Scrum First Principles

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

When Is It Time to Stop Using Scrum?

TL; DR: When Should a Team Stop Using Scrum? When is the time to look beyond Scrum? After all, many…

October 30, 2022

Nine Sprint Goal Principles to Get Your Scrum Team Going

TL; DR: Nine Sprint Goal Principles In Scrum, the Sprint Goal serves as the spotlight that provides transparency to the…

October 9, 2022

The Three — Wait: Four — Elements of Empiricism

TL; DR: Elements of Empiricism In its theory section, the Scrum Guide refers to the three elements of empiricism: transparency,…

September 19, 2022

The Product Backlog: 14 First Principles to Help Your Scrum Team Succeed

TL; DR: Product Backlog Principles Contrary to popular belief, the Product Owner does not have dictatorial powers regarding the composition…

September 12, 2022

Retrospective First Principles

TL; DR: Retrospective First Principles What is your take on the Retrospective: A routine exercise at the end of a…

September 5, 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