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Some of the properties to look for in a Scrum coach – Part 4




In this series of posts (previous post – Selecting a Scrum Coach – Part 3), I am giving my views on what should be some of the reasons as to why a specific Scrum coach should be selected. In this post, I will continue with a couple more points on this same topic: – The [...]



Scrum Failure – When teams take Scrum, but only half-heartedly, and then realize that their Scrum does not work




As part of discussions within the organization, and with other Scrum Masters from other organizations where Scrum is implemented, one of the biggest problems that are discussed is why there are ‘Scrum failures’, or cases where the Scrum implementation seems to have failed. In a number of cases, we find that the Scrum implementation had [...]



Learn about Scrum – Why does Scrum fail – Dealing with a team that was hesitant, and it worked only after people actually were changed




If you look at the title of this post, it does not mean that we convinced the people to change; it actually meant that in some cases, people were encouraged to leave for a different group, or when they decided to leave the company, they were not stopped. This seems rather drastic, but it turned [...]



Learn about Scrum – Why does Scrum fail – There is the reluctance to allow the team to be self-empowered and modify some processes for their betterment




In the previous post (Team not being ready), I talked about how in some cases, the team has not been properly positioned into Scrum, and as a result, have not understood the benefits; and in some cases, they are introduced to an implementation of Scrum without the required training or at a time of stress, [...]