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 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 18, 2021 | Agile and Scrum, Agile Transition, Making Your Scrum Work, Scrum anti-patterns, scrum team, Self-organization
TL; DR: Ignoring Self-Management — Undermining Scrum from the Start 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 of Scrum’s first principles is...
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...
