Comments on: Can work be added during a sprint? http://advancedtopicsinscrum.com/faq/can-new-work-be-added-during-a-sprint/ Techniques for Applied Scrum Fri, 11 May 2012 20:14:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Doug http://advancedtopicsinscrum.com/faq/can-new-work-be-added-during-a-sprint/comment-page-1/#comment-87 Doug Sat, 10 Oct 2009 03:49:23 +0000 http://advancedtopicsinscrum.com/?p=311#comment-87 I agree there should be a good reason for it and it better not be because you have a habit of yanking people around or it's part of some fiefdom scheme you are trying to build. It is getting easier to say that fiscally irresponsible behavior would be to ruin team cohesion and therefore ruin organizational assets (teams that can solve complex problems and learn new things quickly). People who ruin or tear apart organizational assets should be fired. Wall Street certainly won't want them. However, sometimes you have to change and change brutally fast. It can be painful. I agree there should be a good reason for it and it better not be because you have a habit of yanking people around or it’s part of some fiefdom scheme you are trying to build.

It is getting easier to say that fiscally irresponsible behavior would be to ruin team cohesion and therefore ruin organizational assets (teams that can solve complex problems and learn new things quickly). People who ruin or tear apart organizational assets should be fired. Wall Street certainly won’t want them.

However, sometimes you have to change and change brutally fast. It can be painful.

]]> By: Gert Wallis http://advancedtopicsinscrum.com/faq/can-new-work-be-added-during-a-sprint/comment-page-1/#comment-86 Gert Wallis Sat, 10 Oct 2009 03:34:42 +0000 http://advancedtopicsinscrum.com/?p=311#comment-86 I like your analogy and Granularity perspective. The lean camp would argue that you can add work at anytime if the business requires it. The biggest threat is to team motivation. If you commmit and promise to deliver and you can't because the work changes it can be demoralizing. Loss of rythm will also affect team cohesion. Because motivation and team commitment is one of the most difficult things to acquire there better be an exceptional business reason for doing it. Always a tough judgement call. I like your analogy and Granularity perspective. The lean camp would argue that you can add work at anytime if the business requires it.

The biggest threat is to team motivation. If you commmit and promise to deliver and you can’t because the work changes it can be demoralizing. Loss of rythm will also affect team cohesion. Because motivation and team commitment is one of the most difficult things to acquire there better be an exceptional business reason for doing it.

Always a tough judgement call.

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