Dealing with deadline-pressure in Scrum teams | Jacy Ong

Published: Nov. 3, 2020, 11:05 a.m.

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A team member told Jacy: “we pushed to production without testing”. That was only one of the anti-patterns that developed in the team because of deadline pressure, but there are more! In this episode, we explore the deadline-pressure anti-patterns, and we share some tips on how to help teams that are under the schedule “gun”.

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About Jacy Ong

Jacy is a big anime fan! And she has found a strong connection between sports anime and her work as a scrum master. As she puts it: "nothing feels more rewarding than to watch your teams grow and achieve goals they never thought they could possibly achieve. :)"

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