Nine Questions for a Good Scrum Team Structure
In his book “Succeeding with Agile”, Mike Cohn present nine questions that you should ask for a current or proposed team. Questions should be asked iteratively… until you answer “yes” to each.
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In his book “Succeeding with Agile”, Mike Cohn present nine questions that you should ask for a current or proposed team. Questions should be asked iteratively… until you answer “yes” to each.
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Many teams adopt Scrum after hearing its benefits. They organize sprints, standups, boards, and wait for improvements. It happens occasionally. Often, something is off. Though meetings occur, little changes.
Uncertainty in the Product Backlog is a big risk for the schedule of a Scrum project. How clever your estimations might be, Agile has to consider them using the notion of “cone of uncertainty”.
As many testers have, I struggled in my first year on a Scrum team. How do I write tests without a spec? How do I know when I am done with software testing when there is no test plan? This article shows the important contributions that software testers on Agile teams can make in the requirements gathering activities of feature and user stories creation.
How do you get people to work effectively as a team? Instead of reorganizing every two weeks, maybe we should focus on what makes teaming work. Books and blogs focus on psychological safety, communications, trust, personal growth, and a shared purpose.
Digital transformation isn’t just a buzzword anymore–it’s reshaping how we work. And if you’re running Scrum teams, you’ve probably wondered how to make financial processes less of a headache.
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