Kiron Bondale

MARCH 20, 2022

One of the clichés about Scrum is that it is “easy to understand but difficult to master” The first part of that is obvious with the Scrum Guide is only eleven pages (if you don’t count the title page, purpose and table of contents). However, the immutable design of Scrum is where challenges occur.

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Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

What is the ‘Navigating the Scrum Events’ Series? If you or your team are new to Scrum, you can use this as a starting point to answer, “what should we be doing and why?” for each Scrum Event. The Sprint Sprint Planning Daily Scrum Sprint Review Sprint Retrospective Sprint Retrospective - What’s The Point?

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Scrum.org

APRIL 18, 2023

5 Grundsätze für die effektive Moderation von Scrum Events Unerfahrene Scrum Master glauben, sie müssten möglichst viele Facilitation-Techniken kennen. Zweckmäßigkeit: Scrum Master helfen dem Team, das Ziel nicht aus den Augen zu verlieren. Scrum Master helfen dem Team, ein gemeinsames Verständnis zu schaffen.

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Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Starting with Scrum can feel overwhelming. It’s a framework with defined events, accountabilities, and artifacts that might seem rigid or even intimidating at first glance. The real magic of Scrum unfolds as you practice and improve over time. Scrum boards : Great for visualization, but not required.

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Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

What is the ‘Navigating the Scrum Events’ Series? If you or your team are new to Scrum, you can use this as a starting point to answer, “What should we be doing and why?” for each Scrum Event. Anyone on the Scrum Team can take this on. This can help with Daily Scrum conversations and focus for the team.

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Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

What is the ‘Navigating the Scrum Events’ Series? If you or your team are new to Scrum, you can use this as a starting point to answer, “what should we be doing and why?” for each Scrum Event. The Sprint Sprint Planning Daily Scrum Sprint Review Sprint Retrospective The Sprint - What’s The Point?

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 10, 2022

According to the 2020 Scrum Guide, “The purpose of the Sprint Retrospective is to plan ways to increase quality and effectiveness.” Scrum Teams must take the Retrospective seriously to achieve these outcomes. Teams that choose to skip the Retrospective miss out on a lot and aren’t practicing Scrum.

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

Früher dachte ich, ich würde die Scrum Events erfolgreich moderieren, wenn ich folgende Punkte beachtete: Ich wiederholte das Ziel des Meetings, um sicherzustellen, dass es von allen verstanden wird. Seitdem ich das realisiert habe, gestalte ich Scrum Events anders. Schauen wir uns gemeinsam die Events in Scrum an.

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Scrum is a framework within which teams work together to deliver products in complex environments. The Scrum framework includes five events: The Sprint Sprint Planning Daily Scrum Sprint Review Sprint Retrospective. Each of the five events in Scrum is time boxed. Why are events time boxed?

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Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

What is the ‘Navigating the Scrum Events’ Series? If you or your team are new to Scrum, you can use this as a starting point to answer, “what should we be doing and why?” for each Scrum Event. The Sprint Sprint Planning Daily Scrum Sprint Review Sprint Retrospective Sprint Review - What’s The Point?

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Scrum.org

MARCH 28, 2023

A fundamental part of Scrum is the ideal of continuous improvement. Scrum Teams are always getting better. The special ingredient that makes these Scrum events successful is a healthy dose of positivity. In this event, we inspect ourselves and what we can do better. That's never easy.

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Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

The Scrum framework consists of five events , three artifacts and three accountabilities. These events, artifacts and accountabilities provide a framework within which teams work together to deliver value. The Product Backlog is an important artifact in Scrum. Refinement is an important activity for the Scrum team.

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Scrum.org

MAY 10, 2022

As Scrum.org professionals, we have coached, trained and mentored thousands of Scrum Masters and consulted the organizations they work with, and we’ve consistently encountered similar issues that not only limit Scrum Teams from thriving, but also restrict empiricism from working. That’s Mechanical Scrum.

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Scrum.org

JUNE 6, 2022

When people ask me the best way for their team to transition to Scrum, I have to tell them that there isn’t an easy answer because every organization is unique. Keeping that in mind, here are some general steps to consider if implementing Scrum is on your horizon. . Is Scrum the right fit for your business problem?

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Scrum.org

MAY 14, 2024

Scrum is often misunderstood. Scrum events, often mistaken for unproductive ceremonies, are designed to facilitate continuous inspection and adaptation. Each event serves a purpose, driving the team towards achieving the Sprint Goal and delivering value. One prevalent myth is that Scrum involves more talking than doing.

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Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

When I work with customers, the ones who have the biggest troubles are the ones who are obsessed with ”doing scrum right”. Scrum is not the point. If I’m working with a company on their agile transformation or their implementation of Scrum or doing a Scrum training for their team, they’re not wrong in thinking that Scrum is important.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 31, 2023

Lean Startup and Scrum Reis and Blank talk about using these ideas to build and scale a business, but the ideas hold true at the product or even feature level. In 2016, Gartner created a diagram that showed how Design Thinking, Lean Startup, and Scrum combined. The Scrum Events are best when they are based on evidence.

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Scrum.org

DECEMBER 6, 2022

The refinement process for those practicing Scrum determines the detail, order and size of the items in the Product Backlog. Imagine the product our Scrum Team is working on is a house renovation. Our Scrum Team will now need to replan the approach for delivering these PBIs. Save the details for the Sprint Planning event.

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Scrum.org

APRIL 24, 2024

One of the first things that people new to Scrum learn about is the five events. The five events in Scrum are 1) the Sprint, 2) Sprint Planning 3) Daily Scrum, 4) Sprint Review and 5) the Sprint Retrospective. When people first start learning about Scrum, it can seem like Scrum requires many meetings.

