Being busy is the silent killer of Scrum Team effectiveness

Stop spinning plates before they all come crashing down.

Todd Lankford
Serious Scrum
Published in
13 min readMar 31, 2022

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Plates broken on the floor. The result of too many spinning plates.
The result of too many spinning plates—Photo by CHUTTERSNAP on Unsplash

Do you experience any of these symptoms?

  • Simple tasks, such as sending an email to a group of people, can take weeks.
  • You need many meetings to stay in “alignment” and everyone is too busy to collaborate.

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Todd Lankford
Serious Scrum

Hi–I’m Todd. I help managers and product teams maximize outcomes while respecting people. https://www.coachlankford.com