How do OKRs and Scrum work together?
How do OKRs and Scrum work together? This session shows how goals, inspection, and delivery can reinforce each other without turning OKRs into reporting theater.
Click image to open full size OKRs and Scrum work when goals stay inspectable
OKRs and Scrum can reinforce each other when OKRs describe the outcomes we are aiming for and Scrum gives teams a regular way to inspect whether the work is moving those outcomes. The trap is using OKRs as a reporting layer on top of Scrum, which turns both systems into theater.
In this session, I explore how goals, inspection, and delivery can work together without reducing OKRs to tasks or turning Scrum into a status mechanism.
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- 01 Fix Your OKRs - Back to First Principles 10 min
- 02 OKR Implementation Tips 6 min
- 03 OKRs and Agile Sitting on a Tree 1 min
