Scrum Planning
Dear All!I have recently joined a new organization as a program lead. I have a scrum master who has been managing one of the existing agile projects for 1 year so far. I am observing and assessing how...
View ArticleBrest facliitation practicies of checking progress toward the Sprint goal
Since the release of Scrum Guide of 2020 the 3 optional questions to facilitate the conversation of progress towards have been removed from the Scrum Guide. "The Developers can select whatever...
View ArticleIs the business analyst part of the Developers team and has to participate in...
Some Scrum teams have a business analyst, and it's unclear for me where that role fits. Is he or she part of the PO "team" or is the BA considered a Developer. I wonder if the BA has to "participate"...
View ArticlePreparing for scrum master interview when I am a fresher.
I was working in IT for about 6 years as a manual tester, after taking a break I have now started again by starting with scrum master certification PSM1 and completed it successfully. I have worked in...
View ArticleScrum Masters: How to approach the following situation and what steps to take
Recently I've joined a company as a Scrum Master and was asked to support one of the scrum teams. This specific 'scrum' team has not been supported by a scrum master up till now and as such have...
View ArticleForecasting with Kanban : Why “Service Level Expectation” is the better term
I personally prefer “Service Level Expectation” (SLE) over “Service Level Agreement” (SLA) (SLE is also the term used in the The Kanban Guide for Scrum Teams). I find that the very term SLA dangerously...
View ArticleScrum Master involvement in organization
as a scrum master, whose services at the organization level are to educate and practice agility. what are ways to maintain the title and protect the scrum team, but also have a say in decisions...
View ArticleFirst Scrum Master Job: Resources & Daily to-do
Hey everyone,I got my certification done early this month and landed by first ever SM job in a european FinTech company, but I feel I am in need of some assistance and guidance.During my first week it...
View ArticleStarting new journey as SM
Hey Folks!I have been working in Scrum projects for the last 7-8 years as Software Engineer, then few years on the Team Lead role. I have no experience as a pure Scrum Master, but I have worked...
View ArticleCompliance Enabler Question SaFE
I believe Segregation of Duties which is a regulatory requirement is a good example of Enabler Epic.Just wanted some thoughts from others who have more experience with using SaFE.
View ArticleQuestions about estimation and sizing
1. If during the sprint, the developer found out that a feature is worth 5 points and not 2, should he update the size in the sprint backlog or not? And why? Thanks! :)2. A feature worth 5 points is...
View Articlewant to clear few doubts about the the article I read
Hello all,I have few doubts about the points mentioned in below article which I thought to clarify with you. The 9 stances of terrible Scrum Masters | by Todd Lankford | Serious Scrum | May, 2021 |...
View ArticleWhat next?
I now have 2 years of project experience. During this time I was SM for 6 months and now PO of two teams for 18 months. I have my PSPO, PSM, PO/PM (SAFe) and SAFe Agilist 4.6. I was just moved to the...
View Articlesprint goal commitment with absent development team members
As the guide says commitment to the sprint goal is given during sprint planning by the developers. Image a situation in which a developer misses that event but is available during the sprint. How would...
View ArticleTeam Pushing Back on Smaller User Stories Because Of Testing + Code Merging
Hey guys,I'm a pretty new PO and the team is struggling to break down user stories in a meaningful way and would rather just work on very large stories that end up being carried over to following...
View ArticleWhy is inspection without adaption considered pointless?
Hello folks,I am just starting to work myself through the Scrum-Guide 2020 and I am a bit confused about the following passage:“Inspection enables adaptation. Inspection without adaptation is...
View ArticleTell me about yourself, Walk me through your career path,
Hi there!! In most interviews today the interviewer usually start up with the question "tell me about yourself " or "Can you please walk me through your career path"? I have had so many debates as to...
View ArticleHow to facilitate multiple Scrum ceremonies
I am a Scrum master who is looking after 4 scrum teams. Now, the problem which I am facing is during scrum ceremonies. The 4 scrum meetings are having different product backlogs & as a Scrum...
View ArticleJQL for displaying issues from multiple projects on single scrum board
Hi,We have two projects in Jira - A and BProject A depends on project B. For now, I have separate Jira scrum boards for these projects but I need to display some of the tasks from project A on the...
View Articlehow to prepare on self-learning basis the certification: PROFESSIONAL SCRUM™...
Hi Community, could somebody please give me some advice on how to prepare on self-learning basis the certification: PROFESSIONAL SCRUM™ WITH KANBAN CERTIFICATION ?For the Scrum Master Certification,...
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