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El Objetivo de Producto
June 14, 2021
El Objetivo de Producto define el norte y ayuda a visualizar de mejor manera el compromiso que debe lograr y aportar el Equipo Scrum en cada Sprint. Sin un objetivo de producto podría ser que no sea transparente o sea ambiguo el resultado que se deben lograr. Este objetivo mejora la transparencia, dirección y foco para que la inspección pueda ser realizada de una manera más apropiada para evaluar el progreso dando como resultado una adaptación con mejor sentido.
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Three Common Developer Blunders in 5:05 Minutes—Making Your Scrum Work #14
June 14, 2021
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. While it is common to first look outside our team for impediments, such as dysfunctional processes or other systemic issues,
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How to become a Product Owner – 5 Simple Steps
June 11, 2021
The Product Owner is a critical accountability in Agile and Scrum. And although the Scrum Guide doesn’t give much guidelines around great Product Ownership, the role is still absolutely necessary for great Agile and Scrum Teams.
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Adaptability is Key in Prioritizing and Addressing Complex Cybersecurity Risks
June 10, 2021
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When the Scrum Master Fails by Being Overly Protective — Making Your Scrum Work #13
June 10, 2021
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.
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So What Does a Scrum Master Do?
June 8, 2021
Arguably the most famous role in Scrum is the Scrum Master. But for those new to Scrum, it’s a bit of a mystery what a Scrum Master does day to day – here are five things that Scrum Masters do.
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[VLOG] Scrum Master Is An Accountability In Scrum ... Not A Job Title
June 8, 2021
As a Scrum Master myself, I am excited to see the accountability of the Scrum Master clearly defined so that the company who hires me has a clear expectation about what I will do at their company.
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🇮🇹 Come si fa a "promuovere" Scrum in un'azienda a vocazione metalmeccanica?
June 8, 2021
Durante l’evento “Ask a Professional Scrum Trainer” edizione italiana del 26 maggio 2021, con Massimo Sarti e Aniello di Florio, certe domande non hanno ottenuto risposta.
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Three Essential Agile Failure Patterns in 7:31 Minutes—Making Your Scrum Work #12
June 7, 2021
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.
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Circles of Improvement
June 4, 2021
This blog post discusses how the Circles of Improvement from the book by Stephen R. Covey: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, work in Scrum.
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🇫🇷 Pourquoi Scrum vous permet de gagner en autonomie ?
June 4, 2021
Quand nous devons résoudre des problèmes complexes, nous avons besoin de liberté (de pensée, expérimenter, etc…) pour apprendre le plus rapidement possible.
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How to Effectively Eliminate Dependencies with Sociotechnical Learning
June 4, 2021
Organizations need to move fast and receive ongoing feedback from customers to drive sustainable innovation through continuous discovery and value delivery. But there is a problem — dependencies.
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Backlog Refinement Techniques – Semantic Analysis
June 3, 2021
To meet schedules, deliver valuable products, and exceed your stakeholder’s expectations, you need the ability to flex scope and offer an actual minimum marketable product. You need to know how to break down your work to be forced by technology or business processes to deliver anything more than the minimum.
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Plans are Nothing; Planning is Everything
June 3, 2021
A recent piece in the Harvard Business Review entitled ‘Have We Taken Agile Too Far?’ (penned by two former Amazon execs) claimed that “many organisations are taking [Agile] too far and using it to avoid careful planning and preparation.”
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The Oversized Product Backlog Will Cost You Dearly — Making Your Scrum Work #11
June 3, 2021
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.
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Agile Leadership
June 1, 2021
I had a leadership nightmare. It was as if most of the directors I have heard and met so far gathered and accompanied me….
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71 Product Owner Interview Questions: Sprint Planning, Review, Retrospective
June 1, 2021
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.
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🇫🇷 Pourquoi je me suis formé à Scrum ?
May 31, 2021
Pourquoi me former à Scrum ? Dans cet article, plus que de trouver la réponse à cette question, j’ai préféré vous raconter mon histoire, je suis sûr que certains parmi vous s’y retrouveront !
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[VLOG] Outcome Metrics As Scrum Team's Success Indicators
May 29, 2021
Hey hey hey. What's good this week awesome people? I hope you had a great week folks. On the last video we discussed what is a "product" according to Scrum Guide 2020.
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Como diferenciar la Definición de Done y Criterio de aceptación
May 28, 2021
La Guía Scrum 2020 define la «Definición de Done» como la descripción formal del estado del Incremento cuando cumple las medidas de calidad requeridas por el Producto.
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How Agile Practices Enable Remote Working
May 28, 2021
We’ve already discussed the importance of decentralised command and decision-making in an earlier blog, outlining how managers need to be able to train, mentor and teach their teams.
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The Scrum Team Charter Canvas
May 27, 2021
When people form a Scrum Team they have to figure out how to become a real team, rather than a collection of individuals. The Scrum Team Charter Canvas is a helpful tool to facilitate Scrum Team formation.
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The Frustrated Scrum Master — When all the Effort Leads Nowhere
May 26, 2021
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 agile transformation is the frustrated Scrum Master.
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Agilität für eine nachhaltige Welt: Warum wir Agilität neu definieren müssen
May 26, 2021
Angesichts der Komplexität der vielen sozialen, wirtschaftlichen und ökologischen Herausforderungen der Menschheit, müssen wir Agilität neu definieren.
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The Most Important Thing You Are Missing about Estimation
May 26, 2021
In my live training, I often ask students why we estimate. The answer I usually hear is some version of...“So we know how big something is and how long it will take.”
