The Scrum Anti-Patterns Guide: Challenges Every Scrum Team Faces and How to Overcome Them (The Professional Scrum Series)

Unlock Scrum success for beginners and experts alike with The Scrum Anti-Patterns Guide, your key to understanding and elevating Scrum practices. Scrum is simple to understand but difficult to master. As a framework, Scrum is particularly challenging as there is no formal education tailored to these roles and no comprehensive set of practices readily available to those interested in applying it. The Scrum Guide 2020 describes its underlying principles only in the broadest strokes--from applying Scrum to complex adaptive problems to embracing self-management--but the Scrum Guide is not at all prescriptive about how Scrum Teams work. The Scrum Anti-Patterns Guide compiles the most common challenges that every Scrum Team faces and how to remedy them. Stefan Wolpers uses the Scrum Guide as a template to structure the content, thus supporting the junior practitioner’s Scrum discovery journey (categorized by roles, events, artifacts, and commitments) while allowing the more experienced reader to use the book to reference individual problems or situations. • Addresses Scrum anti-patterns for both novices and experienced practitioners • Offers actionable insights into why Scrum implementations fall short and how to improve • Covers real-time course corrections and improvements in Scrum practice • Maximize Scrum success with this quick reference to the most common Scrum anti-patterns and how to resolve them. "Stefan Wolpers has a remarkable ability to highlight underlying traps and issues for stakeholders, teams, and process. Wolpers documents sources of waste and frustration, an amazing compendium of typical ways progress becomes blocked. Depressing! He doesn’t leave us there though. He also recommends insightful remedies. Uplifting!" --Diana Larsen, speaker, advisor, author, and co-developer of the Agile Fluency® Model Cover Half Title Title Page Copyright Page Contents Foreword Foreword Preface Acknowledgments About the Author Introduction Chapter 1 Scrum Master Anti-Patterns Introduction The Scrum Master According to the Scrum Guide Possible Reasons Why Scrum Masters Leave the Path Anti-Patterns from Acting as an Agile (Line) Manager Scrum Master Anti-Patterns by Scrum Events The Sprint Planning The Sprint The Daily Scrum The Retrospective Food for Thought Conclusion Chapter 2 Product Owner Anti-Patterns Introduction The Role of the Product Owner According to the Scrum Guide Product Backlog and Refinement Anti-Patterns Sprint Planning Anti-Patterns Sprint Anti-Patterns Product Owner Anti-Patterns during the Daily Scrum Sprint Review Anti-Patterns Food for Thought Conclusion Chapter 3 Scrum Developer Anti-Patterns Introduction The Role of the Developers in Scrum Developer Anti-Patterns by Scrum Events Sprint Anti-Patterns Sprint Planning Anti-Patterns of the Developers Anti-Patterns during the Daily Scrum Developer Anti-Patterns Concerning the Sprint Review Sprint Retrospective Anti-Patterns of Developers Anti-Patterns at the Product Backlog Level Food for Thought Conclusion Chapter 4 Scrum Stakeholder Anti-Patterns Introduction Common Scrum Stakeholder Anti-Patterns Scrum Stakeholder Anti-Patterns at the Organizational Level Sprint Anti-Patterns of the IT Management Incentivized Scrum Stakeholder Anti-Patterns Stakeholder Anti-Patterns at Scrum Event Level Product Backlog and Refinement Anti-Patterns The Daily Scrum Sprint Planning Anti-Patterns of Stakeholders The Sprint Review The Sprint Retrospective Food for Thought Conclusion Chapter 5 Sprint Anti-Patterns Introduction The Purpose of the Sprint Sprint Anti-Patterns Sprint Anti-Patterns of the Product Owner Sprint Anti-Patterns of the Developers Sprint Anti-Patterns of the Scrum Master Sprint Anti-Patterns of the Scrum Team Sprint Anti-Patterns of the IT Management Sprint Review Anti-Patterns of Stakeholders Food for Thought Conclusion Chapter 6 Sprint Planning Anti-Patterns Introduction Preparing the Sprint Planning Sprint Planning Anti-Patterns Sprint Planning Anti-Patterns of the Developers Sprint Planning Anti-Patterns of the Product Owner Sprint Planning Anti-Patterns of the Scrum Team Sprint Planning Anti-Patterns of the Scrum Master Food for Thought Conclusion Chapter 7 Daily Scrum Anti-Patterns Introduction The Purpose of the Daily Scrum According to the Scrum Guide Daily Scrum Anti-Patterns Daily Scrum Anti-Patterns of