by Stefan Wolpers | Nov 25, 2021 | Agile and Scrum, Agile Transition, Making Your Scrum Work, Product Owner, Scrum anti-patterns
TL; DR: Overruling the Product Owner There are plenty of failure possibilities with Scrum. Since Scrum is an intentionally incomplete framework with a reasonable yet short “manual,” this effect should not surprise anyone. For example, what if the stakeholders—who...
by Stefan Wolpers | Nov 25, 2021 | Agile and Scrum, Agile Transition, autonomy, Making Your Scrum Work, Scrum anti-patterns, scrum team, Sprint planning
TL; DR: Maximizing Utilization as a Relic from the Industrial Management Past There are plenty of failure possibilities with Scrum. Since Scrum is an intentionally incomplete framework with a reasonable yet short “manual,” this effect should not surprise anyone. For...
by Stefan Wolpers | Nov 25, 2021 | Agile and Scrum, Agile Metrics, Agile Metrics Survey, Agile Transition, Download
TL; DR: The Agile Metrics Survey 2021 If you value agile practices, it is crucial to know if a job offering or a prospective business partner that claims to be “agile” really keeps its promises. Unfortunately, as agility usually cannot be observed directly, and...
by Stefan Wolpers | Nov 25, 2021 | Agile and Scrum, Agile Transition, Making Your Scrum Work, Scrum anti-patterns, Sprint planning
TL; DR: Ignoring the Capacity Check during Sprint Planning There are plenty of failure possibilities with Scrum. Since Scrum is an intentionally incomplete framework with a reasonable yet short “manual,” this effect should not surprise anyone. For example, the...
by Stefan Wolpers | Jul 26, 2021 | Agile and Scrum, Agile Transition, scrum, scrum anti-pattern, scrum team, Self-organization
TL; DR: Abandoning Scrum Can a Scrum team simply decide to abandon Scrum? After all, the Scrum team self-managing, according to the Scrum manual, also known as the Scrum Guide. So, let’s explore this question at the very heart of team autonomy. 🗞 Shall I notify you...
by Stefan Wolpers | Jul 21, 2021 | ACB21, Agile and Scrum, Agile Camp Berlin 2021, agile transformation, Agile Transition, Product management, team building
TL; DR: Linking Strategy to Everyday Work w/ John Cutler — ACB21 In this highly engaging speaker session from the Agile Camp Berlin 2021, John Cutler delves into the advantages of linking strategy to everyday work: Motivation, inspiration, seeing the big picture...
