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Not pushing the team too hard – a fine balance that can be easy to miss – Part 1




The topic for this post came up from a recent discussion that we started having. The managers of the team were astounded when, at yet another weekend, when members of the team were called for work (since yet another milestone was approaching), almost 90% of the team came up with excuses individually, and finally, the [...]



Scrum failure – trying to get a Business Analyst to play the role of a Product Owner




One of the biggest problems in trying to do Scrum projects is when an existing team is sought to be converted to using Scrum methodology. Consider the case where the team has a Project Manager to run the project, and Business Analysts to convert the requirements into specific documentation that the developer team can use. [...]



Product Owner in Scrum – the mismatch between being the voice of the customers and working closely with the team




I work for an organization that has a mix of teams using Scrum, using Waterfall, using iterative, and other software development methodologies. Corresponding to this, we have a Product Management team that works on the different projects that are in execution; these Product Managers are responsible for the various projects that we are doing for [...]



How does the Scrum team decrease the difference between Capacity and Velocity (contd..) ?




I have been covering a series of posts on the topic of how to improve the Velocity of the Scrum team (how to improve the Velocity of the Scrum team). In this post, I will continue on the same line and mention some more points that can help in increasing the effectiveness of the Scrum [...]