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00:00 Welcome
02:22 How do we ensure the robustness of Software Architecture from Sprint1 to the last sprint as Agile works on MVP philosophy?
05:33 One of the inputs of the Sprint Planning meeting is the past performance. How the team performance should be measured?
09:47 The IT dept is Agile but the business is Waterfall what approach would you take to win the business to Agile Scrum?
14:10 Is the classic business/IT separation an asset to or an obstacle to Agile? How can it be improved upon?
16:54 We have a small dev shop so our developers are also production support - we 'reserve' time for Prod Support but how do you suggest most efficiently using developer time with regard to support and new dev?
21:20 How do we ensure team's are not doing "Scrum But"? For example, lots of team's run sprints of activity but do not examine workload.
24:35 Given the Scrum events, which would be the ones who should be lead by the Product Owner (maybe Refinement and Planning)?
29:27 Going on the what and the how. Is feature delivery valuable? The Product owner comes up with the feature, the developers create stories to complete said feature. Or is this to driving?
31:48 Can you share best practices for managing/utilizing team members working on multiple (not connected) projects, helping the DevTeam to increase it's velocity.
36:34 Being a new certified Scrum Master, do you habe a suggestions how to address job adverts where the companies ask for some years of experience?
39:04 Do we really HAVE to use Story Points ?? if so, what's the best way to use 'em? Thanks!
43:51 Any suggestion how to deal with companies in transition, which try to put everything they deemed to be done into the PBL instead of having the Product owner make the choice?
45:49 As scrum master, i got confused how to be more effective with high performance team? sometimes i feel my role is not mandatory to the team
49:22 Any tips for implementing scrum for teams that are service/operational teams who's resources are shared by the product development teams, or are business/user research teams who create and send work to those dev teams?
52:35 What is the difference between an Agile Manager and an Agile Leader?
55:42 We are using US in our sprints, the team verifies the US complies with INVEST and has an acceptance criteria however for some reason,the Dev Team does not want to test each US and wait for the whole MVP, I think there is something wrong here. Have you had this situation some time? How did you find a solution? -
Raw Agility Episode 3 - reserve sprint points for break fix work
How do you handle break fix work among Scrum Teams? Do you reserve sprint points for that work? The company has no desire at this time to create a break fix team. -
Raw Agility Episode 3 - principles of Scrum and Kanban that make it a great combination.
My team/organization is just starting to use agile principles. The team consists of a few business analysts that support three development teams by fleshing out requirements. I'm new to the team and the first product role in the organization. We currently have issues limiting work in progress and getting colleagues to commit to deadlines. My experience with Scrum is extremely positive and I'd like to get our team using scrum principles. Currently Kanban is used and Scrums is viewed with trepidation. Could you highlight a few limitations of Kanban-only processes, and how you see scrum as an effective way of working? -
Raw Agility Episode 3 - Scrum on a team with many use cases
How do you implement scrum in a data analytics team, where each team member is working on a use case and each one have their own goals?
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What is the difference between an Agile Manager and an Agile Leader?
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We are using US in our sprints, the team verifies the US complies with INVEST and has an acceptance criteria however for some reason,the Dev Team does not want to test each US and wait for the whole MVP, I think there is something wrong hereHave you had this situation some time? How did you find a solution?
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Any tips for implementing scrum for teams that are service/operational teams who’s resources are shared by the product development teams, or are business/user research teams who create and send work to those dev teams?
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as scrum master, i got confused how to be more effective with high performance team?sometimes i feel my role is not mandatory to the team (click to vote)
as scrum master, i got confused how to be more effective with high performance team?sometimes i feel my role is not mandatory to the team
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Any suggestion how to deal with companies in transition, which try to put everything they deemed to be done into the PBL instead of having the Product owner make the choice?
69 views1 answers2 votes
Do we really HAVE to use Story Points ?? if so, what’s the best way to use ’em? Thanks! (click to vote)
Do we really HAVE to use Story Points ?? if so, what’s the best way to use ’em? Thanks!
