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What Are the Limits of the Scrum Framework?

Agile Pain Relief Notes from a Tool User

Frequently in workshops, I get asked, “Where shouldn’t we use Scrum?” The short answer is there are lots of instances where the Scrum framework doesn’t fit. However, to give a more complete and effective answer to this question, first we need to have an idea of why and when Scrum does work and what the key conditions are for success.

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20 Deadline Management Tips Scrum Masters Should Consider

Codegiant

And with no set approach in place, software development teams often find themselves in a never-ending bug chase, which is another reason behind delayed releases. Most scrum masters don’t take these points into consideration while planning their sprints. new bugs can occur at any point in time. And value is what you’ll receive?—?but

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20 Deadline Management Tips Scrum Masters Should Consider

Codegiant

And with no set approach in place, software development teams often find themselves in a never-ending bug chase, which is another reason behind delayed releases. Most scrum teams don’t take these points into consideration while planning their sprints. Trust me — new bugs can occur at any point in time.

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Definition of Done vs. User Stories vs. Acceptance Criteria

Agile Pain Relief Notes from a Tool User

One of the more frequently asked questions in my Scrum workshops is around the difference between Definition of “Done” and Acceptance Criteria , and how they relate to User Stories. While Acceptance Criteria is a commonly understood concept in software development, Definition of “Done” is unique to Scrum. Performance Tests run.

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No Fighting In This (Agile) Dojo with M. David Green

Marcus Blankenship - Podcasts

The results will be more engaged team members, scrum masters, and a way of working that converts skeptics and naysayers into Agile evangelists. Engaged scrum masters are essential for long-term change (26:49). Scrum: Novice to Ninja: [link]. So, let’s take one of them, I think you said unit testing, is that right?

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AoAD2 Chapter 4: Investing in Agility

James Shore

Perform the practices and ignore the investments? There’s no objective measure of software productivity [Fowler 2003], but from experience, I’d estimate a 10-20% performance dip at first. As they become proficient with Agile skills, their performance will increase. Agile teams’ performance changes in other ways, too.

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AoAD2 Practice: Whole Team

James Shore

Hi, I’m your Scrum Master,” she says. Modern software development takes a lot of skills. And when those skills aren’t part of the team, performance suffers, as the “The Hole Team” sidebar shows. Until then, development on an Agile team looks similar to development on any other team. Test Driven Development.