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The Fascinating Origin of the Term 'Scrum Ceremony'

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What is a Scrum Ceremony? You may have heard of the phrase 'Scrum ceremony'. Which is odd because it's never appeared in the Scrum Guide. What Does Scrum Ceremony mean? A direct translation for the term 'Scrum ceremony' is 'Scrum event' and for Scrum ceremonies its the Scrum events.

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The 6 Stances Of A Scrum Master

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In 2010 I started my first assignment as a Scrum Master. Mostly intended to help myself reflect on my role, receive feedback from other Scrum practitioners, and make improvements accordingly. Over the years, the sum of these blog posts resulted in the paper “ The 8 Stances Of A Scrum Master ”.

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Quick and Easy: This Is New in the Scrum Guide 2020

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The creators of Scrum , Ken Schwaber and Jeff Sutherland, developed the concept in the early 1990s. In 2010, they published the first Scrum Guide, a guide to the method with the intention of providing people, teams and organizations with a framework to master complex tasks and create products with the highest possible value.

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In-Depth: The Evidence-Based Business Case For Agile

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And we share results from our own analyses based on actual data from stakeholders and Scrum teams that we collected through the Scrum Team Survey. Each post discusses scientific research that is relevant to our work with Scrum and Agile teams. We collected the data through our Scrum Team Survey. We worked with Prof.

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Surprise. I am no wizard. Agile nor Scrum.

Gunther Verheyen

I regularly get inquiries from people reaching out for instructions, assistance, or other forms of guidance to learn about Scrum, pass exams, become a trainer, or advance their career towards “Agile coach” Surprise. 2) I have always been and am still all about Scrum. I am no wizard. And I spent 7 years (seven!)

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Surprise. I am no Scrum wizard.

Gunther Verheyen

I don’t create them for that reason, but I am humbled when people say my works (books, articles, papers) were useful in passing certification assessments or in becoming a trainer. Maybe along the road they took a break, read more, gained more experience with Scrum, and demonstrated other forms of patience, persistence, and belief.

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How We Made Our Customer The Product Owner

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From 2010–2015 I worked as a Scrum Master for a web agency. When I started, Scrum wasn’t used at all. In the context of Scrum, the Product Owner plays an essential role. In this article, I’ll share how we addressed this challenge, what experiments we tried, and what insights I gained from the period after 2015.