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Scrum of Scrums

Scrum of Scrums

Day 76. Scrum of scrums is a SAFe program-level event that is geared toward synchronization between scrum masters of the Agile Release Train; it’s facilitated by the Release Train Engineer. It is a scaled-up version of the team's Daily Standup.  At least once a week, SMs provide update to the group. Updates on:1) Accomplishments since the last SoS2) Goals between now and the next SoS3) Current and any foreseen Impediments between now and the next SoS  Other conversation points in the ‘Scrum of scrums’ are: Continue reading
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Program Board

Program Board -- visual Program Board that is -- is indispensable during Management Review at the of day 1 of PI Planning. By looking at the Program Board, the Management Team can assess the plan at a program level. Having the right people in a conversation about the plan of what to be built next with the program board as focal point is essential. These problems could surface: Bottlenecks Features being delivered on the same iteration as its dependencies Overloading of work Critical Path Without a visual program board, it will be hard to spot these potential problems. Don't treat…
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Visualize

We think in pictures... not in words! When I say the word 'Cake' you think of a picture of a cake... not the word spelled out one letter at a time c-a-k-e. In this light, when doing a PI Planning... during the PI Planning, make sure you have a visual 'Program Board'... preferably not in excel spreadsheet! I have seen people capture features and their dependencies on a spreadsheet in a textual form... if you are doing this textual way of representing a program board, during the PI Planning, stop! Then, think of ways to help your teammates visualize --…
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