Stair Step Burndown
Problem Most burndown charts look like this: However, teams frequently don’t actually burn down this steadily. Often team members know on planning day that they …
Category: Culture Hacking Recipes
Interruption Balloons
Problem The team complains that they are not able to get close to commiting to their capacity because they are constantly being interrupted. Nobody in …
One Hour Iterations
Problem One of the first complaints of going to Scrum is the huge amount of overhead. The effort and time it takes to plan, task, …
Extreme Timeboxing
Problem It’s the end of the sprint. The team committed to half their capacity but somehow still failed to hit their sprint. During the …