by Stefan Wolpers | Nov 27, 2023 | Agile and Scrum, Agile anti-patterns, Agile failure, agile transformation, Agile Transition, Failure, Scrum anti-patterns
TL, DR: The Scrum Trap Scrum is a purposefully incomplete framework. Consequently, it needs to be augmented with tools and practices to apply its theoretical foundation to an organization’s business reality: what problems shall be solved for whom in which market?...
by Stefan Wolpers | Dec 6, 2021 | Agile and Scrum, Agile failure, Agile Transition, Scrum Master, Scrum Master Survival Guide
TL; DR: How to Sabotage A Scrum Master — 44 Anti-Patterns from the Trenches to Avoid One of my favorite exercises from my Professional Scrum Master classes is how to best sabotage a Scrum Master as a member of the middle management. The exercise rules are simple:...
by Stefan Wolpers | Jul 5, 2021 | Agile and Scrum, Agile anti-patterns, Agile failure, agile transformation, Agile Transition, Failure, Leadership, Scrum anti-patterns
TL; DR: The Lack of Agile Leadership Qualities — When Change Agents Don’t Act as Role Models There are plenty of failure possibilities with Scrum. Given that Scrum is a framework with a reasonable yet short “manual,” this effect should not surprise anyone. When Scrum...
by Stefan Wolpers | Jun 7, 2021 | Agile and Scrum, Agile failure, agile transformation, Agile Transition, Failure culture, Leadership, Making Your Scrum Work, Scrum anti-patterns, Video
TL; DR: Essential Agile Failure Patterns — When Noise Interferes with Signal There are plenty of failure possibilities with Scrum. Given that Scrum is a framework with a reasonable yet short “manual,” this effect should not surprise anyone. When Scrum becomes an...
by Stefan Wolpers | Jun 4, 2021 | Agile and Scrum, Agile failure, Agile Transition, Failure, Failure culture, Making Your Scrum Work, scrum, Scrum anti-patterns
TL; DR: Scrum Failure Culture: A Requirement to Be Successful There are plenty of failure possibilities with Scrum. Given that Scrum is a framework with a reasonable yet short “manual,” this effect should not surprise anyone. To make things worse, a crucial success...
by Stefan Wolpers | Oct 25, 2020 | Agile and Scrum, Agile anti-patterns, Agile failure, Cargo cult agile, Download
TL; DR: The Cargo Cult Agile Checklist for Download You want to know the state of agility in your organization? Here we go: Download the checklist, distribute it generously among your colleagues, and run a quick poll. It will only take 5 minutes of their time–and then...