Team Dysfunctions and Scrum
Scrum doesn't cause team dysfunctions, but it certainly exposes the ones you already have. This article explores common problems through example and analysis. Then, it suggests ways to overcome these obstacles so that your Scrum team functions at optimal levels.
Agile Smells: Lack of Progress: Part One: Failings in Backlog Management
Progress smells often point to failings in one of three areas: backlog management, feature definition, and feature completion. This article analyzes what lack of progress means and describes remedies for weaknesses in backlog management. Parts two and three of this smell analysis will address feature definition and completion, respectively.
Empowering Teams: The ScrumMaster's Role
For Scrum to work, teams must be truly empowered. Unfortunately, far too many teams are operating at much less than capacity and are failing. Find out how to cure a team that is suffering from a power shortage.
Missing Pigs: A Scrum Smell
Our series on Scrum smells continues with a discussion of what to do when developers fail to attend daily Scrums.
ScrumMaster: Appointed or Team-Selected
The selection of a new Scrum team's ScrumMaster can impact the success or failure of the team's Scrum adoption. Choose the wrong person and the team could face the uphill struggle of trying to become self-organizing while under the thumb...
Scrum's Complex Simplicity: Nowhere to Hide
What to do when Scrum lifts the veil of opacity from your project, revealing obstacles and problems you may wish you'd never seen.