Author: Pavel from SimpleAgile
From Manipulation to Sabotage: Recognizing and Addressing Toxicity
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Dysfunctional (or toxic) employee behaviour poses a significant threat to productivity, organizational culture, and team effectiveness. This behaviour can take bizarre forms, ranging from manipulative negativity to outright discrediting of colleagues and evasion of professional responsibility. Such patterns create a detrimental working atmosphere. This leads to a decline in the…
What Should a Scrum Team Do with Undone Work Items at the End of a Sprint?
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It seems that the Scrum Guide provides a clear answer to this question. All unfinished work at the end of a Sprint should be returned to the Product Backlog. It appears this could conclude the discussion. But why do I find myself repeatedly explaining to teams how to handle unfinished…
Between Just Scrum and SAFe Scrum: Product Owner role
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On the team level in SAFe, the same role names are used as in Scrum. This creates some confusion. Until the version SAFe 6.0, the process inside the team was called Scrum XP, and now it’s called SAFe Scrum. Both of these names suggest a kind of continuity, but one…
Embracing DORA Metrics
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Embracing DORA Metrics Many companies have successfully integrated DevOps practices into their engineering processes. In these organizations, teams are accountable not only for software development but also for how these applications are deployed and maintained. This embodies the DevOps principle of “You build it — you own it.” Understanding DORA…
The Significance of the Sprint Goal in Scrum: Focusing on Value and Avoiding Pitfalls
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In Scrum, the Sprint Goal plays a pivotal role in providing direction and purpose to the development team’s work during a sprint. It aligns the team’s efforts towards a specific objective and guides their decision-making and prioritization. While the importance of the Sprint Goal is widely recognized, there are instances…
An Optimal Sprint Length Selection as a Never Ending Story
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Ah, the eternal question in the world of Scrum and other Agile methodologies – what should be the perfect duration for a sprint? You’d think with so many experienced teams out there, this question would have a clear-cut answer by now, but nope, it remains a mystery wrapped in an…
Embracing the New Season with Gratitude and Ambition!
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As we bid farewell to the Christmas and New Year festivities, we eagerly embark on a new chapter in the year 2024! The Simple Agile team extends heartfelt thanks to everyone who played an integral role in our journey last year. To our partners, clients, and friends – your trust…
What’s Wrong With a Typical Agile Team Explanation
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Many articles and training courses on Agile often use an image or video of a racing team’s pit stop as an example of effective teamwork. In a matter of seconds, a team of mechanics swiftly changes a race car tires. This procedure, known as a pit stop, seems to perfectly…
Velocity and Capacity in Scrum
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Velocity and capacity are important metrics in Agile project management, particularly in Scrum. They provide insights into a team’s productivity and help with planning and forecasting. However, when it comes to a new Scrum team, calculating velocity can be challenging since there is no historical data to base it on.…
