🧩 Pieces that Clicked – Week of 09/06-09/11

I’m thinking in public because clarity doesn’t come fully formed—it’s assembled piece by piece. These are the ideas that fit into place this week. As I piece things together, feel free to scan the list—maybe one of these fits a gap you’ve been trying to close.

My Top Five

Backlog Management vs. Backlog Refinement

Happy Clappy Scrum Risk

Servant vs. Leader Imbalance in Scrum Masters

Shared Understanding of Done

Signals of a Weak DoD

The Rest

Coaching Doesn’t Equal Value Understanding

Definition of Done Explained

Development Practices in DoD

DoD Across Teams and Levels

DoD and Continuous Improvement Mindset

DoD as a Quality Commitment

DoD Evolution Over Time

DoD Facilitator

DoD vs. Acceptance Criteria

DoD vs. Definition of Ready

Efficiency vs. Effectiveness

Evolving DoD Over Time

Facilitating DoD Creation

Five Predictors of Team Effectiveness

Importance of Getting to Done

Importance of Product Goal Inspection

Importance of the DoD

Inspecting and Adapting the Canvas

Leading Empiricism for Scrum Masters

Meaning of Done in Scrum

Nature of Undone Work

Pitfalls in Defining DoD

Presence of Scrum Masters in Teams

Problem Solved by DoD

Product Backlog Management Defined

Product Qualities in DoD

Proxy Measures Masquerading as Success

Refining the DoD

Remedying Product Goals Antipatterns

Retrospectives vs. Reviews as Scrum Master Effectiveness Markers

Risks of Ignoring the DoD

Scrum Master Process Over Value Focus

Scrum Master’s role in Strengthening PO-Stakeholder Collaboration

Shifting Scrum Master to Value Focus

Showing Undone Work

Sprint Review and Undone Work

Sprint Reviews Expose Impediments

Stakeholder Concern Weakness

Tangible Examples Unlock Honest Feedback

The Trap of Facilitation Dominance

Traits of a Good DoD