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How to implement SCRUM without forgeting the four principles of the agile manifesto on the way?
Don't the four agile principles get a bit lost in the middle of all the SCRUM process? How can this be avoided? How to promote these four principles over the process that is imposed? How to make the technical staff aquire a more value-oriented…
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User stories - difficult to decide actor
I always have trouble deciding who the actor should be and therefore how user stories should be written.
For example:
As a site owner I would like to display a carousel of products on the homepage so that I can promote many products.
vs.
As a…
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Plan several sprints at once
We are working on a project that will be completed over several months therefore will take several sprints. Our product owner has pushed us into planning several sprints in one go. We have only given rough estimates for items in future sprints (we…
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What are reasons against cross-functional teams?
I often work in companies where functional departments are rigidly separated. To me this seems inefficient, as adds a lot of communication overhead.
Are there reasons why companies prefer this type of structure? Does it offer more opportunities to…
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Can metaphors in popular culture help with explaining agile or waterfall to clients?
After reading this blog post that suggests that the Death Star was an agile project I was wondering if using metaphors is a good way of describing methodologies in a slightly fun way.
'Movie x demonstrated agile because of a, b, c' - 'Movie y…
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How many risks normally stay in your hot list?
How many risks do you manage actively out of your Risk Registry? And how many residual risks do you have there?
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What are the disadvantages of the Scrum Master being the hierarchical superior in the company?
In a small- to mid-size company trying to implement scrum, it may very well happen that the hierarchical superior of the Team members becomes the Scrum Master (short of being able to fund a full-time Scrum Master position). For example, it could be…
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Scrum Sprint Review without the stakeholders
I am working in a pretty small startup and we've just started doing scrum. The team consists of me as the scrum master (but also a developer), the product owner which is also the owner of the company and 5 other developers.
Today we had our first…
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User story conversation vs. scope creep
TL; DR;
What is the difference between:
A) The details evoked & scope definitions & acceptance criteria gained from the ongoing "user story conversation" a team should have with the PO, BAs, and stakeholders during a sprint
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B) Unplanned Scope…
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How to link Scrum release backlog to conventional project plan (MS project) in keeping sprint benefits?
We use the Scrum methodology for our software development. Since software development isn't the core activity of our company, and since this company isn't agile methods oriented yet, I need, as the ScrumMaster, to provide an interface between the…
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What are most typical iconic examples of a poor project management?
Can you give examples of projects that failed due to their project management mistakes? Would be nice to have some internal details about "why?" and "how?".
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When is the best time to create story tasks?
I have a team of developers who are relatively new to Agile and sprints (approx. 5 months now).
Every time I walk into their sprint planning session, I do not like what I see. It's absolute silence and we can practically hear ourselves breathing. …
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Including UX in Scrum
I lead a UX design team that is currently engaging with our devs in a waterfall-esque manner. I'm looking to integrate design with engineering within a Scrum process. I've read dozens of articles, a few books, done some online training, etc. None of…
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How to manage a product development and maintenance team
I am a project manager working with a product development team. We are using SCRUM with our development team. We have a heavy backlog list, that we are working on.
The issue that I am having is, we have now released several versions of our product…
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How to move from the Business area of PM to a more IT system related projects?
I am a PRINCE2 Practitioner with a strong Business Administration and Economics background. In my years as a PM, I have always been responsible for projects focused on the Business User area and final client. I must admit that I have found these…
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