What are some of the impediments that can hold up a Daily Scrum ? How are impediments handled ?
Filed Under Agile, Issues, Meeting, Pitfalls, Problems, Process, Scrum | Posted on March 5, 2010
Part of the routine of a Daily Scrum is where team members come up with the issues that they face which could be stopping them from doing their work. These are called impediments, and are typically problems that are preventing them from completing their work. Once the team members articulate their impediments, it is the [...]
What are some of the problems you could face while planning using Planning Poker ?
Filed Under Issues, Pitfalls, Problems, Scrum | Posted on February 25, 2010
Planning Poker is a process used for estimation during the Sprint planning meeting, many times with actual cards rather than software. The various team members do their estimation of the tasks using Fibonacci numbering sequence, and after a couple of rounds of discussion, a finalization of the estimates are done, and these are converted into [...]
What are the disadvantages of Scrum ?
Filed Under Agile, Disadvantages, Pitfalls, Problems, Scrum | Posted on November 19, 2009
The past few posts have being bringing out some of the advantages of what Scrum is, and why it is beneficial. However it cannot be that in all cases Scrum can be used. What are some of the disadvantages of Scrum, and what are the situation / circumstances in which Scrum cannot be used:
- The [...]
Scrum optimized – what should you not do in your daily Scrum meetings
Filed Under Meeting, Pitfalls, Problems, Scrum | Posted on November 3, 2009
When you and the Scrum team commit to a daily Scrum meeting, there are some steps you need to take in order to ensure that people feel that these meetings add value to them and that they are valued members of this meeting; else they will not feel involved enough about sharing the required information. [...]
