Tag: Anti-Patterns

  • The Dogmatic Scrum Master Anti-Pattern — Making Your Scrum Work #20

    TL; DR: The Dogmatic Scrum Master Anti-Pattern

    There are plenty of failure possibilities with Scrum. Since Scrum is an intentionally incomplete framework with a reasonable yet short “manual,” this effect should not surprise anyone. For example, how do we communicate with members of the Scrum team that take the Scrum Guide literally? What about a dogmatic Scrum Master?

    Join me and delve into the effects of Scrum dogmatism in less than 120 seconds.

    The Dogmatic Scrum Master Anti-Pattern — Making Your Scrum Work #20 — Berlin Product People GmbH

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  • Skipping Retrospectives — Making Your Scrum Work #17

    TL; DR: Skipping Retrospectives?

    There are plenty of failure possibilities with Scrum. Given that Scrum is a framework with a reasonable yet short “manual,” this effect should not surprise anyone. One area where Scrum’s nature of being intentionally incomplete causes issues regularly is whether Scrum teams shall stick to the event schedule even if the team’s life is uneventful? For example, is skipping Retrospectives okay?

    Join me and delve into the consequences of skipping Retrospectives in less than 90 seconds.

    Skipping Retrospectives — Making Your Scrum Work #17 — Berlin Product People GmbH

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  • The Lack of Agile Leadership Qualities — Making Your Scrum Work #15

    TL; DR: The Lack of Agile Leadership Qualities — When Change Agents Don’t Act as Role Models

    There are plenty of failure possibilities with Scrum. Given that Scrum is a framework with a reasonable yet short “manual,” this effect should not surprise anyone. When Scrum becomes an element of an agile transformation, a lack of agile leadership qualities on the incumbents’ side may impede its overall progress significantly despite the best efforts of all other change agents.

    ???? Join me and explore the consequences of a lack of agile leadership qualities and what you can do about it in less than three minutes.

    The Lack of Agile Leadership Qualities — Making Your Scrum Work #15 — Berlin Product People GmbH

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  • When the Scrum Master Fails by Being Overly Protective — Making Your Scrum Work #13

    TL; DR: When Scrum Masters Fail — Making Your Scrum Work #13

    There are plenty of failure possibilities with Scrum. Given that Scrum is a framework with a reasonable yet short “manual,” this effect should not surprise anyone. Scrum thrives when the Scrum teams are self-managing while Scrum Masters embrace their role as servant-leaders. However, this also implies that Scrum Masters fail when they are overly protective.

    ???? Join me and explore the consequences of the overly protective Scrum Master and what you can do about it in less than three minutes.

    When the Scrum Master Fails by Being Overly Protective  — Making Your Scrum Work #13 — Berlin Product People GmbH

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  • Three Essential Agile Failure Patterns in 7:31 Minutes—Making Your Scrum Work #12

    TL; DR: Essential Agile Failure Patterns — When Noise Interferes with Signal

    There are plenty of failure possibilities with Scrum. Given that Scrum is a framework with a reasonable yet short “manual,” this effect should not surprise anyone. When Scrum becomes an element of an agile transformation, the following three common essential agile failure patterns prove to be an exceptionally tough nut to crack for any Scrum Master.

    ???? Join me and explore the consequences of foreseeable failure patterns and what you can do about them in a little more than seven minutes.

    Three Essential Agile Failure Patterns in 7:31 Minutes—Making Your Scrum Work #12 — Berlin Product People GmbH

    Update: I am running a poll on LinkedIn—join the voting: “What is your top agile failure pattern in organizations?”

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  • The Frustrated Scrum Master — When all the Effort Leads Nowhere

    TL; DR: The Frustrated Scrum Master — When all the Effort Leads Nowhere

    There are plenty of failure possibilities with Scrum. Given that Scrum is a framework with a reasonable yet short “manual,” this effect should not surprise anyone. One failure symptom of a botched agile transformation is the frustrated Scrum Master.

    ???? Join me and explore the consequences of a Scrum Master who has thrown in the towel in 92 seconds.

    The Frustrated Scrum Master — When all the Effort Leads Nowhere — Berlin Product People GmbH

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  • Three Wide-Spread Product Owner Failures in 6:09 Minutes—Making Your Scrum Work #5

    TL; DR: Three Wide-Spread Product Owner Failures

    There are plenty of Product Owner failures. Given that Scrum is a framework with a precise and concise yet short “manual,” this effect should not surprise anyone.

    Explore with me three widespread examples of how Product Owners fail their team in three short video clips, totaling 6 minutes and 9 seconds.

    Three Wide-Spread Product Owner Failures in 6:09 Minutes—Making Your Scrum Work #5 — Berlin Product People GmbH

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  • Three Wide-Spread Scrum Master Failures in 5:31 Minutes—Making Your Scrum Work

    TL; DR: Three Wide-Spread Scrum Master Failures

    There are plenty of Scrum Masters failures. Given that Scrum is a framework with a precise and concise yet short “manual,” this effect should not surprise anyone.

    Learn more about three widespread examples of how Scrum Masters fail their team in three short video clips, totaling 5 minutes and 31 seconds.

    Three Wide-Spread Scrum Master Failures in 5:31 Minutes—Making Your Scrum Work—Berlin Product People GmbH

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  • Product Backlog Defense – Common Patterns of Stakeholder Interference

    TL; DR: Product Backlog Defense

    Make no mistake: Your Product Backlog is the last line of defense preventing your Scrum Team from becoming a feature factory; hence Product Backlog defense is vital: Figure out a process that creates value for your customers. Moreover, have the courage — and the discipline — to defend it at all costs.

    Product Backlog Defense – Common Patterns of Stakeholder Interference — Berlin Product People GmbH

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  • Product Backlog Anti-Patterns Q&A

    TL; DR: Product Backlog Anti-Patterns Q&A

    A few weeks, Scrum.org hosted a webinar on Product Backlog anti-patterns with me, which left several questions unanswered as we ran out of time. Hence please find following my answers to the additional 18 questions I could not answer during the webinar Product Backlog anti-patterns Q&A session.

    Product Backlog Anti-Patterns Q&A — BErlin Product People GmbH

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