I see people doing Scrum ceremony/events/meetings in a "by the book" way (or more often a popular interpretation) and completely failing to meet the **purpose** of those ceremonies
Let& #39;s start with Iteration planning

The purpose is to limit work in progress.
Not to "see how much we can get done"/push as many clowns into the car as won& #39;t fit

If you can& #39;t reasonably use this to limit what you work on for the iteration period you are not meeting the purpose
Daily Scrum

"This is not a status meeting" (but you& #39;d never know it the way most people answer The.Three.Questions)

It& #39;s a planning meeting.
A chance each day to reassess based on what was learned yesterday. Small adjustments *to the plan* - not pushing to get back on schedule
Iteration review

This is not a dog and pony show - or a place for celebration theater

The purpose is to get working software in someone& #39;s hands (preferably a customer or as close as you can get) and adjust based on feedback

That& #39;s right, another chance to adjust the plan
There are 4 great economic answers to look for in a review
1) That& #39;s exactly what I asked for.
You gave me 80% of what I thought I needed and the remaining 20% isn& #39;t worth the cost. We& #39;re done.
Time to change the plan
2) That& #39;s exactly what I asked for.
The remaining 20% is still worth the effort.
Keep going
3) That& #39;s exactly what I asked for.
And now that I have it in my hands it& #39;s not really what I need. Thank you for helping me see this in a short period of time so we don& #39;t waste time and money going down that road.
Let& #39;s adjust the plan
4) That& #39;s not what I asked for.
Thanks for only going down that road for an iteration.
Let& #39;s have a better conversation
The output of all of these is an updated plan - not "getting back on plan",
Retrospectives

I live in California and love a good therapy session. Retrospectives are not meant to be a therapy session.

The purpose is to make a plan to adjust how we will work differently next iteration
BTW: There are ways to meet these purposes other than Scrum.

Kanban limits WIP in a flow based manner.
Mob programming gives the team a constant opportunity to adjust based on what& #39;s being learned.
Etc.
But if you are choosing to use Scrum - get the most out of it by actually meeting the purpose rather than just the form of the ceremonies
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