the Scrum Team Daily Scrum Anti-Patterns of the Developers Daily Scrum Anti-Patterns of the Product Owner Daily Scrum Anti-Patterns of the Scrum Master Daily Scrum Anti-Patterns of the Stakeholders Food for Thought Conclusion Chapter 8 Sprint Review Anti-Patterns Introduction The Scrum Guide on the Sprint Review Sprint Review Anti-Patterns Sprint Review Anti-Patterns of the Scrum Team Sprint Review Anti-Patterns of the Product Owner Sprint Review Anti-Patterns of the Developers Sprint Review Anti-Patterns of the Stakeholders Food for Thought Conclusion Chapter 9 Sprint Retrospective Anti-Patterns Introduction The Scrum Guide on the Sprint Retrospective Sprint Retrospective Anti-Patterns Sprint Retrospective Anti-Patterns of the Scrum Team Sprint Retrospective Anti-Patterns of the Scrum Master Sprint Retrospective Anti-Patterns of the Organization Food for Thought Conclusion Chapter 10 Product Backlog and Refinement Anti-Patterns Introduction The Product Backlog According to the Scrum Guide Common Product Backlog Anti-Patterns General Product Backlog Anti-Patterns Product Backlog Anti-Patterns of the Product Owner Product Backlog Anti-Patterns of the Developers Product Backlog Anti-Patterns of the Scrum Team Food for Thought Conclusion Chapter 11 Sprint Backlog Anti-Patterns Introduction Sprint Backlog Anti-Patterns Sprint Backlog Anti-Patterns of the Scrum Team Sprint Backlog Anti-Patterns of the Developers Sprint Backlog Anti-Patterns of the Product Owner Food for Thought Conclusion Chapter 12 Increment Anti-Patterns Introduction The Purpose of the Increment According to the Scrum Guide Increment Anti-Patterns Increment Anti-Patterns by the Scrum Team Increment Anti-Patterns of the Stakeholders or the Organization Food for Thought Conclusion Chapter 13 Product Goal Anti-Patterns Introduction The Purpose of the Product Goal According to the Scrum Guide Product Goal Anti-Patterns Product Goal Anti-Patterns of the Product Owner Product Goal Anti-Patterns of the Scrum Team Product Goal Anti-Patterns of the Organization Food for Thought Conclusion Chapter 14 Sprint Goal Anti-Patterns Introduction How to Create Sprint Goals Sprint Goal Anti-Patterns Sprint Goal Anti-Patterns of the Scrum Team Sprint Goal Anti-Patterns Induced by the Organization Sprint Goal Anti-Patterns by the Developers Sprint Goal Anti-Patterns by the Product Owner Food for Thought Conclusion Chapter 15 Definition of Done Anti-Patterns Introduction Creating a Successful Definition of Done Definition of Done Anti-Patterns Definition of Done Anti-Patterns of the Developers Definition of Done Anti-Patterns of the Scrum Team Definition of Done Anti-Patterns of the Organization Definition of Done Anti-Patterns of the Product Owner Food for Thought Conclusion Appendix A: How to Sabotage Scrum Masters and Product Owners at an Organizational Level Appendix B: Toolbox Index A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Unlock Scrum success for beginners and experts alike with The Scrum Anti-Patterns Guide, your key to understanding and elevating Scrum practices. Scrum is simple to understand but difficult to master. As a framework, Scrum is particularly challenging as there is no formal education tailored to these roles and no comprehensive set of practices readily available to those interested in applying it. The Scrum Guide 2020 describes its underlying principles only in the broadest strokes--from applying Scrum to complex adaptive problems to embracing self-management--but the Scrum Guide is not at all prescriptive about how Scrum Teams work. The Scrum Anti-Patterns Guide compiles the most common challenges that every Scrum Team faces and how to remedy them. The book uses the Scrum Guide as a template to structure the content thus supporting the junior practitioner's Scrum discovery journey (categorized by roles, events, artifacts, and commitments) while allowing the more experienced reader to use the book to reference individual problems or situations. Addresses Scrum anti-patterns for both novices and experienced practitioners. Offers actionable insights into why Scrum implementations fall short and how to improve. Covers real-time course corrections and improvements in Scrum practices. Maximize Scrum success with this quick reference to the most common Scrum anti-patterns and how to resolve them. Register your book for convenient access to downloads, updates, and/or corrections as they become available. See inside book for details.