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Manuals / Agile & Scrum / Chapter 9

C · Quality gates · advanced · ~35 min · Chapter 9 of 10

Anti-patterns & recovery

Story-point theater, zombie Scrums, “ScrumBut,” and managers using Daily as interrogation. Spot them early; fix with experiments, not slogans.

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Smell catalog

Carry-over forever, no Sprint Goal, QA as a column after “Dev Done,” retro actions that never happen.

Smell catalogDrag stickies · tap for tips
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Do this now

Match 3 smells to a fix that costs less than one sprint of pain.

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Chapter learning outcomes
  • Common smells
  • Scaling caution
  • When to drop Scrum

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