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<p>I just came across this article[1] where Ken Schwaber and Jeff
Sutherland describe recent updates to the Scrum Guide. Ken says: <br>
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<p>There are five main changes to The Scrum Guide: a greater
definition on the uses of Scrum, a more refined definition of
the role of Scrum Master, clearer understanding of the Daily
Scrum as a vehicle for inspection and adaption to ensure
progress toward the Sprint Goal, the establishment of a maximum
length to time boxing and updating the Sprint Backlog to include
feedback from the Sprint Retrospectives. </p>
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<p>The article talks a bit about "scrummerfall", which is when teams
think they're doing scrum, but are delivering at a waterfall pace.
As a compulsive story-splitter and MVP proponent, it pains me
whenever I hear about a team going multiple weeks without
delivering. Almost any big story (or epic or saga) can be sliced
finely, if you get creative with it. If any team wants help with
that, I would be happy to volunteer to join a discussion or two,
to brainstorm ideas. Those kinds of conversations are like
playtime for me (as are code reviews...I'm weird). <br>
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<p>The article also talks about how the daily standup ("scrum")
should focus intensely on hitting the sprint goals. The teams I
worked with at the foundation weren't doing timeboxed sprints, as
we were doing scrumban. But even so, if I were still coaching
those teams, I would try to experiment with this mental shift:
Rather than the standups being a perfunctory recitation of what we
did/will do, I would try to shift them more toward: "How are we
doing?". <br>
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<p>[1]
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.infoq.com/news/2017/11/scrum-guide-updates?utm_source=infoqWeeklyNewsletter&utm_medium=WeeklyNL_EditorialContent_culture-methods&utm_campaign=11142017news&utm_content=top">https://www.infoq.com/news/2017/11/scrum-guide-updates?utm_source=infoqWeeklyNewsletter&utm_medium=WeeklyNL_EditorialContent_culture-methods&utm_campaign=11142017news&utm_content=top</a></p>
<p>Kevin<br>
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