Have you ever faced challenges in enabling effective adoption of Scrum in an organization? If not, you have something awesome going and this blog might not be a good use of your time.
For others who might have faced some challenges, here are some questions I often reflect on when I fall short of my aspirational goals...
1. Are my teams struggling because I am not doing an effective job as a Scrum Coach...?
2. Are my teams struggling because Scrum is not a good fit for this organization...?
3. Could there be some other reason...?
Having been part of Scrum adoptions with very diverse organizations for more than 10 years now, I have a new hypothesis...
4. Could my teams be struggling because the organization is not "ready" for Scrum?
So I started looking back at all my cringe-worthy failures and tried to reverse engineer a "Definition of Ready" for Scrum that might help me make more informed decisions about which organizations I choose to help. Here it is and I would love to learn if / how you might use it or improve it...