 2013, I've been maintaining the Scrum Aide Memoir aka the Scrum Cheat Sheet It's a single A4 (or US letter size) page with all of the important facts you need about Scrum It makes a great...
View ArticleScrum with Kanban story size and throughput
When doing Scrum with Kanban the guide doesn't mention anything about sizing the stories. Should all stories have the same size?Reading Daniel Vacanti's book: Actionable Agile Metrics for...
View ArticlePrerequisites for Generating a burn down chart
Hi All, I need to generate Sprint Burn down chat in Jira. So before putting the backlog item I found I need to have the estimate logged in the stories else the chart treats them as scope creep. Need...
View ArticleAgile and Data Warehouse
Anyone here who uses on Agile on Data Warehousing projects? We use Informatica and the dev time for some of the complex workflows takes longer than what can be completed in 2 weeks. Completing it in...
View ArticleCould Sprint Goal & Sprint Backlog be considered as the Boundary of a Sprint?
> Yes> No > If Yes! Can something more be considered as the Boundary of a Sprint besides Sprint Goal & Sprint Backlog?
View ArticleCan the Increment be delivered to Stake Holders before the Sprint Review?
> As the Scrum Guide 2020 says that the value may be released to the stake holders prior to the end of the Sprint and the Sprint Review should never be considered as a gateway to release value.
View ArticlePAL-EBM : Bridging the gap between Portfolio Management and Business agility...
After learning and working in several years in portfolio management, I always wonder and eager to try out different ways in which we can apply empirical, lean and agile principles in current ways of...
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