Posts by Greg Crown

Bottom line: asking the right Daily Scrum questions is crucial to ensuring this event is valuable. The traditional model follows three conventional questions: yesterday’s work, today’s plans, and impediments. This pattern has found global recognition among practitioners of Scrum and general agile delivery techniques, but it could be a barrier to getting the most value…

In the Scrum framework, Sprints defined as short and consistent periods of time in which the Scrum team creates a Done increment of value representing a concrete step toward achieving a Product Goal. Each Sprint the Scrum Team focuses on a smaller goal: the Sprint Goal. But when should a Sprint Goal be created? The short…

A Product Owner is vital for a Scrum Team. A person fulfilling this accountability helps ensure a product is successful by maximizing the value delivered. Making the wrong decision when hiring for this role can be catastrophic for your team and product. No pressure, right? If you’re preparing your Product Owner interview questions and have…

The importance of transparency in product development really can’t be overstated. Transparency, of course, can mean a lot of different things in different contexts. In Scrum, the most important way to understand the concept is by thinking through the lens of empiricism. Scrum is a system by which teams can reliably generate value for stakeholders…