It happens that when you suggest a retrospective meeting to a team you hear something like: “we sit together and talk often, why the hell should we waste our time for another meeting?” Makes sense, doesn’t it? And yet, my whole experience tells me otherwise. Even though we talk with each other every day, even…
Tag: scrum
3 Daily Scrum Questions Considered Harmful
I met an old man today. He smelled heavenly like a freshly groomed Product Backlog and literally oozed with agile smartness. He gave me an old parchment with few words of wisdom written on this. Then he vanished Cheshire Cat style (his wise and forgiving smile vanished last). I tried to decipher the parchment and…
Transparency in Scrum and Sociocracy 3.0
The different approach to transaprency by Scrum and Sociocracy 3.0
What is “Done”?
When can you say that a task is done? This is an old topic but still important and still being discussed over and over by almost any team. Lately my team decided to come with a definition of done. This post presents our view on “what is ‘done’?”. Introduction We tried to address every aspect…