Do you know the #1 mistake made with user stories? Treating them as requirements. You can get the quick guide to avoid this trap in the article (in the comments). Do you find this mistake being made? Article TL;DR A Quick Guide On How Not To Confuse User Stories With Requirements: 1: Be Clear About What User Stories Are (options and conversation placeholders) 2: Be Clear About The Reality Of Requirements (there’s no such thing in product) 3: Be Clear About What It Means To Be “Done” (done is a delighted user) #4: Be Clear About Emergence (the right solution requires trial and error) submitte ..read more

Amidst the ongoing debate surrounding the relevance of the Scrum Master role in Agile teams, let me make one thing abundantly clear: it is not just important, it is indispensable. Yet, the modern landscape often sees this pivotal role misinterpreted, undervalued, and disempowered. In the realm of Agile, the Scrum Master should never be reduced to the role of a mere waiter, taking orders and serving without a voice, without the confidence to challenge the status quo, and without the ability to stand up to management or senior team members. This, my friends, is not wisely implemented Scrum ..read more

Hey reddit, in the last few weeks me and my team were looking for a planning poker tool with the following features: Authless Clean interface Simple Flow Anonymous Comments A way to separate votes and comments per topic/ticket Unfortunately we couldn't find a free $ tool with those features. So i took advantage of it and started doing something on my own to play around with go and websockets. It is open source and the code is available at: (Nothing too fancy really) https://github.com/zebaroni/scrumbluff So you are welcome to open PR with new features or fork it to add your own te ..read more

Has anyone figured out how to structure a ticket in zendesk so that when it gets sent to Jira it retains its formatting in the description field? It’s infuriating the hell out of my team and I’m at my wits end. submitted by /u/AxiomOfLife [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

I’m looking to introduce story workshops in my org and have some questions. Jeff Patton suggests small groups with the “three amigos” represented. Mike Cohn recommends the whole team. We currently do refinement with the whole team and see the engagement issues Jeff Patton talks about - especially in virtual meetings. How do you all do it? For those that don’t require the whole team in workshops, how do you communicate the results to the devs doing the work if they didn’t participate? submitted by /u/Early-Evening-Soup [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

Hi, do you have any suggestion for a good bootcamp training for PMI-ACP certification? submitted by /u/Many-Examination-329 [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

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Does anyone know anywhere I can find some real world examples of a large feature broken into user stories? There are tons of websites with hypothetical examples but I'd really like to see someone elses real work. Anyone know of anyone who has shared examples from their project files? submitted by /u/gotcaffeine [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

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In my opinion, this is a very underdiscussed and under-researched topic, yet outsourcing is far more commonplace than many agile leaders seem to realize. What is your take on this? Are there differences and limitations? Or are there opportunities unique to either scenario? Plus: If you're open to it, please also fill out my research survey on this topic: https://forms.gle/K7UVU7TVeNyZPHLF7 submitted by /u/implacabile [visit reddit] [comments ..read more