Six ways Scrum goes wrong.
Most struggling Scrum teams show the same handful of patterns. Each has a clear fix.
01
Mini-waterfall sprints
Design sprint, build sprint, test sprint. Fix: finish slices end to end.
02
Constant carry-over
Half the sprint rolls over every time. Fix: plan to real capacity.
03
Scope churn
New work added daily. Fix: a goal, and changes through the PO.
04
Absent Product Owner
Nobody can answer questions. Fix: agreed PO time with the team.
05
No Definition of Done
“Done” means different things. Fix: write it down, together.
06
Retro without action
Same complaints every sprint. Fix: one change, checked next time.
Spot one pattern. Fix one pattern. Repeat.