Commitment

Jul

2019

Iteration Goal and Commitment

Commitment, iteration goal

A team must be willing to commit to a goal, say an iteration goal. Commitment is one of the five core values of Scrum. Scrum provides people all the authority they need to meet their commitments. Some teams, specially newly formed teams, don't have iteration goals... not sure why; don't be like these teams. This setting of goal is easy, not a rocket science! Wire it into your team practice sooner rather than later. Once you have a clear and SMART goal, committing to its achievement is easy.

Apr

2019

By Clarence Galapon

Mission: Impossible (The Movie) and Scrum

Commitment, Mission Impossible, Scrum, Scrum Values

Question: What is common between Ethan's Mission Impossible (MI) team and a Scrum team? Ethan and his MI team Answer: 1) both are willing to commit to a goal; 2) both have the notion that a team of people will have absolute autonomy and full authority to do its best; 3) the team decides how to do the work it selected or decided to accept (specially in Ethan's case). The MI team's Boss MI Bosses and the Scrum framework have something in common as well: both provide their respective team all the authority it needs to meet its commitment. Scrum…