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As a Scrum Master, how to speak to a developer about his delays?
Any suggestions ?
I'm sure there is an official Scrum answer and a project management answer. This is a common sense workplace answer: Don't bother.
That person is out of the door. They are there ...
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Delays in projects - what is normal on IT implementations?
My answer is based on my observations of IT work in the public sector. YMMV. What I have observed is quite a bit of project overruns, both cost and schedule, on IT projects in the space where I ...
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As a Scrum Master, how to speak to a developer about his delays?
I tend to agree with Thomas, but this time I might slightly disagree, as I'd suggest a more active stance.
The Scrum Master is accountable for the Scrum Team’s effectiveness. Source: Scrum Guide
You ...
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Unable to sign off a project
Notwithstanding how you were supposed to get paid by the client, you need to have the best interests of your client in mind. This means you need to inform your client of your inability to resolve the ...
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Is signing off projects supposed to be hard?
Whether or not it is 'normal' is highly subjective and contextual.
What is more important is whether or not it is a problem (which I assume it is, otherwise why are you here asking about it?), and, ...
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As a Scrum Master, how to speak to a developer about his delays?
As a Scrum Master, you shouldn't approach this Developer. If the team believes that this is an issue that is affecting their performance, then the team should talk about it at a Sprint Retrospective. ...
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As a Scrum Master, how to speak to a developer about his delays?
I disagree with the other suggestions that you should just ignore this situation because he's leaving soon. Consider the following:
Contract end dates can change - what if he gets extended, or if ...
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As a Scrum Master, how to speak to a developer about his delays?
You'll get a lot of 'ideal' Scrum Master behavior which if not favor at least do not harm engineers; but they do harm you as a leader / scrum master in the organization.
Some might tell you not to ...
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How to manage delays from external clients
Risk management approaches
As any risk, you might have four ways to address them:
Avoid them
Reduce them
Share/transfer them
Accept them
Based on your situation, you invest a considerable amount of ...
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Delays in projects - what is normal on IT implementations?
I agree with David, there’s no canonical answer.
In my experience (I've worked mainly in the private sector), it depends a lot on the context of how this happens:
Is the team fully able to work ...
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Is signing off projects supposed to be hard?
It can be all too common, yes.
PMBOK does refer to several techniques which can help the process, however;
When collecting requirements and then feeding into scope - obtain customer acceptance ...
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