Agile Portfolio Tools
Anyone in the community using AgileCraft to manage Agile portfolios? If so, how do you like it? Pros and Cons? If not, what tools do you use? Any information would be greatly appreciated!
View ArticleSprint Goal vs Product Backlog prioritisation. How do the two agree?
Until I read The Scrum Guide I had never heard of having a Sprint Goal. My company tries to follow Scrum but they don't use Sprint Goals either.I very much agree with the idea of having one, but I...
View ArticleSprint Goal - Every Sprint?
Is the sprint goal set at Sprint planning meeting for Every Sprint ( so the sprint goal changes from sprint to sprint) or is it set once at the start of the first sprint.
View ArticleAny Scrum or Agile Certification for the department or Corporate like ISO or...
Hi, is there any Scrum or Agile Certification for the department or Corporate like ISO or CMMI? Thanks.
View ArticleSupport functions (Finance, HR, Sales) in Scrum
Hi All - I work at a large organization that has a strong emphasis on Scrum, and recently attention has been drawn to how we can make support functions more agile. I was hoping anyone might be able...
View ArticleShould multiple scrum teams combine their sprint review
We have multiple scrum team with different stakeholders. During our SoS, we had a discussion about having a single sprint review for all the scrum teams and inviting all the stakeholders. I do not...
View ArticleKanban physical board and Jira/VSTS board - Duplication?
Hi guys, I am hoping you can help me. I am new to Agile and I am trying to understand some basic concepts.Aren't Kanban physical boards and Jira/VSTS online boards a duplication of effort? I mean you...
View ArticleBDD in Scrum
Hi all,Anyone wants to share their experience in using BDD (Behaviour Driven Development) practices within Scrum teams? I'm more interested in what happens when. When do you write your...
View ArticleMy road to PSM III
I've read a couple of posts here on the journey to obtain the PSM III certification. I'd like to expand that with my own path to the highest level of Scrum Master certification.
View ArticleMarket Place Reviews
We currently have combined Sprint reviews for all our different products, but the Feedback is so bad it has become pretty useless for the development teams and PO. Recently we started to do a form of...
View ArticleAgile Resource Allocation - How to choose a particular team size?
Best practices inform us that agile teams should typically be between 5 and 9 folks for maximum efficiency and sufficient cross-functionality. However, are there any practical suggestions on how to...
View ArticleScrum for R&D Software Development
I am currently acting as Scrum Master for 3 software development teams. One team is strictly R&D and I am struggling with following the Scrum process. Some people tell me Scrum does not work for...
View ArticleMeetings outside Scrum ceremonies
Hi everyone, I'm considering bringing up the idea of reducing the number of meetings that the Development Team are involved in outside of the Scrum ceremonies.I have no issue with the Scrum ceremonies,...
View ArticleHow often should progress toward a Sprint Goal be checked?
I found multiple references in the Scrum guide and I am confused.Scrum Theory - InspectionScrum users must frequently inspect Scrum artifacts and PROGRESS TOWARD A SPRINT GOAL to detect undesirable...
View ArticleTransitioning to Story Point estimation when company bills by the hour
I recently moved to a company that provides our clients with estimates (in hours) for how long various work will take. There are no plans to shift this way of thinking and fund teams by sprints instead...
View ArticleYou dont listen guyz
hiheres a quick question.im working in a team very interested about Agile... and we can be very punk when we are talking together. We interrupt each others, we are rude, sometimes we joke very...
View ArticleScrum Master and Forming teams
Hi,I already wrote few times in past month and thank you for feedback all gave me a direction. My situation is that i am new in SM role (did the certifications, read-ed several books on SCRUM and...
View ArticleEnterprise Mobile - Dedicated mobile team or web teams with mobile expertise?
I am the mobile product owner (PO) at a firm with a dozen or so scrum teams each managing their own web products. My team builds mobile versions of the above web products. I work with each product...
View ArticleScrum Master as a Non Developer
I am a Scrum Master coming from non development background.So the challenge I face is to understand the technicalities of the project thus being unable to participate actively and get the overall grasp...
View ArticleSprint Undone Work x Velocity
Hello, all,Our team has just started using Agile to better estimate our current and future demands.We use a 2 weeks sprint and we are still monitoring our team performance based on the story points we...
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