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It kind of is. Well, the public dinging probably isn't. But at a few companies I've seen, teams are tracked on how many tickets span multiple sprints. If it exceeds some threshold, then theoretically it means that either: 1. The team is not breaking down tasks granularly enough, or 2. They're not estimating tasks correctly

Practically, it means nothing of course.



In Scrum:

- the product owner sets the backlog priority

- team estimates

- team commits to what it can deliver from the backlog

- any misses are analyzed for scope mistakes

Rinse/repeat

There’s no shaming part

Edit: format


The scrum guide [1] says team gives a forecast and not a commitment. I have yet to know any other scrum practitioners aware of that update.

Unless a person has no shame, failing a commitment I certainly believe is intrinsically shameful. Some cultures would commit seppuku if you don't deliver on a commitment.

The words, "you failed on your commitments" seems very much like shaming. Thus the move to "forecast" over "commitment"

[1] https://www.scrum.org/resources/commitment-vs-forecast

*edit (addendum): Invoking 'seppuku' might be a bit sensationalist, my apologies. The southerner in me is coming out - saying someone does not live up to their word is a very big deal.




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