Scrum Guide: 20 tips in 20 minutes

Agile Richmond Meetup

6:00pm - 8:00 pm (Eastern Time)
February 17, 2022

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Abstract

During this Agile Richmond user group Meetup, Michael Vizdos and Jim York facilitate an interactive discussion “Scrum Guide, 20 tips in 20 minutes.” These are current tips and ideas gleamed from the 2020 Scrum Guide, by Ken Schwaber and Jeff Sutherland.

Please note:

You can view the “official” revisions to the 2020 Scrum Guide at scrumguide_revisions.mvizdos.com.

The following tips from Jim York and Michael Vizdos link back to the FREE Interactive Scrum Guide (interactivescrumguide.mvizdos.com).

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The 20 Tips in 20 Minutes

1. Reinforce the Scrum Values

2. Get everyone on the same team

3. Remove hierarchies and sub teams

4. Scale only when necessary and only at the team’s discretion

5. Establish a single Product Owner and a single Product Backlog

6. Hold the Scrum Team accountable

7. Shift to accountable team members from roles

8. Create something valuable for the customer (end user) every Sprint

9. Self-manage and give the Scrum Team the support they need to be successful

10. Empower your  Product Owner as the ultimate decision authority for all business decisions related to the product

11. Expect more from your Scrum Master

12. Start every Sprint Planning with an empty Sprint Backlog

13. Produce a plan during your Daily Scrum

14. Invoke double loop learning in your Sprint Review

15. Act on the most helpful improvement opportunities

16. Get Product Backlog items “ready” for Sprint Planning (Product Backlog Refinement)

17. Focus on just one long term objective at a time (Product Goal)

18. Build at least one usable increment every Sprint

19. Tell the truth about “unDONE” work

20. What would you put here [discussions with group]?

21. Focus. #deliver

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Additional Resources

Note: Link to THIS page directly via: 20tips_ar.mvizdos.com

There following are important links and resources discussed during this presentation:

• ImplementingScrum.com

• The Scrum Guide

  • The Scrum Team

  • Developers

  • Product Owner

  • Scrum Master

• The Agile Manifesto for Software Development

• DarkScrum.com

• Revisions to the Scrum Guide (from 2017 to the current 2020 version)

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Next Steps

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  • Michael Vizdos at michaelvizdos.com/about

  • Jim York at www.foxhedgeltd.com/about

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