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 1, 2024

The Scrum Master has to keep changing styles and stances as and when needed. However, when someone with not enough knowledge or experience picks up this hat, it often leads to Scrum Master Anti Patterns. Anti-pattern: Scrum Master as a technical lead This person has played a role of technical lead for quite long.

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Scrum.org

APRIL 19, 2023

Scrum is the most popular Agile framework. According to Digita.ai’s 16th annual report, 87% of organizations using an Agile framework use Scrum. That’s up from 58% of Agile teams using Scrum, as documented in the 14th annual State of Agile report. Why is Scrum so popular? Scrum is simple; that is its power.

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

He says, Before complaining that Agile/Scrum/whatever is dead, consider instead that it's become a norm. And each of these vendors had “scrum” teams or rather in the words of Michael Kusters “scream” teams. In Scrum’s perspective, it is the job of the Scrum Master to make the Scrum Teams effective.

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Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

It’s a myth that Scrum Teams don’t plan. Scrum Teams plan at the Sprint Planning event and when refining work items. Scrum Teams plan frequently to navigate complicated environments where new information emerges constantly. Some Scrum Teams face a lot of unplanned work. That’s what we’re going to delve into here.

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Scrum.org

MARCH 6, 2023

Dabei ist Scrum unter allen agilen Rahmenwerken mit Abstand das beliebteste. State of Agile“-Bericht verwendeten im Jahr 2021 bereits über 66 % der befragten Unternehmen Scrum. Und dieser Anteil steigt weiter, allein zwischen den Jahren 2020 und 2021 stieg die Verwendung von Scrum in den Unternehmen um 5 %. Laut dem „15.

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ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 10, 2023

A project meeting is a regularly occurring event where some or all of the project team and stakeholders gather to discuss the project. Project management meetings are communication events and clear communication is what keeps projects on track. This is a collaborative effort called a scrum ceremony. Daily Scrum Meeting.

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Scrum.org

APRIL 15, 2023

Scrum is an Agile framework that has revolutionised how software development teams work. However, even with the best intentions, Scrum can be challenging to master. In this blog, we’ll explore mindful Scrum mastery and how it can help you improve your Agile practice. What is Mindful Scrum Mastery?

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

TL; DR: Scrum Anti-Patterns GPT Can a Custom Scrum Anti-Patterns GPT align teams with Scrum principles? Dive into how leveraging custom GPTs might offer a novel path through Scrum’s common hurdles, focusing on creating actual customer value in the face of organizational and team-level challenges. ?

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 2, 2024

There are good and great Scrum Masters. If you want your Scrum Master to be 5 times more effective, show them this. Even good Scrum Masters sometimes fail by spending too much time on the least impactful things. Even good Scrum Masters sometimes fail by spending too much time on the least impactful things.

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Scrum.org

DECEMBER 18, 2023

In this article, we will debunk 10 common myths about Scrum. Now, I'm not saying that chaos dragons are real, but I am saying that Scrum is not chaos. Scrum can help. Scrum teams can adapt based on feedback received and can shift their focus away from unnecessary features towards features that deliver the most value.

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Scrum.org

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Scrum is the most popular Agile framework. According to the latest State of Agile survey from Digital.ai, 90% of teams who are using an Agile framework are using Scrum. I like to think that this is because Scrum is a goldilocks framework … with just enough - but not too much - structure. That is the power of Scrum.

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Scrum.org

AUGUST 8, 2024

As project managers transition to Scrum, understanding how to enhance the Scrum framework with complementary practices is crucial. Scrum's minimalistic design includes only essential elements, leaving room to incorporate additional practices that can be adapted or changed as teams evolve and discover more effective methods.

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Scrum.org

MARCH 26, 2024

People new to Scrum or without formal training sometimes use Scrum as an excuse for various bad practices. For example, Scrum is no excuse not to create a forecast for delivery or to accept a lack of direction for your product. This article will discuss three common bad practices and explain why Scrum is no excuse.

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 24, 2024

From the Scrum Guide: “Scrum is a lightweight framework…” Let’s have a closer look at what this means? From Cambridge Dictionary: Lightweight “Weighing only a little or less than average” … euh… Scrum is lightweight. Of course, we’re not worried about Scrum tipping the scales physically. Scrum on! Then adapt.

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Scrum.org

MARCH 20, 2024

The presence of a Scrum Master goes beyond facilitating Scrum Events and meetings and resolving impediments. The Scrum Master encourages the team to embrace change, not as a challenge but as an opportunity for growth and innovation. Transparency and Trust: The Scrum Master helps the team focus on their work.

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Scrum.org

APRIL 9, 2024

Fortunately, Scrum offers a structured framework that can guide you through. Here's how Scrum addresses ten common challenges that managers face, providing clear solutions through its empirical approach. The clear definition of Scrum accountabilities enhances team focus and sets clear expectations for each member's contribution.

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Scrum.org

APRIL 6, 2023

Schon lange, bevor Scrum nicht mehr richtig funktioniert, sind die ersten Probleme in Scrum Events zu erkennen. Angefangen damit, dass das Scrum Team die bevorstehende Arbeit im Refinement nicht besprochen hat oder die Entwickler sich nicht auf den Funktionsumfang verpflichten wollen. Niemals mehr als 1/20.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 15, 2024

TL; DR: Sunsetting Scrum Masters In this article, I uncover indicators that a Scrum Master’s or Agile Coach’s journey is coming to a close; they are sunsetting Scrum Masters. Preorder the Scrum Anti-Patterns Guide book now for delivery in January 2024! ? Shall I notify you about articles like this one?

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