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 | Oct 29, 2023 | Agile and Scrum, Agile Transition, Failure, scrum, Scrum anti-patterns, scrum team
TL; DR: Scrum Team Failure Scrum team failure addresses three categories from the Scrum anti-patterns taxonomy that are closely aligned: Planning and process breakdown, conflict avoidance and miscommunication, and inattention to quality and commitment, often resulting...
by Stefan Wolpers | Feb 21, 2022 | Agile and Scrum, Agile anti-patterns, Agile Transition, Failure, Product Owner
TL; DR: How to Sabotage A Product Owner — 53 Anti-Patterns from the Trenches to Avoid One of my favorite exercises from my Professional Scrum Product Owner classes is how to best sabotage a Product Owner as a member of the middle management. The exercise rules are...
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 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 | Jun 4, 2021 | Agile and Scrum, Agile Transition, Failure, Scrum Master, Scrum Master anti-patterns
TL; DR: The Frustrated Scrum Master — When all the Effort Leads Nowhere 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. One failure symptom of a botched...
