Find the One Scrum Problem to Fix First

When Scrum isn’t delivering the benefits you expected, the answer is rarely to fix everything at once. A better first step is to identify the biggest thing getting in the way, improve that, and inspect what changes.

The Scrum Reset Diagnostic helps a team, Scrum Master, product owner, or leadership group look at recent evidence from the last one or two sprints and decide where to focus next. You’ll score common Scrum breakdowns, discuss where people see the problem differently, and choose one practical improvement to try over the next two sprints.

Use the diagnostic to examine issues such as:

• Work carrying over too often

• Mid-sprint interruptions

• Scrum events that don’t create clarity or energy

• Refinement that leaves too many surprises

• Too many competing priorities

• Leadership constraints that make focus difficult

• Rules and processes that make Scrum feel heavy

By the end, you’ll have a clearer view of what’s really slowing the team down and a simple experiment for making the next two sprints noticeably better.