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Maybe it will work out in the end
published August 20, 2010
Say you are a product owner and you are building up a solution using Scrum. You have decided that sprint length is 3 weeks and team will show you the results after each sprint. Unfortunately, after each sprint the results are not quite what you have expected, but you think that maybe it will work out in the end just like you have visioned. Stop right there, it won’t.
The final results you are getting at the end are those you see in the sprint demo. If demos are buggy, you will get a buggy solution. If demos feel “not quite right”, you are not building the software you are seeing in your dreams. If this sounds familiar to your current situation, you will be needing x “finalization sprints” after you are “ready”.
The key is to stop immediately when you get the smell and trust your gut feeling. Increase your definition of done and start building production ready software, that is how you will succeed.
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