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Waterfallacies | Glossary

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Definition:

Waterfallacy is a mistaken belief or idea about agile or Scrum created from working too long on waterfall projects.

Many of the specific arguments heard against Scrum are predictable and common across many organisations. Some examples of waterfallacies heard are scrum requires everyone to be a generalist, scrum team don’t plan, our team is spread around the world, self-organization clashes with some cultures, so we can’t be agile, scrum requires face to face communication, scrum ignores architecture, scrum is ok for simple websites but our system is too complicated.

Further Reading:

Book: SUCCEEDING WITH AGILE Software Development Using Scrum by Mike Cohn

 

Improvement Backlog | Glossary

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Definition:

An Improvement Backlog lists everything that the organization could do better in its use of Scrum. Scrum development team uses product backlogs, team can use an improvement backlog to track the effort of adopting Scrum in organization.

To list out few Items that can make to improvement backlogs are increase adoption of test automation, enable teams to implement continuous integration, figure out how to make sure each team has a product owner, determine how team measures the impact of adopting Scrum. Improvement backlog will emphasize creation of awareness and desire, developing the ability, promote success or transfer the knowledge to other groups.

Further Reading:

Book: SUCCEEDING WITH AGILE Software Development Using Scrum by Mike Cohn