... I agree, when the document states what the team members expect from each other, and when all the team members agree that it is the right thing to do, and...
Hi Eb. I take your points, just a quick couple of thoughts: 1. By rail-roading their retrospective I meant that I didn't want to drive the retrospective solely...
We get to think like fighter pilots? How cool is that!? :) Very interesting thoughts thanks Mark - definitely some tools to take and run with. Cheers, Simon...
Hi all. Following the recent thread about retrospectives, Eben mentioned about PO presence in them. This reminded me about a long-standing worry I've had...
Hi Eb. I take your points, just a quick couple of thoughts: 1. By rail-roading their retrospective I meant that I didn't want to drive the retrospective solely...
... on the ... going to ... Agreed... and now let me share more of the story that prompted the question. When I implied a large technical debt, I was thinking...
I would add that having a significant technical debt on legacy code is probably very common and I think I'll add something to George's thoughts that were...
As a PO, I used the exact method described by George. The way we factored it into the sprints is that the developers would include additional time per user...
... Tobias, I was a little startled to see such a strong reaction to this phrase. It's not like I haven't ever said outrageous things to prod people into...
I believe the crux of the issue is that it can be hard to justify technical stories in terms of business value. If you can't make that justification, you...
... We don't know that. This could be the first draft or a starting point for the discussion. A lot of people do not understand what Scrum is or how it works...
This document is for ³inside,² if you include PO¹s who are really internal proxies for the actual customers. It is a continuation of an ongoing conversation...
This is a very interesting thread, with lots of different ideas. Two ... in the course of adding new features. As you touch legacy code, you leave it a...
Hi Dave, ... at building in slack time to deal with Technical Debt tasks not prioritized through the PB... This is the crux of the issue for me. Technical...
... Correct. That's what I tried to express. ... In my experience, a document is seldom a good starting point for a discussion. And if it is supposed to be, it...
e? ... I thought User Stories remind us to have a conversation and as such they are always still a little ambiguous...? -d -- Sent from gmail so do not trust...
A little off-track perhaps, but this thread reminds me of an organization that I worked with about eighteen months ago. The team members there created a...
... OK, perhaps I misunderstood some of your previous statements. To the amount that this document just captures the results of your discussions in the Whole...
... I think that's what Carlton tried to say: the story (card) doesn't *contain* the details, it is just a token to help us remember the details that we got...
... I have no issue with making things visible. I think that transparency/visibility is good and healthy for teams and I would encourage that. We are in...
... That's just not true. I like the analogy of the Team as a Ferrari and the PO as a driver. If the PO drives the Ferrari off the cliff, who is to "blame"?...
. If the PO drives the Ferrari off the cliff, who is to "blame"? This is easy - the PO. I use this analogy in all my CSM classes. The team is the engine, the...
... I've never seen the product owner put technical debt into the code. I've also never seen a PO forbid the team from writing code that they can continue to...
... The usual version of this analogy is that the PO is the navigator and not the drive. I'd prefer to move away from analogies because I don't believe it's...
... responsible. One person, the PO, is accountable. Isn't this just a re-arrangement of my own words "... when projects go bad, I believe it's everyone's...
... Sprint Planning Meeting: PO: How much would this backlog item cost? Team: 5 units PO: 5??? Why so much Team: we need to fix some technical debt, write...
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Hello, Does anyone know who has the copyright to the black and white image of the scrum picture? I was hoping to use it in a childrens book I have written. ...
... I'd like to re-iterate what George has said. He has managed to eloquently say the words that I've been struggling for especially when he says: "I've always...