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Being a new certified Scrum Master, do you habe a suggestions how to address job adverts where the companies ask for some years of experience? (click to vote)
Being a new certified Scrum Master, do you habe a suggestions how to address job adverts where the companies ask for some years of experience?
49 views1 answers2 votes
Can you share best practices for managing/utilizing team members working on multiple (not connected) projects, helping the DevTeam to increase it’s velocity.
48 views1 answers2 votes
Going on the what and the how. Is feature delivery valuable? The Product owner comes up with the feature, the developers create stories to complete said feature. Or is this to driving?
50 views1 answers2 votes
Given the Scrum events, which would be the ones who should be lead by the Product Owner (maybe Refinement and Planning)? (click to vote)
Given the Scrum events, which would be the ones who should be lead by the Product Owner (maybe Refinement and Planning)?
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How do we ensure teams are not doing Scrum But? For example, lots of teams run sprints of activity but do not examine workload. (click to vote)
How do we ensure teams are not doing Scrum But? For example, lots of teams run sprints of activity but do not examine workload.
64 views1 answers2 votes
We have a small dev shop so our developers are also production support – we ‘reserve’ time for Prod Support but how do you suggest most efficiently using developer time with regard to support and new dev?
57 views1 answers2 votes
The IT dept is Agile but the business is Waterfall what approach would you take to win the business to Agile Scrum? (click to vote)
The IT dept is Agile but the business is Waterfall what approach would you take to win the business to Agile Scrum?
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One of the inputs of the Sprint Planning meeting is the past performance. How the team performance should be measured? (click to vote)
One of the inputs of the Sprint Planning meeting is the past performance. How the team performance should be measured?
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How do we ensure the robustness of Software Architecture from Sprint1 to the last sprint as Agile works on MVP philosophy? (click to vote)
How do we ensure the robustness of Software Architecture from Sprint1 to the last sprint as Agile works on MVP philosophy?
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Technical Debt (click to vote)
I am a product owner, and I am faced with continuous technical debt generated by the developers. How do I solve this problem? Thank you
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Bill Martin asked 8 months ago
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My team/organization is just starting to use agile principles. The team consists of a few business analysts that support three development teams by fleshing out requirements. I’m new to the team and the first product role in the organization.We currently have issues limiting work in progress and getting colleagues to commit to deadlines. My experience with Scrum is extremely positive and I’d like to get our team using scrum principles. Currently Kanban is used and Scrums is viewed with trepidation.Could you highlight a few limitations of kanban-only processes, and how you see scrum as an effective way of working?Thanks,CJ
60 views1 answers2 votes
How do you implement scrum in a data analytics team, where each team member is working on a use case and each one have their own goals? (click to vote)
How do you implement scrum in a data analytics team, where each team member is working on a use case and each one have their own goals?
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How much can you Scrum be adapted to meet the needs of the organsiation?
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Is it difficult to be a scrum master if the Product Owner doesn’t understand their role and how have you dealt with this in your projects? (click to vote)
Is it difficult to be a scrum master if the Product Owner doesn’t understand their role and how have you dealt with this in your projects?
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In your experience, how do you measure your success as a Scrum Master?
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If your engineering manager is adamant not to take new requests since we have already developed major feature ,but our product owner is like you will have to develop the new asks/requests
?How do we deal with situations like this ?
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i recently became certified as a PSM. i work in an IT org who hasn’t yet adopted scrum. i work on a portfolio management team and one of our initiatives is to convince and guide the leadership to adopt a full agile/scrum transformation. i am on a personal mission to equip the teams with scrum values and scrum principles in small ways with every interaction. What i’m up against is a culture that works with a project mindset not a product mindset. the leaders and stakeholders are more concerned with meeting due dates and overlooking the importance of quality and speed of delivery. what advice do you have?
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Your views on cross-functional vs temporary SME, as well as technical-orientated team members vs business-orientated team members within in a Scrum Team? Note: temporary SME is also in-line with question above about Scrum Team utilization.
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