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Dev team from different timezones

Alexandru Ciprian Popa — Fri, 14 Nov 2025 21:41:05 +0000

Hi all,

I started a new project about a month ago, and I'm trying to show the bank that using SCRUM shouldn’t be something to be afraid of. However, I’m already facing a challenge: the development team is made of 4 people, but 2 of them are in a different time zone (+3.5h). It’s not a real team in the SCRUM sense — it’s essentially composed of members from two existing teams, and they’ve been asked by management to allocate only a percentage of their time to this project while continuing to work on their usual activities. I’m aware that this is not good practice for SCRUM.

Scrum Support (Professional Development).

Rose Fosua Kyei — Sat, 08 Nov 2025 19:31:14 +0000

Hello everyone,

I’m Rose Kyei, a PSM I-certified professional with a background in IT Management. I recently earned my PSM I certification and am eager to gain hands-on experience through an internship or entry-level role in a Scrum or Agile environment.

I’d appreciate any advice, opportunities, or recommendations on where I can apply or connect with teams looking for enthusiastic learners.

Thank you in advance for your guidance and support!

Rose

How Do You Approach Agile Project Management in Real Teams?

Trent Tie — Fri, 07 Nov 2025 06:53:09 +0000

Hey everyone!!!!

Lately, I’ve been exploring how different teams define and apply agile project management in real-world setups. We all read about what is agile project management, but the actual practice varies a lot depending on team size, tools, and company culture.

I’m curious how you see agile project management vs scrum in your work. Do you treat them as the same, or do you use Scrum as just one part of your broader agile methodology project management approach?

Should the increment produced every sprint really be “useful? Isn't usable enough?

Jeffrey GONZALES — Tue, 04 Nov 2025 13:48:37 +0000

The 2020 Scrum Guide states that “The entire Scrum Team is accountable for creating a valuable, useful Increment every Sprint”. But, the “Gone Are Release Planning and the Release Turndown”—which is anterior to 2020—expresses a more subtle reality:

What kind of self-organization is meant by design in Scrum when it comes to Scrum teams? - reference to Richard Hackman's model from "The psychology of self management"

Maciej Jarosz — Tue, 04 Nov 2025 13:32:18 +0000

To keep it short, here is Hackman's model

Scrum Guide: What is the relationship between the sprint goal and the order of the product backlog?

Benedikt Aufermann — Mon, 03 Nov 2025 12:04:31 +0000

In Scrum, the product backlog is ordered so that the items at the top are those to be included in the next few sprints.
During sprint planning, the product owner specifies a business objective and the team transformes it to a Sprint Goal and selects the necessary items from the product backlog to achieve it.
Therefore, at worst, the order of the product backlog is irrelevant.

Balancing Scrum Practices in SAP HR Projects Under Compliance Constraints

britanney wiley — Mon, 03 Nov 2025 10:52:48 +0000

I’ve been working on an SAP SuccessFactors project while studying for the C_HCMP_2311 certification exam, and one challenge I keep running into is maintaining Scrum’s rhythm in a compliance-heavy environment.

Some deliverables, especially those involving HR policies or regional labor laws, require external reviews that don’t align neatly with sprint timelines. This sometimes makes it difficult to keep a consistent Definition of Done or maintain predictable velocity.

Product Goals: One or Many?

Adrian Baker — Sat, 25 Oct 2025 03:58:50 +0000

I have to say I am a bit confused on this point.

The Scrum Guide suggests that there should only be one Product Goal and at any one time.

“The Product Goal is the long-term objective for the Scrum Team. They must fulfill (or abandon) one objective before taking on the next”

However, the Scrum.org Learning Series suggest multiple Product Goals:

Usage Index, Ability to Innovate

Simon Bensch — Wed, 22 Oct 2025 13:55:42 +0000

Hi everyone.

I´m studying for PSPO-exam and ran into a question without explanation.

What KVMs reflect Ability to Innovate? Choose the best three answers.

A. Installed Version Index

B. Customer Satisfaction

C. Transparency

D. Productivity

E. Usage Index

F. Innovation Rate

Correct answers shall be A, E, F

How to handle a backlog item where the estimation is extemely off at the end (expect weeks, done in 30 min)

Marco Vachon — Thu, 16 Oct 2025 20:57:40 +0000

Context

In my teams, we've been using Planning Poker for over a year now, and it's worked well for what we want to achieve. We use the standard (1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13...) to estimate each work item before the sprint starts. We have establish a previous sprints average velocity that we use (for example, 39 points). We then use that average, along with contextual factors (e.g., “John is on vacation this sprint, so let’s aim lower than 39”), to guide what (how many pts) we include in the new sprint initially..