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Agile Negotiations — Life Is a Negotiation; Why Would Scrum Be Different?

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TL; DR: Life Is a Negotiation; Why Would Scrum Be Different? Life is a negotiation; why would Scrum be different, particularly given its egalitarian nature? As you may recall, no one on a Scrum team can tell anyone else what to do, how to do it, or when to do it. Rant: Scrum Masters are no Project Managers ! ? ? ??

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On Technical Debt And Code Smells: Surprising insights from scientific studies

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Each post discusses scientific research that is relevant to our work with Scrum and Agile teams. So I was pleasantly surprised when Carsten Grønbejrg Lützen pointed at a peer-reviewed academic paper by Michele Tufano and his colleagues (2015), called “When and Why Your Code Starts To Smell Bad”. Technical Debt and Code Smells.

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Scrum Master Interview Questions (4): From Metrics to Kicking off Scrum to Scrum Anti-Patterns

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Some time ago, someone on Reddit asked whether there would be any other profession that requires attending a 2-day training class and would then pay as well as a Scrum Master job. This attitude is precisely why the 47 Scrum Master Interview Guide exists: Prevent imposters from slipping through the hiring process and causing damage.

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71 Product Owner Interview Questions: Sprint Planning, Review, Retrospective

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They are derived from my fourteen years of practical experience with XP and Scrum, serving both as Product Owner and Scrum Master and interviewing dozens of Product Owner candidates on behalf of my clients. Join more us on July 6, 2021, for the Hands-on Agile #32: How to Win with Agile Resistant Teams—Scott Weiner.

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How to Sabotage A Scrum Master — 44 Anti-Patterns from the Trenches

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TL; DR: How to Sabotage A Scrum Master — 44 Anti-Patterns from the Trenches to Avoid. One of my favorite exercises from my Professional Scrum Master classes is how to best sabotage a Scrum Master as a member of the middle management. Join Stefan in one of his upcoming Professional Scrum training classes ! ??

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2021 Online & On-Site Events for Project Managers

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2021 is going to be full of both online and offline events for project managers engaged in different areas of business: construction and engineering, IT, healthcare, and many others. Biggest Online Project Management Conferences in 2021. February 2-3 — Agile & Beyond 2021 will be hosted alig ning with the Agile20Reflect Festival.

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Useless Agile Metrics

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TL; DR: Useless Agile Metrics Ideally, a metric is a leading indicator for a pattern change, allowing your Scrum team to analyze the cause in time and take countermeasures. Learn more about useless agile metrics, from individual velocity to estimation accuracy to utilization rates. ? However, what if you picked the wrong metrics?

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