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Re:Everyone claims they are following “agile methods” but fe... by Aloisius on Wednesday May 01, 2019 @04:03PM (#19801059)
They don't follow the "what you did yesterday, what you plan on doing today, is there anything blocking you" pattern?

And the whole department is on one scrum team?

No one should lack for something to say or have to make anything up. It is a simple status synchronization with your team. The only pressure anyone should be under is remembering what they did the day before and prioritizing what to do today.

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Re:Everyone claims they are following “agile methods” but fe... by kleiba on Wednesday May 01, 2019 @04:18PM (#19801209)
No and yes for your two questions respectively (although I'm not 100% sure about the "no" to the first question).

That's what I meant when I said that their interpretation of agile seems really pointless. It seems like it's more important to have the "agile" label stuck to themselves than whether whatever they think that labels stands for brings about any positive effects.

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Re:Everyone claims they are following “agile methods” but fe... by Aloisius on Wednesday May 01, 2019 @04:37PM (#19801380)
Well that's awful.

Do they have retrospectives?

That is when I would have my teams go over what went poorly (and well) and how to improve the system - including things like how meetings are run.

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