Zombie Scrum is Scrum, but without the beating heart of working software.
The Symptoms
1) No beating heart ๐๐
It does not care about working software, gathering feedback, and generating insights.
2) No contact with the outside world ๐โ
Zombie Scrum says "Iโm only here to code!" unable and unwilling to change anything, and have a real impact.
3) No emotional response to success or failure
Team morale is very low โน๏ธ
4) No drive to improve
The Product Owner is hardly ever-present.
Team is highly unstable.
A lot of complaining and certainly no desire to improve.
The Causes
1) โCargo Cult Scrumโ ๐ข
There is a partial adoption of Scrum.
By adopting only a part of Scrum, the actual benefits are lost.
2) No Urgency ๐จ
Thereโs no real understanding of value.
No clear goals.
3) Competing Values
There is a misunderstanding of Scrum.
4) Lack of trust ๐คโ
5) Dysfunctional organizations ๐ข๐คช
The Treatments
1) Become a Zombie-whisperer ๐ฃ๏ธ
Talk to the zombie scrums.
Educate them.
2) Introduce Healthy Scrum into the population ๐ฉโโ๏ธ
Communicate the right values
Or hire employees with Scrum experience that can show how things are done.
3) Shake things up ๐
Change the way the team interacts within the Scrum framework: shortened Sprint length, review goals in daily, use roadmap for insights, know that some zombies are not reversible.
4) Involve the broader Scrum Community
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