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Lean from the Trenches
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Lean from the Trenches

by Henrik Kniberg
December 2011
Beginner
176 pages
3h 54m
English
Pragmatic Bookshelf
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Example 4: Lots of Problems

Here’s a bigger example. This organization was doing Scrum but was having some problems. The cause-effect diagram that emerged after interviews and workshops showed that they weren’t doing Scrum correctly, and this was causing the problems.

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It became clear to everyone that many of the root causes could be addressed with a “proper” Scrum implementation (for example, reorganizing into cross-functional teams and making sure each team had a dedicated product owner). This triggered organizational changes that ultimately fixed many of the root causes (green stars). The next step was to improve test automation.

Scrum isn’t ...

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