Can You Do Scrum Without Sprints?
Scrum is built on empiricism and around timeboxing work into Sprints—short, consistent cycles where teams deliver usable increments of value and inspect and adapt along the way. Usual Sprint duration should be less than or equal to on month as per Scrum Guide. But many teams ask: “Do we really need Sprints? Can we do […]
Can You Do Scrum Without a Product Owner?
Scrum thrives on clarity of roles—each role has unique accountabilities that ensure transparency, alignment, and value delivery. One of the most critical roles is the Product Owner (PO). But teams often ask: “Can we do Scrum without a Product Owner?” Let’s explore this question. What Does the Product Owner Do? The Product Owner is accountable […]
Can You Do Scrum Without a Scrum Master?
Scrum is one of the most popular Agile frameworks, enabling teams to deliver value incrementally, adapt quickly to change, and continuously improve. But one of the most common questions I hear as a Scrum Coach is: “Can we do Scrum without a Scrum Master?” Let’s unpack this important question. What Does the Scrum Master Do? […]
How to form a Scrum Team?
In general the Scrum team formation decision will be taken at the leadership level of the Organization. It depends on the structure of the Organization such as Matrix, Functional or Projectized. Scrum teams should have self-managing and cross-functional characteristics. Below article helps to understand the guidelines to form the Scrum team effectively. 1. Highlight […]
Example Product Goal, Epics, Features, User Stories
It is very essential to understand certain keywords of Product management while you are developing Products. This understanding helps people who build products to communicate effectively with customers, users, stakeholders or the developers. This article helps anyone to understand a few important and frequently used keywords of Product development with a simple example. Product Goal […]
Branching strategies for multiple Scrum Team Product Development
Managing code effectively across multiple Scrum teams working on a new product requires a well-defined branching strategy to avoid conflicts and streamline continuous integration. Below are a few branching strategies you can consider, keeping in mind that the approach needs to be simple, easy to manage, and scalable across multiple teams working in parallel. 1. […]
How to handle adhoc urgent requests during Sprint?
Scrum is all about delivering value faster and continuously. It is achieved by taking a fixed length of shorter Sprints and having a clear Sprint Goal for each Sprint and plan the work to achieve that goal with highest possible focus. However, it is inevitable to get some adhoc changes during the Sprint due to […]
How to measure success/performance of a Scrum Master?
Measuring the success of a Scrum Master can be challenging because their role is facilitative and focuses on enabling the success of the Scrum Team and the organization. Here are some key areas to evaluate the effectiveness of a Scrum Master: Ask the team: If Scrum Master is serving the team, ask the team, […]
How to handle non performing team members in a Scrum Team?
Every person is not perfect. Every person may not give their best in a team. As a Scrum Master, your role is to help the team be self-managing while ensuring transparency, collaboration, and continuous improvement. Here’s how you can handle a situation effectively with a non-performing team member. 1. Observe & Gather Data Before jumping […]
Iterative Vs Incremental
Scrum is an iterative and incremental framework. Most often people get confused with these two terms. Iterative means “repetitive” whereas incremental means “Add on to existing”. To explain the concepts of iterative and incremental in a simple and clear way, here’s an example using the development of a painting: Iterative: Imagine you are painting a […]
