Podcasts
YDS: What is the Right Sprint length in Scrum?
On today’s episode of YOUR DAILY SCRUM: What is the Right Sprint length in Scrum? There is a lot of debate in the Scrum community about what the "right" Sprint length to use on a Scrum Team. Todd and Ryan aren't sure where the "2-week" standard started, but it's...
YDS: What does a Scrum Team do when they deliver early?
On today’s episode of YOUR DAILY SCRUM: What does a Scrum Team do when they deliver early? A Scrum Master wrote in and asked Ryan and Todd what should a Scrum Team do when they finish their work early during a Sprint. This is such a great problem to have! Our first...
Are You Failing to Adapt?
I sat, as an observing consultant, in my third retrospective of the day. I noticed high energy and openness as the room's buzz showed me signs that this team was genuinely collaborative. As the Scrum event came to a close, an eerily familiar pattern became clear: the...
YDS: Sprint Backlog vs Product Backlog – What is the Difference?
On today’s episode of YOUR DAILY SCRUM: Sprint Backlog vs Product Backlog - What's the Difference? A recent student asked Ryan and Todd to talk about the differences between a Sprint Backlog and a Product Backlog. It's an interesting question as these are two Scrum...
YDS: Who Attends Product Backlog Refinement in Scrum?
On today’s episode of YOUR DAILY SCRUM: Who attends product backlog refinement in Scrum? A recent student was concerned about the amount of time Product Backlog Refinement was taking away from product development. After a few questions, we realized that our student...
YDS: What Does A Scrum Master Do on Day One?
On today’s episode of YOUR DAILY SCRUM: What does a Scrum Master do on day one? You're just starting a new Scrum Master role, and you see many opportunities to change and improve things. With so many options, it's hard to know where to begin. Watch as Todd and Ryan...
Fix Your Boring Daily Scrums
Imagine Developers arriving at the Daily Scrum feeling like they want the monotony of it to end. They wish they hadn't had to bother to attend in the first place. The developers take mechanically answering the three question format of the Daily Scrum: What have I done...
YDS: Do We Still Have a Sprint Review if Nothing is Done?
On today’s episode of YOUR DAILY SCRUM: Do we still have a Sprint Review if nothing is done? A Scrum team got to the end of their Sprint but did not have a done increment of product to show their stakeholders. What should they do? Cancel the Sprint Review? Show undone...
YDS: Can You Have Too Many Product Backlog Items?
On today’s episode of YOUR DAILY SCRUM: Can you have too many Product Backlog Items? This comes up in our Product Owner class quite a bit. The short answer is: YES! But there are some ideas that we need to explore so that your Product Backlog is well understood and...