Scrum Master Toolbox Podcast

Robert Briese: Fixed Time/Scope Projects and The Pitfalls of Individual PO Goals Read the full Show Notes and search through the world’s largest audio library on Scrum directly on the Scrum Master Toolbox Podcast website: http://bit.ly/SMTP_ShowNotes. In this episode, Robert discusses the challenges of supporting teams tasked with building an ecommerce platform. The teams were given a limited time, and a fixed scope to deliver! Each team had its own Product Owner (PO), leading to conflicting goals and self-destructive patterns. The looming deadline for a major customer event added pressure. Robert suggests practical tips, including creating a shared understanding above team and product management levels, aligning POs on a shared backlog, establishing shared priorities, utilizing user story mapping, and implementing the Chief Product Owner pattern.   Featured Book of the Week: "Large-Scale Scrum" by Vodde and Larman In this episode, Robert recommends "Large-Scale Scrum" by Vodde and Larman fo