Author: Fadi Stephan

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Read more about the article Tales of the Bizarro Scrum – Product Owner Missing Sprint Planning?
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Tales of the Bizarro Scrum – Product Owner Missing Sprint Planning?

Product Owner: “Team, I'm going to miss Sprint Planning again. I’m swamped with my real job and can't make it on Wednesday.” A statement like this indicates a misunderstanding of the Product Owner role. In Scrum, the Product Owner is driving the team to successfully deliver on Sprint Goals to achieve the overall Product Goal and…

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September 22, 2020
Read more about the article Are We There Yet ? Agile Situational Awareness Using Estimation by George Dinwiddie
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Are We There Yet ? Agile Situational Awareness Using Estimation by George Dinwiddie

Geoerge Dinwiddie presented on Agile Situational Awareness using Estimation at the Washington DC Scrum User Group (DCSUG) on Monday September 21st, 2020. Abstract When you start out on an extended trip with children, they almost immediately start asking if you’re nearly there. You’ll find similar interest from stakeholders when you start a software development project. Repeated…

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September 21, 2020
Read more about the article 09/25/2020 – Agile 100
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09/25/2020 – Agile 100

Another Agile100 virtual conference is coming up on September 25th. This series aims to bring the knowledge and experience of the world’s top 100 agile thinkers and speakers to everyone across the globe.

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September 10, 2020
Read more about the article 10/09/2020 – We Don’t Know…We Never Did and Never Will
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10/09/2020 – We Don’t Know…We Never Did and Never Will

The DC Scrum User Group (DCSUG) is kicking off a new lunch time series starting October 9th at noon. Sohrab Salimi is joining us to talk about what we don't know! As organizations, leaders, teams, and human beings in general, we seek for certainty which results in us thinking we know. In this talk, Sohrab will…

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September 9, 2020
Read more about the article The Sprint Retrospective Canvas
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The Sprint Retrospective Canvas

Use the Sprint Retrospective as a template to help you and your team run effective Sprint Retrospective events. There are many ways to facilitate a retrospective. This template can help you get started until you are comfortable with the various other types of retrospectives. The Scrum Guide defines the Sprint Retrospective as an event to plan…

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September 3, 2020
Read more about the article The training Dilemma
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The training Dilemma

Scrum is easy to understand but difficult to master. For a team to be successful with Scrum, developers have to learn new ways of working as well as adopt Agile Engineering practices. Building things iteratively and incrementality differs from traditional SDLC phased development. In addition, developers must apply new technical skills and techniques in to be…

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August 28, 2020
Read more about the article The Sprint Review Canvas
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The Sprint Review Canvas

Use the Sprint Review Canvas as a template to help you and your team run effective Sprint Review events. The Scrum Guide defines the Sprint Review as a working session … where the Scrum Team presents the results of their work to key stakeholders and progress toward the Product Goal is discussed…The Scrum Team and stakeholders…

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August 26, 2020
Read more about the article 09/26/2020 – eXperience Agile Conference
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09/26/2020 – eXperience Agile Conference

The eXperience Agile conference (XA2020) includes 3 events in 1 conference. The World Agility Forum, Agile Human Factors, eXperience Agile. Find out more at experienceagile.org World Agility Forum Around the world companies are reinventing themselves so they can innovate more effectively. This transformation is called Agility. The World Agility Forum held in Lisbon will bring together…

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August 24, 2020
Read more about the article 09/21/2020 – Are We There Yet? Agile Situational Awareness using Estimation
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09/21/2020 – Are We There Yet? Agile Situational Awareness using Estimation

The DC Scrum User Group (DCSUG) is hosting a George Dinwiddie on September 21 for a presentation on Situational Awareness using Estimation. When you start out on an extended trip with children, they almost immediately start asking if you’re nearly there. You’ll find similar interest from stakeholders when you start a software development project. Repeated queries…

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August 24, 2020
Read more about the article The Daily Scrum Canvas
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The Daily Scrum Canvas

Use the Daily Scrum Canvas as a template to help you and your team run effective Daily Scrum events. The Scrum Guide defines the Daily Scrum as a 15-minute event for the Developers of the Scrum Team… The purpose of the Daily Scrum is to inspect progress toward the Sprint Goal and adapt the Sprint Backlog…

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August 20, 2020
Read more about the article Tales of the Bizarro Scrum – Canceling the Sprint Retrospective
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Tales of the Bizarro Scrum – Canceling the Sprint Retrospective

ScrumMaster: “I’ve cancelled this week’s retrospective since we have all these production issues to tackle.” This one is a slippery slope. If the site is down, then the focus should be on getting it back up as quickly as possible. However, I hear the same arguments around automated testing, good design practices, and minimizing technical debt.…

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August 18, 2020
Read more about the article Agile Transformation at the Carlyle Group by Hisham Faour and Roy Schilling
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Agile Transformation at the Carlyle Group by Hisham Faour and Roy Schilling

The Washington DC Scrum User Group (DCSUG) welcomed Hisham Faour and Roy Schiling on Monday August 17th, 2020 to present on "Agile Transformation at the Carlyle Group" Hisham and Roy share Carlyle’s 10 year Agile transformation journey from the early stages of adoption to the firm wide transformation. Join us to see what worked, what didn’t…

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August 17, 2020
Read more about the article 10/03 – Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) Training Class (Live/Virtual/Online)
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10/03 – Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) Training Class (Live/Virtual/Online)

Join us for the October 3-4, 2020 weekend online Certified Scrum Product Owner® (CSPO®) training class from Washington DC. This course is a 2 day live virtual immersive training and online learning experience that covers the Agile values and Agile principles, the fundamentals of the Product Owner role, developing a vision, roadmap and release plan, managing…

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August 14, 2020
Read more about the article The Sprint Planning Canvas and Template
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The Sprint Planning Canvas and Template

Use the Sprint Planning Canvas as a template to help you and your team run effective Sprint Planning events. The Scrum Guide defines Sprint Planning as the event that initiates the Sprint by laying out the work to be performed for the Sprint. This resulting plan is created by the collaborative work of the entire Scrum…

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August 13, 2020
Read more about the article 08/27/2020 – Agile 100
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08/27/2020 – Agile 100

The Agile100 virtual conference series aims to bring the knowledge and experience of the world’s top 100 agile thinkers and speakers to everyone across the globe. Join in on August 27, 2020. Find out more here.

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August 10, 2020