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An Executive Walks Into A Daily Scrum

Leading Agile

So an Executive walks into a Daily Scrum and demands Team Member X who must immediately begin work on something that is not part of the Scrum Team’s commitment for the Sprint. If you’re a Scrum Master, this has either happened to you, or it is going to… soon. What do you do? You know this is not ok. What do you do?

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What Makes the Daily Scrum Effective?

Scrum.org

Daily Scrum events are a powerful way to align team efforts and foster collaboration. To have an effective Daily Scrum, the team should focus on: 1. Aligning Work with Goals: By inspecting and adapting the efforts and progress made towards the sprint goal, the Daily Scrum helps maintain alignment with the product goal and vision.

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Things Every Agile Executive Should Know

Scrum.org

Becoming agile is about more than just Jira and Scrum. An agile executive would know. He specializes in executive and management training and coaching but stays passionate about building solid relationships and teams. To be a successful company, the entire organization must play their part.

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Lean Startup and Scrum

Scrum.org

Eric Reis encouraged the reader to use an agile approach to execution, framing the nature of each Sprint in terms of the business’s need to learn. Lean Startup and Scrum Reis and Blank talk about using these ideas to build and scale a business, but the ideas hold true at the product or even feature level.

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The Indispensable Scrum Master Accountability in Scrum

Scrum.org

In the realm of Agile software development, the Scrum framework has emerged as the most popular framework. According to the 16th annual State of Agile report from Digital.ai, 87% of Agile teams use Scrum. At the heart of Scrum is a unique and indispensable accountability: the Scrum Master.

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Sunsetting Scrum Masters

Scrum.org

TL; DR: Sunsetting Scrum Masters In this article, I uncover indicators that a Scrum Master’s or Agile Coach’s journey is coming to a close; they are sunsetting Scrum Masters. Preorder the Scrum Anti-Patterns Guide book now for delivery in January 2024! ? Shall I notify you about articles like this one?

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Elevating Your Career Path: The Scrum Master Journey

Scrum.org

The decision to become a Scrum Master, in my experience, isn't just about a job title; it's about embracing a new dimension of leadership and responsibility. The role of a Scrum Master is often misunderstood. You can request a free consultation with my team or sign up for one of our upcoming professional Scrum classes.

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