The Retrobinet

Posted on Wed 16 November 2022 in misc

Do you have difficulties choosing between creating new features and fixing bugs ? Maybe you should give a try to the Retrobinet. A sprint retrospective format to trigger discussion about priorities between maintenance and feature.

The concept

Retrobinet comes from "Robinet", the French word for Faucet. The idea is to have …


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Scrum Retrospective: Archetype

Posted on Thu 08 September 2022 in misc

A few years ago, a hiring slot was opened in my team and our manager asked us which profile will be the most useful. We were a dream team, the best of the best. We lacked no skills ! And we didn't really know how to orient the job description. Should …


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How to Organize a Backlog ?

Posted on Fri 20 May 2022 in misc

Product backlog is really the barebones of agile scrum teams. It help Product Owner to communicates vision to stakeholders, it help dev team to anticipate future needs and adjust design accordingly and it help Scrum master analyzing how team can be more efficient in its work.

Unfortunately, backlog is often …


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Scrum retrospective: Cool Runnings

Posted on Tue 19 April 2022 in misc

If you are in your mid-thirties, you probably remember Cool Runnings (or Rasta Rocket for French people). I watched this movie a dozen times when I was a child. But did you know this movie was about a young Scrum team doing its Agile transformation ? Let's have a look at …


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