Chronological dependencies of estimations
Imagine two user stories (=> Backlog Items) A and B. Both stories share some complex common low level logic. This logic is not yet implemented. Let's say that it takes 13 story points to implement...
View ArticleAligning Scrumteams
In my experience, with 20 teams and 10 ScrumMasters, things can get misaligned. ScrumMasters and teams diverge using their own processes, multiple DoDs, even Backlogs, development processes. The...
View ArticleRed Cross PSM training fundraiser (Ukraine)
Hi allI will be donating 100% of next week's PSM training course to the Red Cross Ukrainian appeal.https://donate.redcross.org.uk/appeal/ukraine-crisis-appealThe list price is £750 and no VAT will be...
View ArticleIntroducing Agile - how to best get the stakeholders opinion
Hi,we are introducing a few methodologies into organizations that are not familiar with them yet. Specifically, trying either XP Planning Game or Scrum Spring and Release Planning, first with a couple...
View ArticleScrum Events Facilitation/Lead
If we think at the Sprint Retrospective, Planning, Review and Product Backlog Refinement,would there be a Scrum "accountability" ("role") who is going to lead and facilitate these events?
View ArticleApply scrum to a factory
I'm consultant of a factory that produce fiberglass structures for minning, like stairs, grids, floors, railings. They may receive an idea or an engineering draw. Every project is different in time,...
View ArticleDo you estimate and mesure in "value" points?
Most companies estimate and calculate velocity with Story Points, but I've seen suggestion to use value points instead. Is any of you using value points? How do you do it, and is it working well? I...
View ArticleRunning multiple sprints
I am managing a team of 6 software developers ( 3 frontend/FE and 3 backend/FE). They tackle PBIs in pairs of two (1FE and 1 BE). Because the product is matured enough, the pair-team works on...
View ArticleHow to manage impediments in Sprint Backlog?
Hi,I am bit confused of managing impediments in Sprint Backlog. Mainly it is about impediments that can not be resolved in short time (during the current running Sprint) and prevent product backlog...
View ArticleWhat vs How and when to work on each?
I’m PO with a Scrum team. We build and maintain a B2B service that is in a rather complex environment. We have always struggled with being able to estimate PBIs without delving into a lot of the How....
View ArticleMetascrum vs Scrum of scrums
Could anybody explain me the differences between a metascrum and an scrum of scrums?
View ArticleSkip the Daily Scrum for 1 day in a week
In one of the retrospectives, my team decided to have a weekly No Meeting Wednesday. Is it ok if I cancel the daily scrum for that day?From what I understand the purpose of daily scrum is to inspect...
View ArticleWhat happened for sprint if a member of team finished his task early?
Hi Problem 1I create a sprint with 8 days.A member of team finished his tasks after 6 days.So, What happened for this guy and 2 days for his?! 2- Problem 2I want to start 2 story.One of them takes time...
View Articleteam capacity for support & development work
How do you deal with agile teams that work on both dev and support with within the same Sprint? Challenge could be that the team does not know how much support work will come their way so it's hard to...
View ArticleWhat is the purpose of the PBI?
I'm pondering what a PBI is and what the purpose is? I know from the scrum guide it is an ordered item in the product backlog about the work to be done on the product. And a PBI is not large that what...
View ArticleClarification about Sprint Backlog and Sprint Goal
Let me first mention the Scrum Guide 2020 parts I am going to refer to in this post:The Sprint Backlog is composed of the Sprint Goal (why), the set of Product Backlog items selected for the Sprint...
View ArticleWhat tools do you use for tracking project progress to management?
Hey all!I am looking for a tool (preferably a plugin for Jira but definitely not tied to that) that would give us the following visibility into various projects across our organization:
View ArticleBurndown Analysis
Hello, I am prepping for SM cert. and getting started with burndowns. What do you make of the one below?
View ArticleChat about Evidence Based Management (EBM)
Hello friends,Has anyone here implemented or looking to implement Evidence-Based Management (EBM) for their Teams/organization and is interested in exchanging ideas , challenges etc . We can have a...
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