Scrum Anti-Patterns

Lost in Communication and Collaboration — Scrum Anti-Patterns Taxonomy (2)

TL; DR: Lost in Communication and Collaboration Lost in Communication and Collaboration addresses two categories from the Scrum anti-patterns taxonomy…

September 25, 2023

The Peril of Adhering to Legacy Systems, Processes, and Practices — Scrum Anti-Patterns Taxonomy (1)

TL; DR: Adherence to Legacy Systems, Processes, and Practices Administrative overreach and micromanagement in Scrum mainly arise from clinging to…

August 14, 2023

The Expensive Folly of the Oversized Product Backlog

TL; DR: The Costs of an Oversized Product Backlog Some Product Owners believe that a comprehensive Product Backlog is the…

July 10, 2023

Jira Anti-Patterns and How to Overcome Them

TL; DR: Jira Anti-Patterns If you ask people to come up with popular attributes for “Agile” or “agility,” Scrum and…

April 17, 2023

The Three Daily Scrum Questions Won’t Die — Making Your Scrum Work (29)

TL; DR: The Three Daily Scrum Questions Won’t Die The Daily Scrum serves a single purpose: inspecting the progress toward…

March 6, 2023

Help Select the Book Cover of the new ‘Scrum Anti-Patterns Guide’ by Pearson

TL; DR: Red or Blue? I need your support, dear community. For months, I have been working on turning the…

December 17, 2022

Product Backlog Refinement: 14 First Principles

TL; DR: Product Backlog Refinement First Principles The Product Backlog refinement is a continuous process to create actionable Product Backlogs,…

August 28, 2022

Definition of Done Theses: 10 Simple Principles of a Critical Scrum Success Factor

TL; DR: Definition of Done Theses Given the importance of a viable Definition of Done for a Scrum team’s success,…

August 22, 2022

Agile Micromanagement — Making Your Scrum Work #27

TL; DR: Agile Micromanagement There are plenty of failure possibilities with Scrum. Indeed, given that Scrum is a framework with…

August 8, 2022

No Sprint Goal, No Cohesion, No Collaboration — Making Your Scrum Work #26

TL; DR: No Sprint Goal There are plenty of failure possibilities with Scrum. Given that Scrum is a framework with…

August 1, 2022