5 Sprint antipatterns
Sprint is a heartbeat of Scrum. It makes Scrum alive by generating value every Sprint: workable product. Let’s find out what hinders the team from producing value every Sprint.
Scrum Empiricism and change optimization
Scrum is based on empiricism, or an empirical process control. Scrum empiricism ties in closely with change Scrum optimizes. The articles describes how.
Accountable or responsible?
The meaning of words is important for good understanding. The problem might appear when they have very similar meanings that we translate the same way into our mother tongue, which is the case with “accountable” and “responsible”.
Zombie Scrum – possible causes
Zombie Scrum or Dark Scrum is Scrum that might make the team even less effective than before. What is Zombie Scrum?
True leadership and Scrum Mastery
The latest update of the Scrum Guide calls a Scrum Master a true leader. We will try to figure out what true leadership is about.
Sprint planning: introduction
Sprint planning is the event that opens up the Sprint. During this meeting the Sprint Goal is established and our work is defined.
Team’s velocity
While cars are measured in terms of fuel economy, software teams are measured to determined how much work they’re able to do within a given period of time.
Definition of Done
Have you ever done the work that the client regarded as undone claiming that wasn’t something you’d agreed on? To clarify what “done” means, we need to define it first. That’s called DoD.
Scrum master duties towards the team
A Scrum master is an individual who makes sure Scrum is understood and applied in accordance with the Scrum Guide. Here we’II look into how SM helps the team.