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What makes the difference between a GOOD Scrum Master and a GREAT Scrum?Master?

Scrum.org

Even though the global Scrum adoption is now at 75% ( source: 14th State of Agile report 2020 ), the Scrum Master profession is still difficult to grasp for many. However, I also experienced a major shortcoming: The existing Scrum Master curricula focus on understanding the framework, implementing processes and facilitation skills.

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A better way than staggered iterations for delivery

Scrum.org

Staggered iterations lead to more technical debt and lower quality software. Updated to reflect the 2020 Scrum Guide! If you are moving from a 4-year iterative process to a 4-month one you will see the value, but your process will be opaque and will only reduce your ability to deliver working software.

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SAFe® Agile Certification Cost in 2022

Agilemania

The Agile adoption rate went from 37% in 2020 to 86% in 2021. SAFe® Release Train Engineer. SAFe® Release Train Engineer. $50. SAFe® Agile Software Engineer. SAFe® Agile Software Engineer. $50. Examination Retake Process for SAFe Certification. Renewal Process for SAFe Certification.

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Agile Laws & Distributed Teams: From Conway to Goodhart to Parkinson

Scrum.org

Join the 25th Hands-on Agile meetup on August 20, 2020, to explore the virtual Ecocycle Planning. From the long list of observation, heuristics, and mental models in psychology, organizational design, or software engineering, I pick six “agile laws” that seem to be particularly relevant in this area of distributed agile teams: Conway’s Law.

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If you are not doing Test First then you are doing it wrong!

Scrum.org

Updated to reflect the 2020 Scrum Guide! Your process will result in significant rework, be less maintainable and be less likely to meet the customers needs. Scottish Software Proverb (just made it up, and I am Scottish). It’s now 2020 and gone are the cowboy days of the late nineties and early naughties.

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The Scrum Master Job (1): 4 Steps to Identify Suitable Employers or Clients

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Or, you may conclude after your research — thus early in the assessment process (see below) — that the organization is not compatible with your expectations of a future employer or client. There are thousands of meetups worldwide, covering the topics of agile frameworks and practices, software engineering, and product development in general.

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Getting Hired as a Scrum Master or Agile Coach

Scrum.org

Or, you may conclude after your research — thus early in the assessment process (see below) — that the organization is not compatible with your expectations of a future employer or client. There are thousands of meetups worldwide covering the topics of agile frameworks and practices, software engineering, and product development in general.

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