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Lienzo para el Objetivo de Producto
May 25, 2021
El Objetivo de Producto tiene una relación con los objetivos de negocio, la visión del producto y refleja el contexto y las oportunidades de mercado identificadas como potenciales para el producto.
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Why Scrum Requires a Failure Culture — Making Your Scrum Work #10
May 23, 2021
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.
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[VLOG] What Is "Product" According To Scrum Guide 2020
May 23, 2021
Hey hey hey. What's good this week awesome people? I hope you had a great week. As for me I had the opportunity to learn the complexity of being a Product Owner from two experts in product development, Kai Stevens and Sjoerd Kranendonk this week.
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Some Helpful Tips for Choosing Metrics
May 23, 2021
In an agile context, we use metrics to set performance goals, measure current conditions, define small improvement experiments and measure the effectiveness of the experiments in order to inspect and adapt goals and determine the next steps.
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Cómo conectar la entrega con la estrategia
May 22, 2021
Me ha pasado varias veces cuando una organización me ha llamado para comentarme cómo conectar la estrategia con la entrega.
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Agility for a Sustainable World: Why We Need to Redefine The Meaning of Agility
May 21, 2021
Given the complexity and urgency of the world's many social, economic and environmental challenges, we need to redefine the meaning of agility.
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YDS: Planned vs Actual is a TERRIBLE Metric for Scrum Teams!
May 20, 2021
On today’s episode of YOUR DAILY SCRUM: Planned vs Actual is a TERRIBLE Metric for Scrum Teams!
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The ‘Developers Code’ Fallacy — Making Your Scrum Work #9
May 20, 2021
TL; DR: The Developers Code Fallacy — They Should Talk to Customers, Too, Though There are plenty of failure possibilities with Scrum.
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Why Experiment?
May 19, 2021
People in organizations are often afraid of running experiments. I have observed that approximately 70% of people responsible and accountable for products are reluctant to validate their assumptions by experimenting. There are several reasons for this hesitancy. The most common is misunderstanding what exactly the Agile experiment means. The second one is the negative result of the experiment. I always answer that this is fine that we have such a result! It means that there is no need to develop a solution that no one wants or does not fulfill users' expectations.
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YDS: What is the Real Cost of Context Switching for a Scrum Team?
May 19, 2021
On today’s episode of YOUR DAILY SCRUM: What is the Real Cost of Context Switching for a Scrum Team? Today's question explores the real cost of context switching for a Scrum Team.
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How to become a Scrum Master – 5 Simple Steps
May 19, 2021
How to become a Scrum Master – 5 Simple Steps!
So you read the blog about What is a Scrum Master and you’re ready to start your journey! Great job!
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Thanks for the Feedback! How the Scrum Values Can Help Product Owners Get Maximum Value
May 18, 2021
“Thanks for the feedback!” “I’ll put it on the backlog.” Or, the dreaded: “Let’s talk about that offline.”
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The purpose of being Agile
May 18, 2021
While many misinterpretations and misunderstandings have spread on the “what” and “how” of Agile, it is perhaps the “why” - the purpose of being Agile - that has become most lost.
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Hiring a Professional Product Owner
May 18, 2021
One of my customers is asking me about the accountabilities of a Product Owner and how they break down.
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Five ways to Spot Fake Scrum
May 17, 2021
Fake Scrum is around us everywhere we go. It's unavoidable. Just look on the internet lookup fake Scrum right now and you're going to find all kinds of interesting articles that describe Scrum in very weird ways. There are at least five ways you can tell if you've got fake Scrum going on.
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Powerful and Ready to use Videos to Kick-start Every Crucial (Scrum?) Event
May 17, 2021
We spend a big part of our workday either participating in or facilitating workshops. In this blog post we will dive into a practice you can use to kick off workshops. A practice to set the tone, to spark impulse, to invite for change and forward momentum: Using videos to kick-start a crucial conversation.
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Three Wide-Spread Stakeholder Failures in 6:05 Minutes—Making Your Scrum Work #8
May 17, 2021
Three Wide-Spread Stakeholder Failures There are plenty of Scrum stakeholder failures. Given that Scrum is a framework with a precise and concise yet short “manual,” this effect should not surprise anyone.
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Hiring a Professional Scrum Master
May 17, 2021
One of my customers is hiring for the Scrum Master Role and asked if I had a handy-dandy Scrum Master Job Spec that they could use....
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[VLOG] 8 Ways The Stakeholders Empower The Scrum Product Owner To Be Entrepreneurial
May 15, 2021
This vlog talks about how stake holders can empower the PO.
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YDS: When Does UAT Happen in Scrum?
May 14, 2021
On today’s episode of YOUR DAILY SCRUM: When does UAT happen in Scrum? Today's question is all about User Acceptance Testing (UAT). UAT is an anti-pattern in Scrum.
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Gold-Plating Beyond Done — Making Your Scrum Work #7
May 13, 2021
Join me and explore the reasons and the consequences of this Sprint anti-pattern in 109 seconds.
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What’s the Difference Between Agile & Scrum?
May 11, 2021
Are agile and Scrum the same thing? Learn about the difference from the team at www.FractalSystems.co.uk
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52 Scrum Master Interview Questions
May 11, 2021
Want to be ready for that tough Scrum Master interview? Here are 52 questions from the team at www.FractalSystems.co.uk that will help you really ace the upcoming interview and give you confidence during your Scrum Master interview.
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Four Scrum Master Success Principles
May 10, 2021
Contrary to popular belief, the Scrum Master success principles are tangible, when we guide the analysis with an outside perspective.