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How to Rethink Sprint Retrospectives to Shape a Better Culture

DevOps.com

If you have been in a scrum team (or even an agile software development team), you most certainly have had or heard about sprint retrospectives or gone through them. They often happen after the team showcases the work done during the sprint reviews or demos. The original intent behind retrospectives is to help the team […].

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Grown-Up Lean

LeanEssays

Scrum [20] introduced iterations. But Scrum has failed to evolve fast enough. Shortcomings such as unlimited backlogs, relatively long iterations, product owners as proxies, and silence on technical disciplines earn Scrum a ‘not recommended’ rating for lean practitioners today. Our first demo was in September.