Scrum Under Siege

Scrum Under Siege

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Scrum Under Siege episodes

  • Carry over trap
    Ever wondered if carry over for an Agile Sprint matters? We have an episode slated to address that. We talk about what exactly the "carry over trap" is and how to avoid it.
    This episode is sponsored by MNRegister's jobs page. MNRegister has the best local jobs, just for you! www.mnregister.com/jobs
    12 min
  • Capacity Planning Pitfalls
    Capacity planning a sprint is helpful for new teams or teams that feel it is needed. Its easy to burnout your team or not accomplish what your team had hoped for. In this latest episode about Capacity planning pitfalls we will address common mistakes made on teams. We call these pitfalls.
    Pitfall #1 - Capacity planning people at 8 hours a day is unrealistic. 
    Pitfall #2 - Capacity planning people down to 0 hours gives no room to finish work.
    12 min
  • Stand up - Welcome to micromanagement
    Stand-ups are easy to operate in a 15 minute time box robotically or drone on for a hour update. To truly make a ceremony effective in Agile, it has to be engaging. You want the collective team to stay engaged and actively eager to help each other out. Seems easy enough, but most teams tend to struggle with this. Listen to our latest podcast about what we have experienced. Its sure to be impactful.
    14 min
  • Charter of death
    FYI – This podcast is about Charters. It is not about death. We just wanted to have a little fun with the title.
    Doug and I think Charters can be useful but you better be thoughtful about why you are chartering and then adjust accordingly. Check out this episode for tips and tricks in creating a useful charter.
    12 min
  • Find your MVP
    MVP isn't as easy as it sounds. There are many barriers or reasons why traditional "by the book" mvp doesn't always work in lager corporations. Some of these barriers include management demands, giant project roadmap, cross commits to other teams, budgets, established expectations and migrations.
    13 min
  • Welcome to Moscow comrade
    Ever wondered if your priotization techniques really work? Hear us talk about teams simply prioritizing everything as their number 1 and our thoughts on this.
    11 min
  • Value is in the eye of the beholder
    This is a real life example of understanding top priorities but not going after the top priority right away. It sure is easy to say to go after high priority first, but sometimes the real world gets in the way. Doug and Jack talk about some reasons why Agile teams don't always go after the high priority Roadmap items from the get go. Come check out our new episode, Value is in the eye of the beholder, that identifies why companies and teams don't always tackle the highest listed Roadmap items right away.
    11 min
  • Interview - There is a place for BSA in Agile

    Jeremy Mann is a professional contractor who hangs his hat on the BSA hat rack. While Jeremy's passion lies with BSA work, don't let that fool you. He is a Scrum Lord who can talk and teach scrum with anybody. 

    This interview is geared at the work BSAs do in the Agile world. Jeremy makes his case for why BSAs are important. Here is list of questions asked and answered.

    1. What is the difference between a BSA and a BA?
  • What value does a BSA bring to an Agile team?
  • Who does the BSA work on a team with no BSA?
  • What makes a BSA a good Agile BSA?
  • Story formats. What does Jeremy use?
  • What are keys to keep story mapping from spinning out of control?

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    22 min
  • Someone drew a line in the sand

    Agile by the book says there are no hard deliverable dates. Teams figure out the work and the work drives the delivery date. This happens a lot but we have been faced with hard deadlines many times. Listen to what causes hard deadlines. We will propose our solutions to help you survive the deadline perils. Ensured to make your commute go by fast. 

    12 min
  • Velocity Schmelocity

    They say that the velocity of a team is the Holy Grail for agile metrics. We think that velocity is cool but not that cool. King Arthur would be disappointed in us. Velocity is filled with false positives that we will discuss. Working with velocity is an art, not a science or simple math equation.

    14 min

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Come learn about what Agile coaches don't tell you in the real world. We will give you pointers to make your own Scrum teams better.