Tag: Retrospective

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

Fundamental Attribution Error | Glossary

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Definition:

Fundamental Attribution Error (FAE), also known as the correspondence bias or attribution effect is the claim that in contrast to interpretations of their own behavior, people place undue emphasis on internal characteristics of the person or team member rather than external factors in explaining other people’s behavior. This is a tendency to explain someone’s behavior based on internal factors, such as personality or disposition, and to underestimate the influence that external factors, such as situational influences, have on another person’s behaviour. This phrase was coined by Lee Ross, where fundamental attribution error forms the conceptual bedrock for the field of social psychology.

People want to blame individuals, not systems they feel better. FAE appeals to their sense of justice, blaming someone else they insulate themselves from the possibility that they would do the same thing given the right circumstances.

Further Reading:

Book: The Art of Doing Twice the Work in Half the Time by Jeff Sutherland
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fundamental_attribution_error