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How to start Scrum in a company
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In a company that is favorable to use the scrum framework but use only selected and scattered part of the process and don't want to apply fully the methodologies, what are the steps to start SCRUM?
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Driving Changes on a peer-to-peer level
This site is called "Project Management". I am unsure if my current context fits.
I am a scrum master. This means I am not "higher" or "lower" than anyone in my team.
We work on a peer to peer level (I hope this is the matching wording). And I am…
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How to deal with recurring tasks in a sprint?
We are working on a software product which by now requires about 40% of our capacity maintenance work like e.g. manually checking data per day. What would be the recommended way on dealing with those tasks within a Scrum framework?
At the moment I…
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How to formulate risks well for risk analysis?
If I have to formulate goals for a project there's the well established S.M.A.R.T. paradigm. It helps to have goals at the end, from which necessary actions can be easily deduced. It prevents from having goals which can be interpreted differently…
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Software Projects with loose requirements
What is the best method(s) to keep software projects on track when the requirements are loosely defined? (i.e. Just general functional concepts provided).
Mark
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Daily StandUp in a small co-located team
Let's suppose we have a small development team: a front-end developer, a back-end developer and a tester working in the same room and therefore able to communicate freely throught a day.
Is it reasonable to have daily StandUp's for such team…
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Scrum Master Responsibility : Removing Impediment for the team vs being a middle man
As per the scrum guide, the scrum master's responsibility towards the team is to remove the roadblocks. But what extent should he go? I am not sure if the SM should go any extent and (maybe even) become the middle man and do all the communication..…
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User Story Title
When creating a user story work item in a tool like GitHub or, Azure DevOps, Should the “As a user, I want” phrase be used for the title, or should it be placed in the description?
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Kanban - spending time on somebody else's work
Is it OK in Kanban that a developer may be involved in another developer's work (helps, consults) for a significant amount of time (a half day)?
The work item of the first developer is staying in "In Progress" column, but he isn't really workin on…
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Should I over deliver ahead of schedule
I've landed my first freelance gig as a solo software developer, so it's my first time having to assume a PM role for a project.
As a PM, prior to landing the contract, I met with the clients to gather requirements, assess technical feasibilty,…
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How can we prevent business value from being dependent on multiple user stories in Scrum?
Our dev team keeps finding ourselves in a scenario where we have multiple stories, none of which actually provide usable value by themselves. In order to deliver any real world value, we need to complete a bunch of them together. If grouped together…
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Scrum Team and Product Owner working against each other
My current project involves two companies. The product owner from Company A and the development team from Company B.
Recently the two companies came to a disagreement regarding the Product Owner (PO) for the following reasons:
She does not give…
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What to do about unachievable criteria in the Definition of Done?
I'm a first-time Scrum Master. I'm not even certified in anything PM-related; I'm just a seasoned Python/Django developer. However, I have read the latest official Scrum Guide cover-to-cover. I have also read a lot of articles and blog posts on the…
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Should all required user story assets be available before sizing a story or starting the sprint?
I am a developer. Sometimes we have stories which will require some sort of asset that is not in the control of the dev team. A common example would be that the story calls for a new piece of UI to be added, but another party/department will be…
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Would/should the PM define the code style for a software project?
In terms of specifying the actual code/syntax style that all developers should use in a project, should the project manager do this?
Or would that be under the realm of a technical lead/lead developer?
Or would it vary from organization to…
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