Chapter 14The Sprint Review
It’s really common for Scrum teams to misuse sprint reviews and have the event go off the rails—we see it all the time in our consulting. Here’s a situation Todd witnessed that illustrates some of the many ways that sprint reviews can fail.
A few years ago, Todd was asked to consult with a product owner at a nonprofit company. The company had an old-school, manual process for issuing donation receipts to donors that involved paper, pens, and the postal system. They dreamed of a digital system that would free up employee time so that employees could focus their energy on other, more important tasks like inciting donors to keep giving to their cause. The nonprofit’s board passed a budget and anointed as product owner ...
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