Category: fable
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Scrum Fables: The Biscuits Are Yours
Something is deeply wrong in Dunwell. Biscuit shelves stand empty, ginger nuts have vanished without a crumb of explanation, and Chocovia has proudly announced that all biscuits—every biscuit—have been replaced by a single, supposedly perfect one they simply call “The Biscuit.” But Dunwell has never been the sort of town to accept nonsense quietly. And…
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The Hug That Already Knew
Some hurts aren’t really about sore legs, and some comforts aren’t really about soup. Sometimes the truest gift is a hug that already knows.
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Scrum Fables: It’s a Wonderful Lemonade Fountain
Not every difference you make will be noticed. But just because no one says it doesn’t mean it didn’t happen. Silence is not the same as absence.
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Scrum Fables: The Parsnip Lecture
Not every challenge is an opponent. Some, like the parsnip, don’t need conquering at all. They just want to join the soup. Sometimes the thing we brace ourselves to fight is really just waiting to play on our side — if only we let it.
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Scrum Fables: The Unicorn Fix
In software, people chase unicorns. In real life, sometimes the unicorn is just duct tape with sparkles. You can wrestle with a problem all week and get nowhere — until something silly or unexpected shifts your perspective. That’s when you find the “unicorn fix”: a solution that feels too perfect to be real.
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Scrum Fables: Flight Club
Chaos is loud. Success is quiet. It’s easy to think the noisy, messy teams are more exciting — but the best work often feels almost boring. Things don’t break. Customers are happy. And being in a team like that is anything but dull.
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Scrum Fables: Market Day
Deadlocks don’t always break by force. Sometimes the smallest gesture — an unasked kindness, a quiet first step — is enough. You don’t have to tell others the way forward. You just have to walk it, and let them follow.
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Scrum Fables: Mission Improbable
Spy gadgets? Check. Evil lair? Check. Ducks with clipboards? Check. But sometimes the hardest thing to see… is the obvious.
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Scrum Fables: The Nimble Plane
Principles are sturdy things — but with enough twisting, you can make them say whatever you like.
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Scrum Fables: Splashback
This one’s based on something that really happened — just with fewer hedgehogs. When people don’t communicate well, small frustrations can snowball into tension… and sometimes into public fireworks.
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Scrum Fables: Goosefinger
Shipments of chocolate have been mysteriously vanishing, and Dunwell and Yolotown are sent to investigate. Armed with gadgets, quick wits, and a suspicious biscuit tin, they face down Goosefinger… and his dream of sweet, sweet oblivion. Even the grandest plans can collapse when the smallest details are ignored.
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Scrum Fables: The Roundabout Way
When you want something but can’t just say ‘do it,’ you have to explain why. And sometimes those explanations get… a little out of hand.
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Scrum Fables: Fire Festival
Sometimes plans aren’t missing pieces because of malice or incompetence — it’s just hard to think of everything. That’s why it matters to review, ask questions, and fill in the gaps before the big day.
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Scrum Fables: The Dragon of Backlog Mountain
Hey, there’s a terrifying seven-meter dragon at the top of Backlog Mountain — could you go up there and have a chat with him? In retrospect, the hardest part of most things I’ve done was just starting. The unknown always feels terrifying, but once you step into it, it’s rarely as bad as you imagined.
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Scrum Fables: Kick Off, Party On
I’ve seen it where teams always skip the planning meetings. It means they have to cram all the planning into one exhausting session — and then rush through it. That’s no fun.
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Scrum Fables : Bridge Over the River Oops
I’ve never seen people build a bridge, but I have seen people make software. With some decisions, people have already made up their minds — it doesn’t matter what you say. You might as well be saying “Moo.” It often does not end well.
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Scrum Fables: The Snack Thief
When people investigate a problem, some follow the evidence and others just wing it. This fable is about biscuits, geese, and how instinct sometimes gets you nowhere.
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Scrum Fables: Done Done
Done. Done done. Done done done. I’ve been in meetings where these all seemed like valid categories — until you step back and see it for what it is.
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Scrum Fables: The Red Flag
Some teams race ahead without checking the map. They’re so focused on “winning” they don’t notice they’re headed toward the wrong goal. Speed doesn’t help if you’re running in the wrong direction.
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Scrum Fables: Retroactive Solutions
I’ve sat through both kinds of reflection meetings: the ones where nothing changes (frustrating, pointless, soul-draining)… and the ones where even a tiny adjustment makes everything smoother next time. This fable is about that difference.
Davide la Locomotive 