Month: November 2020

Where does the Scrum Masters Job end?

25. November 2020 / dermarkus

The Scrum Masters job description looks somehow different in every organization. That leads to the fact, that demands are made again and again, that we can not meet, or that we should not meet. Let us get started to get rid of these ambiguities.

Scrum is not the solution to all of your problems

19. November 2020 / dermarkus

When I hear, why individual companies rely on Scrum or Agile methods in general, I get dizzy. We want to get better – whatever that means, we want to get faster, we want to make fewer mistakes. If you are not fully aware of what Scrum is and what it can do for you, you might be extremely disappointed and jump onto the next hype train at some point.

The ideal Duration of Sprints

17. November 2020 / dermarkus

The Scrum Guide defines the duration of a sprint with one week up to a month. Most teams and companies have settled for 14 days, because that seems to be the best compromise between short and small development units and the fear of excessive planning meetings. But are two weeks always the ideal duration for a sprint?