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How Scrum’s ‘Guardrails’ Protect Teams From Chaos
As we stated before, Scrum is for developing in Complicated/Complex environments. This ties nicely to the Cynefin (ku-NEV-in) framework, which breaks Decision-Space into four areas: Clear, Complicated, Complex, and Chaotic. The detailed definitions aren’t important to us right now; the only thing we need to know is that Chaos is very bad. Chaos makes things…
Read MoreWhat Do You Do When You Finish a Sprint Early?
So, let me talk about the easy stuff first. One of the best things that can happen to a Scrum Team is that it finishes its work early in a Sprint. It amazes me that Teams are confused about what to do, but they are. So here goes… If the Team finishes early, it seems to me there are two choices:
Read MoreThe PO and SM: A Match Made in Agile
Every year as the middle of February approaches, our world is taken over by little red hearts, cherubic cupids hoisting arrows and foil wrapped drugstore chocolates. The heavily scented fragrance of Valentine’s Day is in the air. For us at 3Back, even though the holiday has come and gone, our thoughts turn to partnerships that stand the test of time; a Scrummy yin and yang where complementary forces interact to create something great. We think we found it.
Read MoreSHHHHH!!! 5 Ways to Quiet Organizational Noise
Throughout our day, we experience an inordinate amount of noise. Whether it’s the garbage truck barreling down our road at 5 am, the dog that excitedly greets every passerby or the co-worker’s emphatic phone conversations on the other side of the paper-thin cubicle wall, noise is everywhere.
Read More4 Valid Reasons (And 1 Big Invalid Reason) the Product Owner Might Cancel a Sprint
The Product Owner may quit or cancel a Sprint at any time. This is no big deal, and there are lots of valid reasons the Product Owner may want to do it. There is also one BIG invalid reason to do so.
Read MoreWhy You Don’t (and Can’t) Have a Full-time ScrumMaster
Among the most common impediments facing teams and organizations when they are attempting to adopt Scrum is the lack of a full-time ScrumMaster, Product Owner, Team Members in general, and Team Members with testing expertise in particular.
Read MoreThe PO and SM: A Match Made in Agile
In Scrum, there’s no better example of companion roles than that of the Product Owner and ScrumMaster.
Read MoreCalling it Quits: Abnormally Terminating a Sprint
The Product Owner may cancel a Sprint at any time. In Scrum-speak, this is called an Abnormal Termination because terminating a Sprint at all should be an abnormal or rare occurrence.
Read MoreA Day in the Life of a Product Owner
The daily life of a Product Owner is a busy balancing act. Play along with one PO as he culls, clarifies and conveys the needs of the Stakeholders to ensure the Scrum Team gets the right feedback to make the right product at the right pace…
Read MoreGetting More Out Of Your Daily Scrum: The 5 Discussions Your Team Should Be Having
The Daily Scrum is an absolutely necessary part of Scrum, but it’s not really about those 3 questions we all know and love. It’s about inspecting and adapting…
Read MoreScrum Q&A: Questions from a ScrumMaster & Answers from an Expert
Frequently, students leave our classrooms excited to implement what they’ve learned, only to discover that once they’re back at work they’ve got more questions. Never fear. We’re only a phone call or email away.
Read MoreScaling Scrum with Scrum®, More Sound than SAFe
Scaling Scrum with Scrum, More Sound than SAFe – You’ve mastered using Scrum for your Development Teams; perhaps you are realizing you could use agile methods to regulate your organization’s priorities and products…
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