Understanding and Apply Scrum [P2]: Scrum Values - Updates to the Scrum Guide: The 5 Scrum values take center stage

Question 1

What are misunderstandings and common problems when applying the commitment value?

Answer 1

Committing to something that you don’t understand because you are told to by your boss instead of committing yourself to the team and Sprint Goal.

Question 2

What are misunderstandings and common problems when applying the focus value?

Answer 2

Focusing on keeping the customer happy instead of being focused on the Sprint and its goal.

Question 3

What are misunderstandings and common problems when applying the openness value?

Answer 3

Telling everyone everything about all your work instead of highlighting when you have challenges and problems that are stopping you from success.

Question 4

What are misunderstandings and common problems when applying the respect value?

Answer 4

Thinking you are helping the team by being a hero instead of helping people to learn the things that you are good at and not judging the things that others aren’t good at.

Question 5

What are misunderstandings and common problems when applying the courage value?

Answer 5

Even after the decision has been made continuing to push back instead of being transparent, → instead need to be willing to change even if that means accepting that you are wrong, or that your opinion is not the direction that the team is going.

Question 6

What are five ways for encouraging the values to be transparent and considered in your Scrum Team

Answer 6

1. Put the values on a wall and have each team member write up how they are going to demonstrate the value in their working day.
2. Add a ‘values moment’ to your retrospective. This gives everyone an opportunity to inspect and adapt on their values.
3. Introduce a ‘values’ prize. Not a serious prize, but a fun prize that sometimes can be delivered to two people or the whole team when a value has been demonstrated and everyone is aware of it.
4. The ‘whoops we dropped the value’ prize provides a way of demonstrating courage, but also highlighting when we missed a value. Of course, this prize could end up being a very negative thing so it should always be delivered in a fun way without negative implications.
5. Getting external managers or stakeholders to demonstrate to the team a value and what it means to them.