Impediments add hours to the team’s work and are considered to be part of the Sprint. They have corresponding tasks that aim to fix the issues or dependencies, and must also have estimates for how long it would take to finish them. Handling impediments is also part of the learning experience of the Scrum Team. They can help by knowing the product and process better, and can also improve task estimation during Sprint Planning and Product Backlog Refinement.
Conclusion on Estimating Tasks
Estimating tasks lets the Scrum team anticipate the work to be done and also learn how to estimate better in future Sprints. It is also important to track the actual’s in executing tasks as well as the impediments that come up within the Sprint.
Visualising tasks in a Scrum Board makes the work transparent and allows everyone to understand and collaborate on each other’s tasks.
Scrum teams should aim to resolve impediments right away in order for the team to finish their tasks and, the user stories in the Sprint Backlog. After all, delivering software with Scrum is about delivering quality software on time.
Recommended Further Reading
The following materials may assist you in order to get the most out of this course: