Dmitry B
Welcome! This channel is dedicated to Agile, Scrum, Project management, Teams, Time management, Meetings facilitation, Organizational transformation, Personal effectiveness, and Productivity. Our goal is to help individuals and organizations achieve their goals through the power of efficient and effective management techniques.
More specific topics that we are focused on include Product management, Customer development, Hypothesis validation, Persona's Empathy map, Problem, client, and solution interviews, Lean startup cycle, Customer journey map, Value proposition canvas, Business model canvas, Planning, User story, User story mapping, Release planning, Estimation techniques, Backlog prioritization, Stakeholder management, Burndown chart, Risk management, Organizational structures, Scaling agile teams, Continuous improvement, Portfolio management, Contracting and Procurement, Kanban-method, Retrospectives, Daily Stand-up Meetings, Metrics, Team charter, Group decision making, etc.
RISK management in SCRUM – 15 ideas mentioned in the Scrum Guide
STAKEHOLDERS in Scrum – 11 ideas mentioned in the Scrum Guide
These 7 tools are NOT in the SCRUM Guide – Kanban-board, User story, Feature, Epic, T-shape, DoR
How to PREDICT & FORECAST Future in Scrum – Commitments a Team makes every Sprint
SCRUM MASTER is a true leader! – What does it actually mean? Manager? Director? Guide? Consultant?
Team RETRO – ANALYZE your actual metrics and process, SOLVE problems, ADJUST for the next sprint
Sprint REVIEW is more than DEMO – and you canNOT present anything 99% "DONE"
Definition of DONE helps communicate clearly, manage STAKEHOLDER expectations + creates Transparency
INCREMENT – the best approach if you want to ALWAYS DELIVER results, even if there is NO time
STAND-UP meeting & the 3 questions of DAILY SCRUM – the way your team manages product RISKS
The 3 powerful QUESTIONS every team member should answer at your DAILY STANDUP meeting
The DAILY STANDUP meeting – the most powerful and time-efficient SCRUM event
Who can change the Sprint BACKLOG? – Adapting a plan for the Sprint
SPRINT PLANNING meeting – A guide to the 1st SCRUM event in Sprint
EFFECTIVE Meeting CHECKLIST – 5 simple things to SAVE your TIME and make communications better
Regular MEETINGS – 4 of 5 events in SCRUM – Why are they so POWERFUL?
What elements are in the BACKLOG – epics, features, user stories, fixes, bugs, enablers, tasks?
You need PRODUCT GOAL to measure the PROGRESS of your team – Where they are now? Do they move fast?
What does the PRODUCT OWNER own? – Teams, their backlogS, requirements, stakeholders, product?
SPRINT = a short PROJECT, but the Deadline canNOT be postponed, and the result MUST be delivered
DEVELOPER – If you're resposible for creating a Product then this is the ONLY possible title
3 ARTIFACTS + 3 Commitments in SCRUM: Product Backlog & Goal, Sprint Backlog & Goal, Increment & DoD
Want your SCRUM to be NOT mechanical? – Encourage your team to live these 5 VALUES
Scrum TEAM has all skills and SELF-manages its own work with NO managers or coordinators
From POSITIONS to ROLES to individual SKILLS to team SKILLS and shared goals and responsibility
NO managers? NO one coordinates and controls a team? – Is this SELF-ORGANIZATION actually possible?
Several teams work on the same PRODUCT – How many Product OWNERS should there be?
Scrum TEAM is Cross-functional, Self-managing, Accountable + also Responsible, and Empowered (1 min)
Scrum TEAM is Cross-functional, Self-managing, Accountable + also Responsible, and Empowered – wow!
SCRUM process is based on 3 PRINCIPLES that are applied by ALL roles in ALL meetings and artifacts