Scrumming the Scrum

Did you know there’s a Scrum pattern language for increased productivity? From these patterns my favorite is Scrumming the Scrum.

This is a clever way to say, take the top improvement from your retrospective and put it into practice at the start of the sprint. Sounds simple enough. Yet, teams I’ve worked with often have trouble making improvements happen. 

So I’ve focused on helping teams Scrum the Scrum. For starters, a Scrum Master should select a retrospective that generates actions. See Actions for Retrospectives.

This diagram shows some of the steps I take to rapidly improve team performance.