The pillars of Scrum are transparency, inspection, and adaptation. Creating value all starts with transparency. When your environment is complex, the better the information at your disposal, the better decisions you can make to maximize the delivery of value.
Transparency is the hardest thing to pull off in organizations. The lack of transparency is a major reason why Scrum Teams fail to create high-value products. Teams may talk with the wrong people, use the wrong data, lack trust, listen to authority, or miss the product overview.
Transparency should be front, left, and center for Scrum Teams and their organizations. Everything in Scrum starts with it.
And if you can’t fix your transparency, you can’t fix your Scrum. And with a broken Scrum, you will not succeed in your goals.
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