Relative estimations
I have seen the way different organisations use relative estimations techniques.Few used them as actual estimations and plan their capacity,few use story points and function points for capacity...
View ArticlePBL Items Re-estimated if a sprint is cancelled
Hi Team,It is written in the scrum guide if a sprint is cancelled, the incomplete product backlog items are re-estimated and put back on the product backlog.Re-estimating an item is a considerable...
View ArticlePSK / Forecasting
I am reading the book Practical Kanban to prepare for PSK and I have a question: there is a huge part of the book regarding Forecasting. Honestly - sometimes it even controversies with Scrum. So my...
View ArticleTipps for a non native speaker PSM I
Hi, I read already a lot of topics like "how to pass PSM I with X%" or "how i passed the examination PSM I" but i can not assess how extensive the exam is. Im not a native english speaker but learnd...
View ArticleAgile Project management Methodology
Dear survey participantRequest for assistance to complete an anonymous survey for the research dissertation I am currently a student at De Montfort University undertaking an MSc - Master’s degree, in...
View ArticleTeam training options
Curious to know if anyone had any suggestions for an informative/training video that I can share with my team, to gain their participation in transitioning to a Scrum team?
View ArticleProduct Owner - Roadmap templates
I'm a new PO and I look after about 6 different products and there will be about 3 more added in the coming months.My products are websites.I'm trying to design a roadmap in excel thats easy to...
View ArticleSSM Scrum Master Practice Questions. Pls validate and correct answers
've noted the answers which I've attempted.It has total 15questions which I'm in doubt:1) What are two SAFe primary opportunities for driving relentless improvement? (Choose two) a) Iteration...
View ArticleDoes the Sprint Guide Say Who Determines Sprint Length?
Hello,My understanding is that the team determines the sprint length. However I cannot find anywhere in the sprint guide that says who or how the sprint length is selected.Is it not in the Scrum Guide...
View ArticleSprint Cycle Closure Question!!
I work on API team that creates the APIs for consuming applications and my project demands 2 tickets each functionality.1. Work ready to be "deployed to STAGE" - DoD is when it passes STAGE testing on...
View ArticleRelease
First sprint delivered with a velocity of 15,Second sprint 15 .. The story points left to complete the release which is of 4 sprints are too high and cannot be met based on the average velocity.What...
View ArticleIs Cross-Training an Enabler Work?
Hi Team,I have this situation at my work place where the senior leadership wants to track business value through CA Agile Central hence, I have been asked to remove current 'cross-training' features as...
View Articlewhy backlog refinement is an activity in scrum and not an event?
Hi Folks,I am just wondering, why backlog refinement is an activity in scrum and not a event? My logic is, the focus of a sprint is the sprint goal. In backlog refinement you talk about future state...
View ArticleTypo in the latest Scrum Guide?
The latest version of the Scrum Guide contains this sentence:Various projective practices upon trending have been used to forecast progress, like burn-downs, burn-ups, or cumulative flows. These have...
View ArticleRetrospective tools when new members in the team
Hi all,I have a really great team with five members. Now it looks like, from another team we get two people, they become part of my team. They come from a team which has lots of big problems about...
View ArticleTechnical Stories & PBR
Hi,I've got a Team that have a large number of Stories that are very technical in nature. When it comes to Product Backlog Refinement Sessions, they won't give even a rough Story Point Estimation to...
View ArticleIf you remove a rule in scrum, do you stop calling it scrum?
So my question is around the context, there are 9 rules is scrum. If for say, we decided to remove the daily stand-up. Do you stop calling it scrum if it now has only 8 rules?
View ArticleWhat is meant by Scaling Agile?
There is a lot written about scaling agile including LeSS and SAFE but as I started learning more about it I think they are designed to solve a different problem than what I am facing. Here is my...
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Reporting on stories and tasks
How does everyone report on stories versus tasks? For example, we use VSTS and have stories and the tasks for each story as shown in this example:
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