Definition of Done "by the book"
Hello,Reading various documentation topics around the DOD, I am getting a bit confused.At what level is it supposed to be defined within the Scrum Framework : US? Features? Epics? All...
View ArticleDevelopment team does not care too much about story points and other agile...
Hello,As a scrum master, I'm working with a Development team of 4 devs. The team has 2 junior devs and 1 senior DEV and 1 medior job.The problem in my team is that team does not take scrum/agile values...
View ArticleSprint Backlog estimation
Is it mandatory that all Sprint Backlog items have a definite estimate after the Sprint planning meeting? IN other words, can we afford to have any item in the sprint backlog that do not have a...
View ArticleWhat is Sprint risk and release risk ?
I came across very clever questionsWhat is sprint risk ?What is release risk ?How to identify them and mitigation plan for them ?I have answered them to best of my knowledge but still that was not the...
View ArticleCAB (Change Advisory Board) In Scrum???
Hi Everyone!In my current company, we are not allowed to create a User Story in JIRA unless a specific requirement passes the Change Advisory Board. They said that this step is necessary to prevent...
View ArticleBest Practices for including bug-fixes and user-requests
I am looking for Agile standards or best practices, when it comes to including points for bug-fixes and user-requested changes in sprints. I understand that the beauty in Agile is that there is no...
View ArticleChanging the Scrum Master
Hello All,I am looking for some opinions and/or research on the topic of periodically changing Scrum Master assignments(e.g. annually). We have an organization of eight teams and four Scrum Masters....
View ArticleAbout Defintion of Done
I have some questions about DoD:Context: Imagine that you are developing a Product during 7 Sprint, all is going well on Reviews but during Sprint 8 your PO says to you (as Scrum Master) that de...
View ArticleHow to handle backlog of own software that is sold to clients?
I'm not sure how to handle this: the company I work for develops a software package for energy suppliers and I have to transform them into an agile organisation. The whole organisation backs me, which...
View ArticleSplitting Sprint planning in multiple parts
Hello,There was a suggestion in my team that the sprint planning should be done in two parts.The first one should be done during the current sprint and check the backlog items that the PO thinks should...
View ArticleScrum Master motivations
Dear All,I am writting an article for our Group IT newsletter about why I would like to become a Scrum Master and why traditional command - control Project Managers would be suitable for working as...
View ArticleBest practise for covering unit test development of existing code
Hi guys,we have a product that has been in use for some time now but with very little in the way of unit test coverage.Going forward in our sprints we are featuring unit testing as a task in the...
View ArticleKey Value Metrics - Evidence Based Measures
Hi, I have looked at the EBM guide for KVA and KVM, however i am struggling to understand how to actually quantify and measure each KVM. Also, how do you best come up with a benchmark figure? If...
View ArticleHow to deal with a team member who violates Retrospective trust?
Hello,I'm a Scrum Master on a a team that has been together for almost a year. We just added some new team members to the team. One of the original team members took notes (not agreed upon by the team)...
View ArticleScrum Master as a career prospective.
Hi All, What is the possible career options for Scrum Master in IT Industry ?
View ArticleHow to organize Cloud Infrastructure team in Scrum?
I am working as SM for Cloud infrastructure team, who wants to Migrate to Amazon cloud(using AWS). While the team is trying work on new Project(Cloud migration), they get service requests from the...
View ArticleTeam Recognization
Recognizing particular team as Efficient which has reached 15%+ improvement over your target Velocity KPIs over 3+ sprints is correct ?
View ArticleNew to Scrum, how realistic is the exam?
Hi, I am an ITIL (Info Tech service management) certified professional with 20 years in managing higher ed tech services. I do not manage software teams but would like to take advantage of the benefits...
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