3 Reasons Scrum is failing you
3 Reasons Scrum is failing you

Scrum fails in a lot of businesses. Most don’t realize it, and the rest accept it as an industry standard they can’t avoid. Here are three reasons why Scrum fails and how to fix it.

February 13, 2023 Read
Stop gambling with Scrum
Stop gambling with Scrum

I used to play Texas Hold’em back when it was the popular thing to do. Like so many others I’d watched it on TV, and with the sudden availability of online poker, I was hooked.

June 9, 2021 Read
How to benefit from a retrospective
How to benefit from a retrospective

In my experience, the retrospective is the most underutilized and straightforward ceremony in Scrum. I’ve sat in numerous retrospectives, where issues were raised, no actions were discussed, and no attempts to address the issues were made.

May 18, 2021 Read
When Scrum becomes a Cargo Cult
When Scrum becomes a Cargo Cult

You probably started making changes to Scrum to make it “better fit” your organization or team, and at that point, it became “Scrum, but”. You know this has happened, if you are asked to explain your process, and you start by saying something like “We use Scrum, but…”.

May 11, 2021 Read
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