You get to the end of a sprint and find that you still have user stories that were not completed. Why does this happen? How should you deal with it? And how do you prevent it from happening again? This article addresses all of these questions.
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Can Distributed Scrum Work?
In my daily work as a consultant Agile Coach / Scrum Master and also a Scrum Trainer, I regularly get asked this one question: Can Distributed Scrum really work? Recently, I had the great pleasure to discuss this same topic with a group of highly respected Agile Coaches and Scrum Masters and the outcome of that discussion might just surprise you!
Implementing Scrum
I love a good analogy and on the way to work today I was struck by the similarities between my journey and the route to a successfully Implementing Scrum.
As I thought more, I realized that there’s one skill you need more than any other to implement Scrum. Not only that, it’s a skill listed as one of the Five Principles of Scrum.
Can you guess what it is yet?
Scrum Implementation Issue – The Daily Scrum Time box
Scrum is brilliant in theory but in everyday use, niggling little problems keep popping up. How do you deal with them? Welcome to the first in a series of articles discussing Scrum Implementation Issues. Today, we’re discussing the Daily Scrum time box.
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This is what EVERY Scrum guru knows – and now you will too (The Turbo Scrum Aide Memoir)
The Scrum Aide Memoir. A single page that lists all of the main elements of the Scrum framework as stated in the definitive Scrum Guide provided by Scrum.org. Find out how to get your copy of this must-have document.