Fixing Your Scrum

The Stagnant Sprint Review

In this anti-pattern, stakeholders arrive at the sprint review with a clear expectation of what will occur, as the agenda has been the same for several sprints. Some stakeholders check email or work on their laptops until the team discusses something that’s interesting to them, others funnel into the room late based on when they think the team will discuss information pertinent to them, and still others stop attending altogether. The stakeholders call the event “boring.” None of the stakeholders seem to express their opinions unless something extraordinary piques their interest. The stakeholders and Scrum team feel that the project is no longer very risky since the project has been in-flight for several sprints. But ...