How to plan long term if only a couple sprints are estimated, or how to...
A basic principle of agile is to wait until the last responsible moment to flesh out and estimate stories. But how can I generate a meaningful burn-up report if only a couple sprints ahead are...
View ArticleProduct owner is not a commette? but it is!
The vision of the project I'm working on is to build an "orchestration platform".It means that will orchestrate different existing applications.I should be the "technical" product owner of the...
View ArticleIs there any ETA in Sprint apart from Sprint end?
I have recently started to work as a scrum master and I am facing the challenge in answering questions like.What is the ETA of the a particular story?What do you mean by 2SP,3SP or likewise if there is...
View ArticleHow do I manage development with testing and get proper reporting in JIRA?
The key question goes back to estimation of User Stories.I believe that combining testing and development Story Points in one Jira user story as separate tasks doesn’t make sense, as it is like...
View ArticleUAT in DoD
The moment a Product Backlog item meets the Definition of Done, an Increment is born
View ArticleWill there be a PSU open assessment?
Can someone from Scrum.org please let us know if they are planning to provide a PSU open assessment, and if so, what is its expected ETA?
View ArticleWhich book is better as study material for the PSU exam?
This question goes out to the 1600+ people who have passed the PSU exam. Which book did you use as part of your studies for the PSU exam? Lean UX: Designing Great Products with Agile Teams,...
View ArticleExtremely frustrated Product Owner
I struggle to enter into my role of Product Owner (?). The project I'm working on, it's kind of the creation of an ecosystem for selling specific products. But it's not an ecosystem built from...
View ArticleProduct review extremely useless for customers and stakeholders
I'm insisting on having product reviews at the end of a sprint, but actually, it will be very useless for potential customers and stakeholders alike:- we have very detailed clickable mockups.- Business...
View ArticleShould the PO be responsible for bug management?
Who is responsible for monitoring bug trends, scheduling bug fixes, RCAing bugs?
View ArticleMisusing Spikes vs. Tasks for Research Items
There seem to be two rules of thought at my company around how to track research/discovery tasks. For bugs, if research is needed, the team is required to open up a task for that research. I think it...
View ArticleScrum Retrospective out of sequence.
So I have a scrum team that has their Sprint Review, Sprint Retro and Sprint Planning all on the same day which happens to also be the last day of their sprints. The sprint review is done on the last...
View ArticleProspective Scrum Master
Hello, any advice would greatly be appreciated. I was always interested in Scrum but never really decided to move forward until recently. I have been studying and will take the PSM1 any day now.
View ArticlePSPO 1 vs PSM 1
I took the PSPO a couple of years ago and am now looking at taking the PSM. How does it compare? Is it just a different a different 'chapter of the same book'? Harder/ easier? (I did ok on it; I...
View ArticleUnconventional Team Structure
One of my teams has an unconventional structure that does not really exist in scrum. We have a PO, SM, Team Lead, Solutions Architect lead and Dev Team. I know that is not the usual Agile team dynamic,...
View ArticleProduct Owners - Which Function?
Hello,In my company, Product Owners are part of the development function (just like engineers, QAs etc) and convert customer/product management requirements into artifacts a development team can work...
View ArticleUncertain and highly dependent stories
Hello all,I have a team who work on stories that are highly uncertain to estimate. For example, we should be tracking the story but work is distributed to other teams as well. Like as part of project,...
View ArticleNeed professional feedback on Definition of Done example in my organization
Hello peers, seeking a help in getting a feedback supported with empiricism on proposed Definition of Done in my organization. Preferably from CST/PST-designated professionals, as after some...
View ArticleThe Fiendishly Difficult Daily Scrum Quiz
Following the publication of the Scrum Guide 2020, I created a new Daily Scrum quiz. Some of the questions are really tough and if you're preparing for the PSM II assessment, you may find this quiz...
View ArticleSCRUM & Software Assurance
Hi All, and thanks for your valuable threads. I have a question about the traditional use of sw standard like ED12C, ED109A or ED153 (Aviation standard) in a SCRUM environment. Is it possibile to...
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