Tag: scrummaster

6 November 2019 / Agile & Scrum

Why should most organizations ditch Scrum?

I took a challenge for my talk at Agile Prague 2019: "How to deliver a 1h talk in 30mins?" -- Title of the talk: "Why should most organizations dtich Scrum?" Why would I do that? Well, because being a speaker at Agile Prague is tremendously enjoyable and I didn't want to miss out on an opportunity to go back after missing out on the fun last...

4 September 2019 / Agile & Scrum

How to run multi-site Scrum events without tooling?

Today I am frequently working with larger organisations and continually have to deal with people in different locations across the country or globe. This kind of context brings its own challenges and many people hope to find solutions in tooling and so did I, but hey, did I think wrong! Before going into running multi-site events, a bit of context on team setup and the need for...

6 May 2013 / Agile & Scrum

Most common mistakes in scrum ceremonies 7/7: general scrum pitfalls

With great power comes great responsibility You can’t expect a team that is used to working in a command and control environment to suddenly make the switch to becoming a self-organized team without any guidance. All self-organization in nature happens within boundaries. Just like in nature, we will need to set boundaries when we help teams in becoming self-organizing. We need to show them ways...

29 April 2013 / Agile & Scrum

Most common mistakes in scrum ceremonies 6/7: the sprint retrospective

Not respecting the prime directive This is not a blame game ceremony. We are not looking for a scapegoat. We are looking for ways to improve our collaboration, not destroy it further by pointing fingers. The only reason why it may matter who did it, is that they might have a deeper understanding of why it went wrong. It’s up to the team to work...

22 April 2013 / Agile & Scrum

Most common mistakes in scrum ceremonies 5/7: the sprint review

Turning it into a status meeting, focusing on time tracking The goal of a sprint review is to show the product owner and the stakeholders what the team developed during the sprint. It is not about listing what each team member did, how much time he/she spend on that and how they got it done. This is not valuable for the stakeholders and pretty frustrating...

15 April 2013 / Agile & Scrum

Most common mistakes in scrum ceremonies 4/7: the daily standup

Losing focus during the ceremony The bigger your team gets, the harder it will be to make sure that everyone listens to the rest of the team, otherwise the whole idea of sharing knowledge and checking whether you can still meet the sprint goal is thrown out the window. In order to avoid everyone talking at the same time and losing focus during this very...