Change Management:
How do we implement culture change and buy-in, including tool adoption? How do I motivate the team to adopt Scrum? How do I prove Scrum is valuable?
 
How do you increase the team’s capacity to learn and experiment?
 
Does using Scrum require a fundamental organizational shift? How do you implement Scrum in an “old school” organization?
 
What are some methods to keep the team engaged and motivated to use Scrum?
 
How do you get people to participate? How do you get people to check in daily? Knowing that managers and team members have full calendars, how do we achieve the five types of meetings?
 
How to deal with stakeholders who don't follow the Scrum method. When involving customer/stakeholder
 
How do I transform the typical construction meetings into Scrum meetings?
 
How do you know when to use Scrum and when not to? When does it make sense to use and not use Scrum?
 
How do I implement Scrum the right way with my team?
 
How to practice good time management? Time management of scrum attendees to multiple scrum/project meetings: strategies?
 
How do you adopt a new process with existing teams? How to apply Scrum with a team using “to-do” lists?
 
How do you deal with changing priorities?
 
How do you stay within scope, stopping scope creep?
 
How do you improve your commitment to deadlines?
 
How do you deal with the complexity of multiple projects?
 
How do I concentrate on one task at a time? I thought multi-tasking was good.
 
How do you deal with the lack of adoption from external participants?


Scrum Framework How-To Questions:
Where do I start with Scrum?
 
How to implement Scrum with different teams, i.e., construction or design or preconstruction? How do I use Scrum for projects of different sizes?
 
How do I orient teams within an architectural/engineering organization? Should teams be made if they are within the same discipline, or should I make multidiscipline teams with 1-2 staff from each?
 
How do multiple smaller teams work together using Scrum? Should they be aligned when working on the same project? How do you handle scenarios where you have the same person wearing multiple hats?
 
How to use Scrum to increase the effectiveness of my team on a construction project site?
 
How do I use Scrum as a project manager with external advisors in design?
 
How do you apply Scrum fully in construction?
 
What are the mechanics of the Scrum framework?
 
What recommendations do you have to do Scrum events like Sprint Planning, Review, and Retro really well? What are better ideas to be more effective in running Sprints and check-ins?
 
What does “shippable product” mean in construction? 
 
Who is taking part in Scrum meetings on construction sites?
 
Should every project consist of a different Scrum team?
 
How do you handle additional tasks that interfere with the project? How would you define the correct "level of effort" to see on one card?
 
What are the recommendations for how to change Sprint durations?
 
We color code our cards by the project. Should we color code by task type instead? or what other way is recommended?
 
How do I keep the team committed to keeping tasks up to date?
 
What does it mean only to do buffer tasks? What separates a buffer task from a Sprint task?
 
How do you lead teams as the Scrum Master?
 
Who is the Product Owner on a construction project team?
 
How does the Product Owner determine the priority of items in the backlog? How does the Product Owner define the backlog?
 
If you're a development team member, how do you promote the proper framework so that the team can implement Scrum?
 
What is the proper tracking of tasks in regard to the Backlog?
 
How do I break down Backlog items for the Sprint Backlog?
 
How do I define Scrum stories and goals?
 
How do I make the Sprint goal visual?
 
How do you stay focused on relevant tasks? Why only do one thing at a time?
 
How do you deal with the pressure to focus on current working tasks?
 
How do you balance the granularity and summary for “To Do” items?
 
Regarding velocity, why Fibonacci numbers and not a 0-100 scale? Best answer shared by a student Link: https://www.agilebin.com/blog/10-reasons-to-use-fibonacci-sequence-for-story-points 
 
Does a good Scrum Retrospective always need velocity points?
 
How do I get more work done using Scrum?
 
Can a burn-down chart be made to track total points from multiple Sprints?
 
How does Sprint velocity reference point change when more oversized items get added later? Will the current Sprint get affected?
 
Does the sprint period only factor in the specific team?
 
To use scrum, should we always stick to 1-4 weeks? Often in software development, even building a basic product could take 6-8 weeks before customers review it.
 
We have an "In Review" column on our board. It is a topic we can't find a middle ground on as it seems we rubber stamp cards to get them moved to Done. Should we do away with this? Overburdened?
 
Describe the order of operations of assigning points to PBIs and having a burn down the total to work from.
 
How to deal with obstacles for in-progress tasks?
 
Team Scrum board vs. individual scrum board - not duplicating effort.
 
How do we avoid "Review" columns when we wait and need to keep the scrum going for efficiency?
 
For large projects like going to the moon, would the product owner estimate the later point counts of later sprints for the overall burn-down chart?
 
What is the meeting cadence for an effective Scrum team?
 
How do you define the client?
 
How can I apply the interrupt pattern with my Scrum team?
 
Does it make sense to utilize Scrum as a daily standup process, or do they need to be separate? 
 
How should I run the Daily Scrum, so it is successful?
 
What is the difference between Acceptance Criteria and the Definition of Done?
 
How does Scrum look from the Owner’s perspective in the design phase?
 
How to become more efficient using Scrum and teaching that to the team?
 
How do I teach Scrum? How do I scale this training with others for implementation?
 
How do I make everyone understand Scrum?
 
What other tools and resources are available for new Scrum teams?


Scrum Tools:
What are some digital Scrum platforms? What is your most recommended Scrum tool?
 
Why does Trello beat MS Planner, and how can I convince my team to switch?
 
What are the best practices for Scrum and Technology?
 
What are the best practices for Sprint board tracking metrics?


Lean Construction:
How do Last Planner System and Scrum work together? Can you help me figure out some guidance for using Scrum vs. Last Planner? How do I use Scrum with Last Planner?
 
How to deal with waiting times?
 
Where do we see a process map and Scrum working together? Can they coexist?
 
What are value stream facilitation best practices/ methods? Answer: 
"Learning to See" by Mike Rother and John Shook
 
How do I combine other Lean Construction methods like Last Planner System or shop floor management systems with Scrum?


Pain Points: 
What do you think the single most significant point will be in getting your team at work or organization to Scrum correctly?
 
Buy-in from the team on the new system (Scrum). Motivating people to use Scrum
 
Focusing on priorities.
 
Commitments towards deliverables.
 
Organizational resistance to new techniques like Scrum. It is hard to implement any change. It is adapting to change. People are busy and challenging to continue doing new things.
 
Consistent use among all team members with Scrum.
 
Team breaking away from the time when it comes to velocity.
 
Team cohesion.
 
Teaching old dogs new tricks.
 
Long, inefficient meetings...getting people to take the process seriously and do all Sprint events. Daily check-in meetings.
 
Interrupting each other. Unnecessary disturbances.
 
The long-distance between remote workers and co-located workers.