Scrum Series
Comparative Scrum
by Angel Diaz-Maroto Alvarez
Gain immediate insights into where your teams need help and create a culture of data-driven continuous improvement. This assessment will help teams quickly understand what they need to amplify as well as where they have challenges, so they can focus their efforts where it matters and improve their ways of working together.
A Data-driven Approach to Continuous Improvement
Scrum is by far the most popular framework used for agile ways of working. But as the Scrum Guide cautions,
Scrum may be simple to understand, yet difficult to master. The Scrum Series contains two essential Scrum assessments:
Comparative Scrum and Advanced Scrum. Together, these survey instruments help practitioners identify the behaviors, norms, and
patterns that help teams, and their organizations improve how they do Scrum.
Designed by renowned Scrum expert Angel Diaz-Maroto Alvarez and updated to reflect the latest changes in the 2020 Scrum Guide,
the Scrum Series gives you access to data and feedback that will help you uncover strengths and weaknesses and create a roadmap for
improvement. Whether you are new to Scrum or an experienced practitioner, the Scrum Series will help you improve how you work at all
levels of the organization.
Sample Questions
Events
Sprint Planning initiates the Sprint by laying out the work to be performed for the Sprint. This resulting plan is created by the collaborative work of the entire Scrum Team.
Events
Through discussion with the Product Owner, the Developers select items from the Product Backlog to include in the current Sprint.
Events
The Daily Scrum is timeboxed to 15 minutes.
Events
The Daily Scrum ensures the developers are updated and aligned on progress toward the Sprint Goal and creates an actionable plan for the work day.
Artifacts
The Product Owner develops and explicitly communicates the Product Goal.
Artifacts
Product Backlog refinement is an ongoing activity happening every Sprint.
Accountabilities
The Scrum Team is cross-functional, meaning the members have all the skills necessary to create value each Sprint.
Accountabilities
Developers are accountable for finalizing a plan for the Sprint during the Sprint Planning, the Sprint Backlog.
Scrum Pillars & Values
The emergent process and work is visible to those performing the work as well as those receiving the work.
Top Features
Benchmark your performance against other companies in your industry.
Quickly identify where you should invest your efforts and improve where it matters to your teams.
Scale easily - perform analysis at the team, program and organizational levels.
Deploy a data-driven continuous improvement strategy.
Angel Diaz-Maroto Alvarez
Angel is an energetic and forward-thinking Agile coach specializing in leadership development and organizational
agility. His pragmatism and experience in organizational coaching and Business Agility are the driving forces
behind his methods. Throughout his 15+ years of hands-on experience as a coach, trainer, and mentor, Angel has
provided expert guidance to organizations and Agile leaders in North America, South America, Western Europe,
Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and Asia.
Angel's leadership has been particularly notorious at the ING Group, where he has performed as the first Agile
Champion at ING Spain and chairman of the first Global ING Agile Experts Group since 2010. He has also
supported companies from more than 40 countries, contributing to the Agile journeys of King, Toyota,
Falabella, Banco de Chile, Roche, BBVA, Sunhotels, DEWA, FAB, PZU Group, Palacio de Hierro and the Catalan
Institute of Oncology.
Angel holds the Scrum Alliance's highest-level certifications in the field. Being the first Spanish CST
(Certified Scrum Trainer), the first Spanish CEC (Certified Enterprise Coach), and the first European CALE
(Certified Agile Leadership Educator).
Angel is also a PCC (Certified Professional Coach) by the International Coach Federation, a Certified
Professional Co-Active Coach (CPCC), Certified specialist in team coaching and systemic leadership,
Management 3.0 facilitator, Certified Kanban Management Professional (KMP), Certified LargeScaleScrum
Practitioner (CLP), Certified SAFe® Program Consultant (SPC), Licensed NLP Practitioner and TTI-certified
Behaviour and Motivation Analyst.
In addition, Angel has participated as a speaker and keynote at close to 100 international conferences
and Agile events worldwide and has been a significant contributor to the international Agile community
since 2009.