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Scrum by Example is a narrative-style blog series designed to help people new to Scrum, especially new ScrumMasters. If you are new to the series, we recommend you check out the introduction to learn more about the series is and discover other helpful articles. Dramatis Personae ...continue reading

Daily Scrum? It’s a waste of time and interrupts my work. Daily Scrum is just a chance for the ScrumMaster to show up and micromanage. Daily Scrum is for reporting status, but I could do that in an email. Have you heard these complaints before? I have. But I got a new version of ...continue reading

Are Sprint Burndowns helping or hurting your team? Our case study discussed some practical tips a ScrumMaster can use to keep them from being misleading. ...continue reading

A company adds teams but wants to keep the same number of ScrumMasters. Smart move or disaster? This case study examines how to handle such a situation. ...continue reading

A case study of why overtime in an Agile environment doesn't work. What pitfalls result, and how ScrumMaster and Product Owner can help the team avoid them. ...continue reading

Daily Scrums are not about following a checklist. How changing the questions, meeting format, and style can make Scrums collaborative events for the team. ...continue reading

What a daily Scrum meeting should and shouldn't be. Even the best electronic tools can't replace the effectiveness of a daily standup, face-to-face. ...continue reading

A Standup report leads our case study ScrumMaster to arrange for his Scrum team to use Coding Dojos to build confidence and pay down Technical Debt. ...continue reading

Our case study Scrum team learns than impediments are anything stopping the team from delivering value. Resolve problems faster by making subtle issues visible. ...continue reading

When trying to instil a new habit with a team I often find it useful to add a new question (or two) to the daily standup. Make spotting issues a daily habit! ...continue reading