Rachael Wilterdink

What happens with part-time Scrum Team members?

November 10, 2022 by Rachael

Ideally, your Scrum Team includes full-time people with the right cross-functional skills; but if you have part-timers, you’ll have problems.

November 3, 2022 by Rachael

There should be no “special” Sprints in Scrum. The goal of every iteration is to create a working increment that is potentially releasable.

November 2, 2022 by Rachael

While Scrum is a flexible framework, it isn’t Scrum unless you have all the components, so NO, it’s not okay to skip some Scrum events!

October 27, 2022 by Rachael

So, you have a Scrum Team. But does your team have all the necessary cross-functional skills to get to a “done” increment each Sprint?

October 25, 2022 by Rachael

Runaway Daily Scrum meetings are no fun! Learn helpful tips to run your Scrum as a tight ship – your Scrum Team will thank you!

October 20, 2022 by Rachael

I have long advocated that Scrum Teams have a “Definition of Ready”; if you don’t have one, there are many potential negative consequences.

October 18, 2022October 18, 2022 by Rachael

I can’t tell you how many organizations I have worked with that had employees who confused the Sprint Review with the Sprint Retrospective.

September 23, 2022 by Rachael

What’s the purpose of a Sprint Review? I’ve seen tons of confusion about the reason for this critical agile event. Let me help clear this up.

September 21, 2022 by Rachael

Mastering the Daily Standup is more challenging than you might imagine. Let me clear up what this agile crucial event is and what it isn’t.

October 18, 2022September 15, 2022 by Rachael

For agile transformations to succeed, they must have top-down support from executives who really understand what it means to be agile.