Priotirized Spring Backlog
Hi,I've seen Scrum teams doing many user stories from the Sprint Backlog in parallel and finish them (maybe) at the end of the sprint. This often leads to a situation where value is only delivered a...
View ArticleBeing a PO without any domain knowledge
Just a short thought experimentDo you think being a PO for a product without having any domain knowledge but having very good PO skills can work? Assume that the domain knowledge is available by...
View ArticleEmpowering the Product Owner
For a change, here is a question about how to make Scrum work in a non-ideal environment.I think in many companies transitioning to Scrum, we might find ourselves in a situation where Management has...
View ArticleCleared PSM 1 with a 96.3%
I cleared my certification today. I used the Scrum.org PSM assessments and I also used Mikhail Laphsin's blog. It was a great practice for me. Study Study Study and Study. All the best!!!
View ArticleTechnical Debt in Agile
Technical debt accumulates while we concentrating more on features in Agile.People give less priority for Design review, Code review which leads to issues such as maintainability, performance &...
View ArticleEstimation in sprint
It is said that product backlog should be estimated in grooming meeting, also teams perform estimations at task level in the how part of sprint planning meeting.I just need clarification when...
View ArticleTechnical stories
I'm a Scrum Master working with a team which wants to move to just using technical stories, instead of user stories.They are a component team, working at the UI layer of our stack, building a component...
View ArticleFairly new - Confused by cancel, delete, goals
Hi,Our company is fairly new to moving to Agile development and we are using the popular Scrum approach. I'm fairly new in the role of Product Owner and the team is Scrum team is new equally to the the...
View ArticleProduct Owner and Scrum Master at the same time
Is it advisable to be a Product owner and a Scum Master at the same time?
View ArticleSprint goal clarification
For a Sprint the team decided to deliver a Search User Story for Human Resource and another Search User Story for Finance functionality as both the User Stories are in prioirty to be considered for the...
View ArticlePSM 1 test
Hi,I am new to the whole SCRUM methodology, but I intend to understand more about the frame work. I am preparing for the PSM 1 test and after reading the Scrum Guide was able to score 100% in the open...
View ArticlePersonal Maps - Management3.0
Hi Everyone,I am currently thinking how to apply Personal Maps to my work as Scrum Master/Agile Coach. (see attached picture for an example) This is a Management 3.0 practice and I see great value in...
View Articlesprintlength - Pre exams question relased by scrum.org
I just came across the question underneath that is in a SCRUM pre exam of Scrum.org itself.When I read the scrum guide which is the only official document about SCRUM it says explicitly that a Sprint...
View Articlehow to make a lateral move to scrum master?
Hello, bit of background. Current career has taken me through the following roles Sys Admin - Infrastructure Project Manager - Senior Infrastructure Engineer - and now currently IT Security Manager....
View ArticleWho has the final word about the DOD ?
Hi folks !With my colleagues, we are not able to have a clear view of who has the final word on the DOD.It is clear in the Scrum Guide that, at a minimum, the Scrum Team must use the convention that...
View ArticleNexus Guide Questions
Hello All,Could you please tell me how many questions on average comes on Nexus in PSM I exam.Also could anyone please explain what is the term bottom up Intelligence. Thanks In Advancekanishk
View ArticleBurn Down chart calculation
In a Sprint if User Stories are estimated in Story points how is the burn down chart calculated.Does the burn down chart is updated when Story points gets completed during the sprint or in a day by how...
View ArticlePSM III
Hi,Regarding PSM III, it was mentioned that the assessment will have 34 questions and 1 essay. Good to hear this info at least. Is 1 essay have the set of multiple questions? Can some one throw light...
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