Examples of Scrum Case Studies
A frequent request of our Scrum students is for Scrum Case Studies. Here we identify over 15 worthwhile case studies for your review, with links to the actual studies for your convenience.
User Stories: Making the Vertical Slice
Vertical Story Slicing is a challenging and intimidating concept. Gain an understanding of story structure and how to more effectively slice stories to maximize value, plus there’s a link to her webinar on the topic.
The Top 5 Signs of an Underperforming Scrum Team
What does an underperforming Scrum team look like? And how do you adjust practices to improve performance?
SAFe Lean Governance for Regulated Industries
SAFe Lean Governance matches the compliance needs of highly regulated industries while maintaining delivery speed and quality.
Five Steps to Creating a Sprint Goal
A well-articulated Sprint Goal means the difference between a loose collection of mercenaries working on random stuff to a real team delivering business value to their customers, end users and stakeholders on a regular cadence.
Why the Product Goal is NOT the Product Vision in Scrum
The latest update to The Scrum Guide includes a new concept: the Product Goal. However, this differs in significant ways from Product Vision, which is more long-term and aspirational.
Sprint Cadence: A Pragmatic Guide
A well-structured and well-communicated Sprint cadence is one of the essential elements of successful Scrum. A team with cadence is able to focus on the right things at the right time leading to better outcomes.
Make Your Backlog Sing with SAFe Features + WSJF
Learn how to keep your backlog healthy and prioritized by combining the simplicity of the SAFe Feature construct with the elegance of the Weighted Shortest Job First (WSJF) prioritization technique.
Agile Metrics: Quantifying Team Velocity
As part of our ongoing series on agile metrics, this article dives deep into one of the most famous — or infamous — metrics of them all, Team Velocity.
Agile Estimation Techniques
Estimating anything in the world of software development is hard — these proven Agile estimation techniques make it a lot easier.