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In previous article “The Product Owner Iteration – Limit Your WIP” I described one way for a person to manage his/her work on a 2-weekly basis and avoid generating waste […] by Jurgen De Smet from Co-Learning.be http://colearningbe.wordpress.com/2013/05/20/tooling-how-to-manage-your-to-dos-over-multiple-projects/

As the teams are having 2 week iterations to build solutions to problems, the Product Owner has 2 week iterations as well to produce just enough new detailed input for […] by Jurgen De Smet from Co-Learning.be http://colearningbe.wordpress.com/2013/05/13/the-product-owner-iteration-limit-your-wip/

With great power comes great responsibility You can’t expect a team that is used to working in a command and control environment to suddenly make the switch to becoming a [...] by Erik Talboom from Co-Learning.be http://colearningbe.wordpress.com/2013/05/06/most-common-mistakes-in-scrum-ceremonies-77-general-scrum-pitfalls/

Not respecting the prime directive This is not a blame game ceremony. We are not looking for a scapegoat. We are looking for ways to improve our collaboration, not destroy [...] by Erik Talboom from Co-Learning.be http://colearningbe.wordpress.com/2013/04/29/most-common-mistakes-in-scrum-ceremonies-67-the-sprint-retrospective/

Co-Learning’s Erik Talboom was invited by Brussels Girl Geek Dinner organiser Clo Willaerts (author of The Conversity Model and Altijd Naakt) to do an introductory co-creation session using Lego® Serious Play® [...] by endimi from Co-Learning.be http://colearningbe.wordpress.com/2013/04/23/co-learning-introduced-the-brussels-girl-geeks-to-co-creation/

Turning it into a status meeting, focusing on time tracking The goal of a sprint review is to show the product owner and the stakeholders what the team developed during [...] by Erik Talboom from Co-Learning.be http://colearningbe.wordpress.com/2013/04/22/most-common-mistakes-in-scrum-ceremonies-57-the-sprint-review/

Losing focus during the ceremony The bigger your team gets, the harder it will be to make sure that everyone listens to the rest of the team, otherwise the whole [...] by Erik Talboom from Co-Learning.be http://colearningbe.wordpress.com/2013/04/15/most-common-mistakes-in-scrum-ceremonies-47-the-daily-standup/

Some of you might be familiar with the concept of  “Budget Games”, from its success in San Jose. Some of you might not be, and in that case I would recommend [...] by Jurgen De Smet from Co-Learning.be http://colearningbe.wordpress.com/2013/04/10/innovation-games-budget-games-is-coming-to-belgium-kortrijk/

No acceptance criteria listed on user stories This will keep the team from really committing to the sprint backlog. If they have no clear idea on how to demo a [...] by Erik Talboom from Co-Learning.be http://colearningbe.wordpress.com/2013/04/08/most-common-mistakes-in-scrum-ceremonies-37-the-sprint-planning/

Spending too much effort in estimating stories People have the tendency to spend too much effort on estimating the incoming work. Having some basics skills available, like high/low showdown, deal [...] by Erik Talboom from Co-Learning.be http://colearningbe.wordpress.com/2013/04/01/most-common-mistakes-in-scrum-ceremonies-27-estimating-stories/