Is Co-location mandatory for Scrum teams?
I am curious to know if co-location is mandatory in order to be effective at implementing scrum. In today's global context, some of our team members are inevitably offshore. Can we not work with...
View ArticleOthers teams planning affecting our sprint
Other teams come to us in the middle of the sprint and ask to add a story. We understand that it adds business value but how can we control things from our side and let them know to organize things on...
View ArticleHad to laugh a little bit: Scrum - A process, a framework?
I finally managed to start reading "Software in 30 Days" and just about 2 Minutes in, I came across the "About the Authors" page.And what do I read: Jeff Sutherland and Ken Schwaber are the creators of...
View ArticleScaled agile model for global teams
Hi,Can anyone suggest me a good model for implementing agile ( teams are using scrum and kanban now) for teams that are located at different geographic locations.For SAFe , its not economically...
View ArticleWhat if one of Scrum's ingredients becomes an impediment?
Hi all,I am currently studying for PSM I and I try to get information from different places about agile and how scrum fits into the scheme. I just saw a video about how scrum evolved to something...
View ArticleHow to start applying kanban?
Hi,If you want to start using kanban, it's good to start learning about it, but is more important to apply the theory with some practices or simulate the team's work.I would like to share with you the...
View ArticleOut of Curiosity - Career Path that Lead You to Scrum Master?
Hello,I'm just curious about what the past careers of scrum masters looked like. What was your college major? Do you come from a technical background? What made you decide to make the leap to scrum...
View ArticleUnclear how to handle unfinished User Stories in regard to...
Hi everyone,We're estimating our userstories using storypoints, but some questions arise in planning new sprints. For example, in our sprint 1 we have the following userstories: Story A - 3 Storypoints...
View ArticleWhen to ask about the sprint - Review or Retrospective
In an article by Mike Cohn and on the subject to the Review ceremony"After all completed product backlog items have been demonstrated, discuss key events or problems that occurred during the sprint."I...
View ArticleServiceNow Agile Development
Is anyone using ServiceNow as an Enterprise Agile Planning tool? How does this compare to Agile Central, TFS, CollabNet, AgileCraft, Atlassian? Thanks for your feedback.
View ArticleSprint 1 month includes the following events, too?
Hi All,In Scrum Guide it says "A Sprint Review is held at the end of the Sprint".Does it mean the 4 hours of Sprint Review is included into 1 month time-frame, or it is a out of it?The same question...
View Articleexplanation about DoD
hi Team,I am making some PSPO 1 tests on volkerdon.com, and see there is a mixture on the answers.The question is this, and their correct answer is all the points - a,b,c,d. I am sure the answer is...
View ArticleHad to laugh a little bit: Scrum - A process, a framework?
I finally managed to start reading "Software in 30 Days" and just about 2 Minutes in, I came across the "About the Authors" page.And what do I read: Jeff Sutherland and Ken Schwaber are the creators of...
View ArticleAbout Definition of "Done"
Dear Team,Does Definition of "Done" help to the Scrum Team in inspection and adaptation?There are systems that consider it to be a correct answer, while other do not consider.
View ArticleTo what extent manager can interfere or how to avoid manager interference ?
Ideally, in scrum only three roles are present (a)Product owner(b) Scrum Master(c) Developer
View ArticleQuestions about sprint review
Hello,We get funded by the government to re-develop a website, but we are still the ones who decide about features and design (it's a partnership)AFAIK, it is not planned to invite gov people to sprint...
View ArticleHow to handle stories that were not completed
Hello,We just started our first scrum project, and I'd like to clarify how stories that were not completed should be handled, specifically for the é following 2 cases:1) The team did not have enough...
View ArticleMicromanagement or scrum role?
HI , I am into this team with onshore-offshore scrum setup. The scrum master assigns the tasks to developers and conducts daily scrum where developers report the status to him.He organizes meeting...
View Articleshould simple technical tasks be backlogged and estimated?
I'm curious to hear how other folks handle simple technical tasks that are not decomposed from (or linked to) any user story requiring a cross-team effort. Let's say they take anywhere from 1-8 hours...
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