Certified Scrum Master

RedAgile

Tuesday 14 December 2021

Usual 3 questions + “How do you feel about the Sprint thus far ?”

Not defined in the Scrum Guide. Used to be there, but was dropped in latest version. Earlier version suggest 10% of Sprint time.

Kane suggests that it is critical because it saves time in Sprint Planning Meetings.

Review and update Product Backlog to adjust and reflect current priorities and business needs.
With time, there is greater clarity of larger backlog items further away, so good to make them more granular and break them into smaller tasks
- with smaller tasks, some can increase in priority and others adjusted down

Definition of Done: is universal for all increments, unlike Acceptance Criteria which is unique to each
Product Goal: arising from Product backlog
Sprint Goal: arising from Product backlog

DBS

Alibaba: the situation was dire
e-Citi/Horowitz: change must be across entire organisation, not piecemeal/fringe
father in Delhi: people can change, environment is holding us back

Maximise Value

Why

What

When

Marco Polo: go out and learn from others, especially needed for CSM

Cynefin Framework

Planning is Everything; the Plan is Nothing – Dwight Eisenhower

Scrum pillars: TIA

Scrum Values: OCR FC

Openness: Watermelon - green (okay) on outside but red (danger/critical) or amber inside
Courage: Dare to have hard conversations
Respect: Mutual
Focus: prevent context-switching attention
Commitment

Scrum Team

Scrum Events

Sprint length	Planning	Daily	Review	Retrospective	Total hours	Percentage worked
4 weeks	8 hours	15 mins	4 hours	3 hours	4 x 7 x 8 = 224 hours	91.1%
2 weeks	4 hours		2 hours	2 hours	2 x 7 x 8 = 112 hours	90.6%
1 week	2 hours		1 hour	1 hour	7 x 8 = 56 hours	90.6%