Serious Scrum Weekly Update #55
Our weekly update
We at Serious Scrum are delighted to welcome you to the latest edition of our weekly digest. This week we present all the Serious Scrum activities and publications from the 16th of September to the 22nd of September.
So let's begin !!
1. A large Product Backlog is pointless — Maarten Dalmijn
Curious, how to keep your product backlog fresh and small? Take a look at Maarten’s Article :
2. The game of Scrum — Dan Ray
In this Article from Dan Ray, he explains, how to play the game of Scrum both whole-heartedly and light-heartedly!
3. 11 reasons why Scrum is great for developers — Willem-Jan Ageling
Willem Jan Ageling points out how Scrum actually helps developers and why it is important.
4. Stop the abuse of Agile terminology — Marty de Jonge
A powerful read from Marty de Jonge, why it is important to avoid heartless and deliberate misuse of the terms used within different techniques and frameworks!
5. Retro should be awkward sometimes- David Clarke
Why are Retrospectives often timid affairs with discussions of Backlog Items that were not quite ready to work on or issues deploying a Feature? David discusses with this isn’t good.
6. Valuable failures — Sjoerd Nijland
Sjoerd shows us that LEAN UX helps organisations avoid the trap or escape Sunk Cost fallacies. Failing and adapting early is a lot less expensive than failing late when opportunities to adapt have passed.
7. As a manager, what is my place in Scrum? — Willem-Jan Ageling
Scrum knows only three roles and the stakeholders. One of these stakeholders is the manager. What is the role the manager can play in Scrum?
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