Make the most of Sprint Planning
In my experience, Sprint Planning is the most misused event in Scrum. There is a lot of competition for this dubious title. Many teams skip the Sprint Retrospective, which is…
Your Unfit Product Goal and the Product Goal Canvas — Making Your Scrum Work (28)
TL; DR: Your Unfit Product Goal and the Product Goal Canvas We plan a lot in Scrum: There is a daily plan when the Developers think about progressing toward the…
Product Owner coping strategies
In a previous blog post, I talked about different categories of product owners. You can check it out here. But here’s a summary: Scribe — doesn’t add any value, just takes orders.…
Sind Sprint-burn-down-Charts, Schätzungen oder Task-Break-Downs von User Storys verpflichtend in Scrum?
Der Scrum Guide enthält viele Regeln und Empfehlungen, aber kannst du sie unterscheiden? User Storys zu schätzen ist nicht verpflichtend. In Scrum gibt es keine verpflichtenden Best Practices! Scrum ist…
Facilitation and Conflict – Idea Evaluation
Idea Evaluation This is the third part of the four-part series on conflict. In the first part, we explored why we need conflict. In the second how to establish a…