Why Scrum Fails if Product Ownership Fails?
If product owners fail to maximise the value produced by the team, the entire product development can be derailed. Failing to understand and validate value leads to the team missing the intended goals The Product Owner must maximise the value the team can deliver. Acting as a crucial link, the Product Owner integrates the team’s […]
What Makes a Great Sprint Review?
The effectiveness of a Sprint Review can influence a product’s future direction and success. It also helps understand possible challenges and how to overcome them in future development. A Sprint Review is the scrum event that bridges the team and stakeholders. This event is more than a simple demo or presentation of work accomplished; it’s […]
Why Scrum Mastery Is a Step Towards Leadership?
The journey is about listening, adapting, empowering, and inspiring teams and organisations to create impactful, resilient, and valuable products by fostering the right environment and practices. Mastering Scrum is a journey towards collaboration, continuous improvement, and self-managing teams. This path enhances the efficacy of the Scrum framework and cultivates essential leadership qualities, making it a […]
What Is Product Leadership?
This leadership style is about creating products that meet customer needs and exceed their expectations, establishing a solid market presence and competitive advantage. Product leadership is an approach that emphasises understanding the user’s or customer’s problems, innovation, quality, and differentiation to drive a product and its team toward success. It’s about steering the product through […]
How Do You Know You Are Getting Good as a Scrum Master?
A succeeding Scrum Master helps the team move towards reliable delivery of quality, valuable increments while improving the overall environment’s health and fostering collaboration and self-management Your ability to understand your effectiveness as a Scrum Master can help you move yourself and your team forward. This requires understanding the team’s level of autonomy and decision-making […]
Why Skipping a Sprint Retrospective Is a Bad Idea?
An effective Sprint Retrospective ensures the team remains cohesive and aligned, leading to sustainable development and innovation. It is a dedicated time for reflection, learning, and improvement. Skipping a Sprint Retrospective can be perceived as a time-saver in the short term, especially during busy periods. Still, the decision to skip a single Sprint Retrospective can […]
What Is a Usable Increment?
A usable Increment in Scrum revolves around providing immediate value and a platform for feedback and continuous improvement. It’s a concrete step toward the Product Goal. In the dynamic world of product development, delivering value is vital to creating tangible, releasable outputs at the end of each sprint, ensuring that the product consistently moves towards […]
What Type of Scrum Master Are You?
The goal of a SM is to grow the teams to thrive, innovate, and deliver exceptional products. Understanding and embracing the various dimensions of the role can enhance the effectiveness of your team. There is an important difference between the Scrum Master accountability, as described in the Scrum Guide 2020, and the Scrum Master role, […]
What Are the Secrets of a Great Product Owner?
A great product owner leads with vision, validates the value delivered and encourages experimentation and risk-taking, helping the team unlock new possibilities to focus on delivering value. The heart of product excellence lies in understanding the real user’s needs and experiences. Great product owners immerse themselves in the users’ and customers’ worlds, leveraging insights to […]
Why Is Mechanical Scrum a Trap?
Mechanical Scrum can become a trap when we follow Scrum without understanding Scrum. The Scrum framework is a great place to start in order to deliver value, but it shouldn’t be itself a destination. Scrum is widely embraced because we see it working in other teams and organisations. It may seem simple because it is […]
