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 | Oct 9, 2023 | Agile and Scrum, agile transformation, Agile Transition, Business agility, Making Your Scrum Work, scrum, Scrum first principles
TL; DR: Can We Or Should We Change Scrum? Can we or should we change Scrum, or is it blasphemy to tweak the ‘immutable’ framework to accommodate our teams’ and organizations’ needs? Not so fast; don’t just dismiss augmenting Scrum as leaving the path, contributing to...
by Stefan Wolpers | Sep 25, 2023 | Agile and Scrum, Agile Transition, scrum, Scrum anti-patterns
TL; DR: Lost in Communication and Collaboration Lost in Communication and Collaboration addresses two categories from the Scrum anti-patterns taxonomy that are closely aligned: ineffective collaboration at the stakeholder level, often resulting in an unsuited...
by Stefan Wolpers | Aug 14, 2023 | Agile and Scrum, Agile Transition, scrum, Scrum anti-patterns
TL; DR: Adherence to Legacy Systems, Processes, and Practices Administrative overreach and micromanagement in Scrum mainly arise from clinging to legacy systems and traditional (management) practices, leading to rigidity and misapplication of Agile principles. The...
by Stefan Wolpers | Aug 7, 2023 | Agile and Scrum, Agile Metrics, agile transformation, Leadership, Metrics, Product management, Product Owner, Reading tip, scrum, Scrum first principles
TL; DR: The Minimum Viable Library for Scrum Masters The Minimum Viable Library is available! Explore a series of carefully curated collections of essential books, newsletters, podcasts, and tools to elevate your agile expertise. Read on and learn how the...
by Stefan Wolpers | May 8, 2023 | Agile and Scrum, Agile culture, Agile Transition, Business agility, scrum
TL; DR: Life Is a Negotiation; Why Would Scrum Be Different? Life is a negotiation; why would Scrum be different, particularly given its egalitarian nature? As you may recall, no one on a Scrum team can tell anyone else what to do, how to do it, or when to do it....