How do you pick the right Scrum tool?

Choosing the right Scrum tool for your team can be crucial to the success of your project. Here are some steps that can help you make that choice: Understand your team’s needs; Research different options; Consider ease of use; Evaluate the resources offered; Check scalability; Test the tool; Consider support and community and evaluate cost-benefit. By carefully considering these steps and your team's needs and preferences, I believe you will be better prepared to choose the right Scrum tool for your project.

Trying to understand you needs is the hardest part - aligning it to a tool is much easier once you know what you actually want to tool to do. Often I would recommend that people go back to postits to analyse their flow of work, they look at what data do they need to share with stakeholders, and how they want to do that. Once you have a clear understanding of what you need from a tool, then review various options - look at how it scales. One tool might work in the short term with another tool working better long term. These are key discussions that need to be open and honest in order to make this decision.

Tools have overheads, be that in time or money, so it is important that a tool solves a problem and is valuable to the team. Unnecessary or inappropriate tooling can be counterproductive and hamper a team's productivity. It's worth noting that the Scrum artifacts are the Product Backlog, Sprint Backlog and Increment. The Definition of Done is a commitment, while a burndown chart, typically used for forecasting, has not been mandated since 2011.

Often tooling comes as part of an ecosystem, such as Azure DevOps or Atlassian Suite. Typically the tools within an ecosystem will integrate well together, however, I would agree on keeping an open mind to alternatives that may be available. Tooling doesn't necessarily need to be digital either, for example post-it notes on a board can be highly visible and engaging - if the team works on-site!

Yes, compare and consider the following: - Which one is more useful in your market? - Which one covers most of your basic needs - First, which one is more suitable for your team -Which costs less (any type of cost)

Teams should be involved in the evaluation and selection of tools that they need. Even within an organisation, individual teams will have different profiles of work, skillsets, experiences and cultures. It is not a given that a tool that works well for one team is the most appropriate or even necessary for another.

Tools are like ammunition for entire project team. But not all need tanks or guns. Each member has own need which Fullfills with a specific tool. All but one tool is most needed is a common tracker which provides transparency and clarity about project state...

Scrum is an empirical framework, and in the spirit of empiricism, teams should always be seeking to adapt and improve as they learn. Tooling is no exception.

Find the better option. its the first but it isn't the last. You can replace it with another option when you learn that it's better. But consider the cost. transactional/ coordination/ change/ training and other costs.

Just choose a tool. Don't over think it. If you're thinking too much about the tools, you're not doing agile / Scrum too well. Just don't make any long term contracts, and if you find it doesn't fill your needs, inspect, adapt, and choose another tool

In the quest for the ideal Scrum tool, remember, perfection is elusive but 'good enough' isn't. It's not about the tool itself, but how it serves your team's unique journey in Agile. Adaptability is key - be ready to evolve your tool choice as your team grows and learns. #AgileMindset #ScrumTools #ContinuousImprovement ???

N?o busque uma “ferramenta Scrum” (se é que isso de fato existe), busque algo que te permita gerenciar o trabalho, preferencialmente coletando métricas. - Personaliza??o de workflow - Cria??o de issuetypes diferentes - Hierarquia entre os issuetypes - Regras de transi??o no workflow - Automa??es diversas - Mecanismo de pesquisa de itens - Boas visualiza??es dos itens - Extra??o de dados fácil - Conex?o com ferramentas de BI - Sinaliza??es de bloqueio e relacionamento entre os itens - ……. Na prática, s?o 3 grandes ferramentas que competem hoje (no Brasil), olhando para estes critérios acima: - Jira (especialmente o Cloud) - Azure DevOps - Businessmap (antes Kanbanize)

Evaluate the scalability of the tool. Ensure it can grow with your team and adapt to changing project requirements. A tool that's flexible enough to accommodate your future needs will provide long-term value and efficiency in your Scrum process.