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IMPEDIMENTS IN SCRUM
Overview
Impediments Impediment: anything that slows down, distracts, interrupts the team or a team member while performing activities aiming to reach the Sprint goal
Personal Impediment Team Impediment Organizational Impediment
Why is it important that we raise impediments? Why don't team members raise impediments? How can we overcome these issues?
"I Have No Impediments"
IMPORTANCE Impediments are very important in Scrum Productivity can be improved by working and resolving these problems
The Scrum Impediment Cycle › Capture
› Track
› Triage
› Resolve
› Report
› Learn
Examples of Organizational Impediments
Silver bullet thinking and superficial adoption Assuming Agile Is All About Developers Unrealistic Promises Assumption that Book Learning is Enough Local vs Global Optimization Single-Function Groups Lack of Training Misguided Cost Savings and Synergy Efforts Failure to Remove Organizational Impediments
Typical impediments to keep a careful eye on
Broken builds
› Issues with the ‘tools of the trade’
› Other projects
› Unplanned company events
› Unreliable supplier / 3 party
›Ungroomed product backlog
› Absent product owner holding up key decisions
Your examples of IMPEDIMENTS
Scrum Master and Impediments
Scrum Master remove impediments or coach teams into removing them?
As part of coaching of scrum teams, when an impediment crops up, Scrum Master should help the team find their own way to remove the impediment
References
http://www.scrumshortcuts.com/blog/planning-metrics/implicating-impediments/ http://www.scrumalliance.org/articles/409-i-have-no-impediments http://www.scrumshortcuts.com/blog/planning-metrics/scrum-
metrics and-reporting-measure-what-you-manage/
Contacts
Francesco Attanasio Mail: [email protected] Twitter: LeanScrumMaster