Issam Sedki on the overcommitment anti-pattern and its consequences

Teams often say “yes” way too often. In fact, saying “no” is one of the lost messages of Scrum that popularized the phrase: “The Art of the Possible”. Sometimes teams act as if the phrase had been “The Art of the Impossible”. But what is a Scrum Master to do when the team focuses so much on saying “yes” that they overcommit?

About Issam Sedki
Scrum issam-sedki-scrum-master-toolbox-podcastmaster and agile coach with more than 12 years experience on software developement in many countries. With various certifications ranging from project management to Agile and Scrum. Certified PMP professional scrum master, cobit5, pmi agile certified practionner. Issam has been through a lot in this industry.

You can link with Issam Sedki on LinkedIn.

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