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 | Jun 4, 2021 | Agile and Scrum, Agile Transition, Making Your Scrum Work, Product backlog, Product backlog refinement, Product Owner, scrum anti-pattern
TL; DR: The Oversized Product Backlog Problem — 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. Neglecting the...
by Stefan Wolpers | May 3, 2021 | Agile and Scrum, Hiring Agile practitioners, Interview or questionnaire, Product Owner, scrum
TL; DR: Product Owner Interview Questions — The Product Backlog and Refinement If you are looking to fill a position for a Product Owner in your organization, you may find the following 71 interview questions useful to identify the right candidate. They are derived...
by Stefan Wolpers | May 3, 2021 | Agile and Scrum, Agile anti-patterns, Making Your Scrum Work, Product backlog, Product backlog refinement, Product Owner
TL; DR: Three Wide-Spread Scrum Master Failures There are plenty of Product Owner failures. Given that Scrum is a framework with a precise and concise yet short “manual,” this effect should not surprise anyone. Explore with me three widespread examples of how Product...
by Stefan Wolpers | Feb 1, 2021 | Agile and Scrum, Product Owner, Scrum anti-patterns
TL; DR: Product Owner Anti-Patterns from Job Ads Like a job ad for a Scrum Master position, the equivalent for the Product Owner position also reveals excellent insight into an organization’s progress on becoming agile. Yesterday, I analyzed 60-plus randomly selected...
by Stefan Wolpers | Dec 28, 2020 | Agile and Scrum, Product Owner, Scrum anti-patterns, scrum guide, Scrum Master
TL;DR: Scrum 2021 — Getting You Started as Scrum Master or Product Owner As 2020 comes to an end, you are probably considering how to further your career as a Scrum Master or Product Owner in 2021. Maybe, I can support you in that regard with a set of six articles...
