Caution: Developers Burning Down
In our opening story, the development team didn’t fully own the sprint backlog. Management dictated exactly how the dev team was supposed to create the sprint backlog and they put micromanaging mechanisms in place—constraints that created the illusion that everything was going as expected. The result was great looking charts but sloppy work and low morale.
You may find that management has a hard time coping with the changes that Scrum brings. They may search for ways to measure whether Scrum is succeeding. Executives often ask managers to find ways to prove that Scrum is working and worth the investment. They see the sprint backlog as the artifact that they can use to manage productivity and gain insights into ...
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