The Professional ScrumMaster's Handbook

Chapter 6: The Criticality of Real-time Information

1. A vision exercise. I like Geoffrey Moore's vision statement from Crossing the Chasm. One way to make sure everyone on the project team gets the Level 1 magnification is to hand them each a blank sheet of paper and ask them to write the vision statement; it's fine for team members to pair up or work in small teamlets of three. After 15 minutes have each pair/teamlet read its version of the vision statement. Responses that are similar reflect a good communication and understanding; vastly different responses signify that the vision should be revisited. What natural opportunities are there for restating the project vision throughout the Scrum project? When might the vision need to change? ...