Scrum Tips Blog
Scrum values – new section in scrum guide
The scrum guide, the official description of the scrum working methodology, has been recently extended with a new section: the scrum values. Before we dive deeper in what the scrum values are about and what they mean, I want to give you a quick overview on the history...
Acceptance criteria – an easy way of defining scope
Acceptance criteria are a straight-forward way of describing, what needs to be in place before a task can be marked as done. You might have experienced the following situation: you are in a refinement meeting and you just finished discussing a certain task. Now the...
Hackathon
You have great ideas, but there is no time nor money to work on those? Then a Hackathon might be exactly, what can help you to get those ideas kick-started and realized. About a year ago we at LeaseWeb started to have quaterly Hackathons, where engineers come together...
Scrum does not work for us
Coming up with a good estimation for a complex task is possible – even if you don’t know the possible options to complete a task.
Sprint Goal – Boost productivity by defining focus
Defining a sprint goal in the planning meeting helps to keep the team focused during the sprint and also facilitates collaboration within the team.
Can you plan for operational work?
Planning operational work is difficult, because you don’t know at the time of planning, what and how many operational tasks you have to work on in the upcoming sprint. But a big part of operational work can be planned based on experience from previous sprints.
For Developers
Scrum Retrospective 3 – Generate Insights
This is the third post of my blog post series about the five phases of a Scrum Retrospective.In this post I cover the Phase 3— Generate Insights. If you haven´t read the previous posts in this series you can start with Phase 1 —Setting the stage. These five stages are...
Scrum Retrospective 2 – Gather Data
This is the second post of my blog post series about the five phases of a Scrum Retrospective.In this post I cover the most crucial ideas for Stage 2—Gather Data. If you haven´t read the previous post in this series you can find it here: Stage 1 —Setting the stage...
For IT
Scrum Retrospective 3 – Generate Insights
This is the third post of my blog post series about the five phases of a Scrum Retrospective.In this post I cover the Phase 3— Generate Insights. If you haven´t read the previous posts in this series you can start with Phase 1 —Setting the stage. These five stages are...
Scrum Retrospective 2 – Gather Data
This is the second post of my blog post series about the five phases of a Scrum Retrospective.In this post I cover the most crucial ideas for Stage 2—Gather Data. If you haven´t read the previous post in this series you can find it here: Stage 1 —Setting the stage...
