Scrum 101
Scrum Master vs Project Manager
A Scrum Master is one of the three accountabilities defined in the Scrum Guide, and is a crucial part of a healthy, effective Scrum Team. Although some Project Managers work with Scrum Teams, they may or may not qualify as Scrum Masters. So: Scrum Master vs Project Manager. They are two very different roles/accountabilities. How…
Read MoreDaily Scrum Questions You Should Be Asking
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…
Read MoreDaily Scrum Meeting Template: Try This, Avoid That
In the spirit of supporting empiricism and self-management, there should be no single Daily Scrum meeting template used by Developers. Such templates can turn into rigid processes which turn into a group of engineers reporting status like a bunch of robots. No one gets value in that. Perhaps you’re a Developer looking to improve your…
Read MorePurpose – Can You Work Without It?
In product development, working without purpose encourages a clock-in clock-out culture where individuals care about their own tasks at the expense of others and overall product success. Scrum has Product Goals and Sprint Goals that encourage inspired collaboration to achieve both business and product objectives. In this video with Greg Crown and Robb Pieper from…
Read MoreWhen Should a Sprint Goal Be Created?
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…
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