(This applies to Scrum Masters and Product Owners) You've just completed Sprint Planning, the team has already returned to their work area and then it hits you.  Oh no, I forgot to do... Re-assembling the team and trying to regain the momentum you've just lost doesn't seem like a wise choice. So you accept your mistake and try to make accommodations throughout the Sprint but it never works well. Then you get to your next Sprint Planning and once again you forget to addres

As you're probably already aware, the current version of the Scrum Guide indicates that the Daily Scrum consist of the following 3 questions: • What did I do yesterday that helped the Development Team meet the Sprint Goal? • What will I do today to help the Development Team meet the Sprint Goal? • Do I see any impediment that prevents me or the Development Team from meeting the Sprint Goal? But what if there was a 4th question. What should it be? Are you finding there is

So you just finished an Iteration and you're supremely frustrated for a variety reasons: -The team didn't complete all the stories they committed to -Broken builds are ignored -Nobody sees the value in Retrospectives Now what? RE-READ THE SCRUM GUIDE Even if you're not doing Scrum, there is a lot to be learned from the Scrum Guide. You'll probably come up with 2 or 3 things that you can do to help the team improve. For example, maybe you need to coach the teams on "why" fix