Definition of done
what is right approach if during mid of sprint, team received a poor performance feedback about increment, whether team should wait till sprint review to update DoD or work on improvement in current...
View Articleacceptance criteria
Hello,I have a question :)The Product owners must create clear and unambiguous acceptance criteria for each item in the product's backlog before it can be selected in sprint planning, or can he create...
View ArticleOpen Assessments: are they up to date
Hello,I am wondering if all open assessments are up to date. I came across a question concerning the need to add one "process improvement" story (item coming out of a retrospective) in each sprint. The...
View ArticleSprint planning and Vacation
Hello,I am not sure about the following situation.If a team has been delivering 30 story point for past two sprints and suddenly it drops to 20 because team members had vacation planned what should be...
View ArticleMultiple scrum teams making mistakes and view from Scrum Master point
Hi All , We are working as three teams on a product. At the end of each sprint, each team claims that its work is done. And, in fact, few problems are seen at each team’s separate sprint review. But...
View ArticleScrum Master Managing or assigning tasks to Team
When my team is not ready to pick the tasks on its own, as a Scrum Master of a team, is it good if I do the task assignments ? As I cant let my team to sit and decide what to do. And we have got lots...
View ArticleIs the PO position technical in nature?
Obviously you want your PO to understand every detail of the software dev work but is it required they know how to code? How to run SQL statements?Or is it more important they know priority, ask the...
View ArticleDifferent ways to make money with Scrum
Can you help me out with all possible ways to get paid as Scrum professional. It does not matter which roles you perform but it has to be Scrum roles. Thanks
View ArticleLegacy Code , New Scrum Team and Low Velocity
My Development team is set recently and dont have much knowledge about old platform and we are working on a very legacy software. All sprints that we are finishing are with very low velocity. How to...
View ArticleAn Agile workshop illustrating principles and thinking
Hey Everyone - I would really appreciate your help/ information.My team is asking for an 'agile workshop' that is not merely focused on educating them on the methodology. They want a workshop that is...
View ArticleTechnical Debt Tracking - A Science Direct article
Hello all,The cost of managing technical debt (TD) in large software organizations is estimated to be, on average, 25% of the whole development time. But what is the cost of not managing it?This is an...
View Article[Re-posted] Who can change the Sprint Backlog?
Hi guys,I read some similar topic, but not clear to know.In my opinion, Developers can change plan to achieve the Sprint Goal, PO may be update content as information for Developers to understand.Thanks,
View ArticleHow to Incorporate Product Documentation - Any Literature?
I'm a tech writer. I've worked in Scrum environments for 20 years now. Not once (literally) has there been a remote possibility to grant a tech writer 100% membership on a team. I have been the sole...
View ArticleCalculating upcoming sprint velocity
We are working in two week sprints cycle. My team has delivered 48 story points in previous sprint, and 50 in the recent sprint. The team was in full capacity for both the sprints and their was no...
View ArticleWhy a delivered Solution may not always be a Value !
Yes! Many of us consider that if a solution is developed in small iterations & Increments against the problem of the end users, the primary objective as guided by Scrum guide is achieved. In fact...
View ArticleTechnical Work and Epic
We are putting together our hierarchy in the "product" mindset. Epic (product) --> Feature --> User Story --> Task. We are using Azure DevOps. I was wondering when you have technical work...
View ArticleTeam struggle to complete sprint items
While we expressed concern in retrospect, we are still having difficulty completing sprint goals. We have a frontend and backend developer on our team, and they choose products for which they are most...
View ArticleWhen should SM react?
I know that inspection and adaptation as well as removing impediment should happen as early as possible, right?But what if another time could be potentially even better to do so, for instance adding...
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