Agile Candor

A discussion I started on Linked: Breaking Scrum: Scope changes within the sprint... Hi, Looking a "list of reasons" on why product-owner-pushed scope change during the sprint breaks scrum... Few I can think of (please add): - Takes away the focus from the current functionality - Reduces team ownership - Impacts Quality - Impacts Velocity - ....... Thanks! Rahul 3 months ago Prasanna Raghavendra • The basic essense of agile to me is getting joy in the journey (see here: http://2srp.blogspot.com/2010/06/joy-of-journey.html). One should be successful in the small steps to make sure there is continuous passion and teaming, If this fails, everything breaks! Mike Caddell • A scope change during a sprint - which is a contradiction in terms - invalidates the fundamental agreement and commitment that bounds a Scrum iteration. The team commits to complete a set of functionality as prioritized by the Product Owner and agreed to by the team. The Product Owner in turn commits to helping ...

This article was published on  Scrum Alliance  in Oct 2010 In this article, Prashant Patel and I present: • The different aspects of this conversation - the parameters that we consider. • Why these parameters are relevant in the context of Baker Hughes Inc. • The impact of these parameters on solution delivery Have an Initial Conversation to Start an Agile Project The Baker Hughes Product Development Lifecycle starts with discovery and inception phases. The delivery teams start engaging with the customers during the inception stage. By the end of inception, business requirements are understood at a high level and stakeholders from different teams who will be involved in the project are identified. This is when discussions are held for selecting the appropriate solution delivery methodology. The choice of methodology impacts how the different stakeholders engage with the project. We have seen that in order to improve the chances of success for any project, the solution...