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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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Scrum by Example – How to Handle Production Support Issues in Scrum

Agile Pain Relief Notes from a Tool User

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Scrum by Example – How to Handle Production Support Issues in Scrum

Agile Pain Relief Notes from a Tool User

Today, our ScrumMaster and their Team grapple with these issues, to help you understand how they affect a Scrum Team and what you can do to prevent them from dragging you down. In a real-world example, groups at Microsoft have done this by targeting Zero Defects. [ It’s live, and books are selling and shipping. 3] [link]. [4]

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Scrum by Example – Stop Digging New Holes

Agile Pain Relief Notes from a Tool User

They agree to raise the issue in the next Daily Scrum. In addition they discovered that their existing Unit Tests only provide 10% Code Coverage. Day 2 During Daily Scrum Ian describes what theyve learned from installing Sonar and trying to configure PMD. Lets give them some reading/study options.

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Top 15 project management certifications

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The exam covers topics including Scrum, Kanban, Lean, extreme programming (XP), and test-driven development (TDD). It’s a certification aimed at senior project managers, agile professionals, product managers and owners, Scrum masters, and business analysts. CompTIA Project+.

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Scrum By Example – Learning How to Estimate

Agile Pain Relief Notes from a Tool User

There was a pause and Scrum Master Steve asked, What do you know about our estimation process? Focus improvement efforts on getting better at doing the work, i.e. learn Test Driven Development and make your build run faster. Kirby just looks around in confusion. The reply was, Nothing. What Estimation tips do you have?

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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. User Stories.

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