The Agile Developer's Handbook

Changing our workflow

When using Scrum, the Sprint Backlog is often seen as the batch size. A pattern we often see, and something that we want to minimize as much as possible, is a Scrum Board that looks like this:

You'll notice that almost every single User Story is in play, which probably means that each member of our team is working on something different. This is often a symptom that our team isn't working together, but as individuals, within their specializations—user experience designer, graphic designer, developer, frontend developer, tester.

Each specialist will go through the tasks of a User Story to determine if there is some work ...