Agile Hotline: The status reporting daily stand up
Question: One of the teams I am working with, are not collaborating a great deal, this is something I am working on. The question is around the daily stand up. At the moment, its like they are just...
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Question Recently someone asked for advice about a debate he was having with a co-worker about whether agile and Scrum can work in any software development scenario. The co-worker argued that it...
View ArticleAgile Hotline – Dealing with command and control
Question What strategies can I follow when working with a command and control Agile coach who is suffocatingly breathing down my neck trying to implement his overworking (hours) and some kind of...
View ArticleAgile Hotline – Should our team move to 3 week sprints?
We recently got asked this question: The XXX team suggested as a team that we change our 2 week sprints to 3 week sprints as we lose a lot of time spending a whole day on retro, sprint plan 1 & 2...
View ArticleHow does Scrum work with a big team?
When we teach people about Scrum and working as teams, the question that inevitably comes up is “What is a team?”, and in particular “How big a team should be?”. Our answer is 4 to 6 people plus a...
View Article8 hours a day of Scrum Master stuff ?
When we coach teams new to agile we inevitable get asked how many teams a Scrum Master should have. We then use the quote “A good Scrum Master can have two teams, a great Scrum Master will only have...
View ArticleHelp! My first grooming session.
Today we got an email from a new Scrum Master who has been using our online training courses and books to learn. She has just started at a new company (her first job as a Scrum Master) and identified...
View ArticleWhen should you re-estimate in Scrum
If we know one thing about estimates, it is that they are wrong. That’s okay, if they were correct we’d call them actuals. However estimates can be useful to help with some level of planning. Given...
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Agile Hotline – Is agile more efficient than waterfall?
Welcome to Agile Hotline! One of the Scrum Master’s we coach often calls us with problems he is dealing with. He joked that we should answer our phones as ‘Agile Hotline, how can we help?’. We decided...
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Agile Hotline – Dealing with command and control
Welcome to Agile Hotline! One of the Scrum Master’s we coach often calls us with problems he is dealing with. He joked that we should answer our phones as ‘Agile Hotline, how can we help?’. We decided...
View ArticleAgile Hotline – Should our team move to 3 week sprints?
We recently got asked this question: The XXX team suggested as a team that we change our 2 week sprints to 3 week sprints as we lose a lot of time spending a whole day on retro, sprint plan 1 & 2...
View ArticleHow does Scrum work with a big team?
When we teach people about Scrum and working as teams, the question that inevitably comes up is “What is a team?”, and in particular “How big a team should be?”. Our answer is 4 to 6 people plus a...
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8 hours a day of Scrum Master stuff ?
When we coach teams new to agile we inevitable get asked how many teams a Scrum Master should have. We then use the quote “A good Scrum Master can have two teams, a great Scrum Master will only have...
View ArticleHelp! My first grooming session.
Today we got an email from a new Scrum Master who has been using our online training courses and books to learn. She has just started at a new company (her first job as a Scrum Master) and identified...
View ArticleClik here to view.
When should you re-estimate in Scrum
If we know one thing about estimates, it is that they are wrong. That’s okay, if they were correct we’d call them actuals. However estimates can be useful to help with some level of planning. Given...
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