by Stefan Wolpers | Sep 12, 2022 | Agile and Scrum, Development Team, Product backlog, Product backlog refinement, Product Owner, Sprint planning
TL; DR: Product Backlog Principles Contrary to popular belief, the Product Owner does not have dictatorial powers regarding the composition and order of the Product Backlog. Instead, Scrum as a framework is based on a delicate system of checks and balances,...
by Stefan Wolpers | Jun 4, 2021 | Agile and Scrum, Agile anti-patterns, Agile Transition, Development Team, Making Your Scrum Work, Scrum anti-patterns
TL; DR: The Developers Code Fallacy — They Should Talk to Customers, Too, Though 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. The Developers Code...
by Stefan Wolpers | Nov 2, 2020 | Development Team, Download, Downloads, Interview or questionnaire, Scrum Master, Scrum Master Survival Guide
Welcome to the 20 Questions from Scrum Master to the Development Team Download Page From Scrum Master to Development Team members, this set of questions addresses the foundations of a Scrum Team capability to build valuable products: technical excellence and what it...
by Stefan Wolpers | Nov 2, 2020 | Agile and Scrum, Development Team, Download, Interview or questionnaire, Scrum Master, Scrum Master Survival Guide
TL; DR: 20 Questions from New Scrum Master to the Development Team From Scrum Master to Development Team members, this set of questions addresses the foundations of a Scrum Team capability to build valuable products: technical excellence and what it takes to achieve...
by Stefan Wolpers | Jul 21, 2020 | Agile and Scrum, Development Team, Scrum anti-patterns, Scrum first principles
TL; DR: Scrum’s Nature: It Is a Tool; It Is Not About Love or Hate Regularly, we find articles from developers detailing why ‘Agile’ in general and Scrum’s nature, in particular, deserve our collective disdain. What has always struck me in this discussion is the fact...
by Stefan Wolpers | Mar 11, 2020 | Agile and Scrum, Agile Transition, Development Team, Scrum anti-patterns
TL; DR: Development Team Anti-Patterns After covering the Scrum Master and the Product Owner, this article addresses Development Team anti-patterns, covering all Scrum Events as well as the Product Backlog artifact. Learn more about what to look out for if you want to...