Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

TL; DR: Demand Creates Supply and the Job Market for Scrum Masters Is no Exception. Scrum has proven time and again to be the most popular framework for software development. Given that software is eating the world , a seasoned Scrum Master is nowadays in high demand. Do you want to get this article in your inbox?

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Digite

MAY 15, 2018

This article is the fourth in a series of “Kanban and Scrum – Stronger Together”. In the most recent post in Steve Porter’s series, Yuval Yuret presents Scrum in a manner that is intended to educate Kanban teams. First off, I have to say that I’m not 100% certain how I feel about Yuval’s blog post.

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Scrum.org

MAY 5, 2020

Being an effective and successful Scrum Master requires a wide variety of skills, knowledge, and experience. This variety is captured in the stances of a Scrum Master. The Scrum Master is expected to act as a teacher, impediment remover, facilitator, coach, mentor, and change agent. Create a virtual Scrum Quiz.

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 5, 2020

In this blog series I would like to address topics that relate to professional team coaching as well as Professional Scrum. In the course of becoming a Professional Team Coach, I noticed a lot of interesting topics for Scrum Masters who want to improve their coaching stance. . You're assigned to the marketing team.

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

What is a Scrum Master? What are the differences between a Scrum Master and Project Manager? Isn’t a Scrum Master some kind of an Agile Project Manager? There is almost no overlap between the role of Scrum Master and the position of Project Manager. What is a Scrum Master? What a Scrum Master does.

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Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 28, 2020

On November 18, 2020, Ken Schwaber and Jeff Sutherland released an updated version of the Scrum Guide. In this blog post, I will share what you need to know about the 2020 Scrum Guide. I will start with the most important things you need to know, and then I’ll get into a little more nuance for the Scrum nerds.

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 19, 2020

Last week, 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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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 12, 2020

Scrum is not a one-size-fits-all solution, a silver bullet, or a complete methodology. Instead, Scrum provides the minimal boundaries within which teams can self-organize to solve complex problems with an empirical approach. You may also discover that the way your team uses Scrum is not as light-weight as it could be.

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Scrum.org

APRIL 11, 2019

Intended audience: Scrum masters, Product owners, Managers and Agile coaches. In this blog I want to share some common collaboration problems and solutions I experimented with. I advise to start finding one person to be the single Product Owner for all teams. By consequence non-Scrum meetings will die out.

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ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 13, 2020

But it’s best defined by scrum as a model. Scrum is a way to manage a project within an agile framework and is made up of three roles: product owner, scrum master and team. The product owner is focused on the business side of the project, the scrum master is the expert, who acts like a coach. What Is a Sprint?

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Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

SAFe includes Scrum - so how come many Scrum practitioners and thought leaders consider it unsafe? SAFe's perspective is that "Nothing beats an Agile Team" and it doesn't try to reinvent the wheel or even innovate too much when it comes to the Team level. SAFe's Scrum Master is more of an Agile Team Lead.

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 12, 2020

I got the idea of writing this blog while hosting a webinar on the same topics when multiple people told us to document our discussion. Originally I posted this blog on Agilemania , and you can check our upcoming webinars there. Scrum Teams ensure they have a meaningful sprint goal, not a generic goal.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 17, 2020

The topic of my blog today is another one that is common on client’s sites. The use of the terms Showcase, Show & Tell or Sprint Review. In this situation, there is likely to be a broad mix of people fulfilling the Scrum Master roles. The specific intent of a Sprint Review is to inspect and adapt the delivery of the product.

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LiquidPlanner

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

In certain cases, it’s possible to cling to legacy or home-rolled project management practices even when development teams have moved into some form of Agile development. I’m ecstatic about how our development teams are delivering to our customers. Stack the team with people who thrive on ambiguity and change.

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 19, 2020

Run a quick mental exercise: Try walking in your stakeholders’ shoes, and ask yourself: Would you entrust your career a bunch of hoodie-wearing nerds, promising a big reward because they are practicing XP and Scrum? Scrum Events. There are plenty of opportunities for stakeholders to interact responsibly with a Scrum Team.

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Agilemania

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Scrum is a lightweight agile framework that encourages team members to work on a problem together. It helps teams to gather knowledge from experience and learn self-organization through working on an issue. . Scrum is based on Empiricism, which means knowledge comes from experience. So, read on to know about scrum.

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Scrum.org

AUGUST 24, 2020

The Scrum Master tactics series are a series of articles in which I write about and explore contemporary techniques that will aid you in your journey as a Scrum Master. The tactics explained stem from my personal experience as a Scrum Master which I accumulated over the years in working with many different teams and contexts.

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Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

In the "Scrum from the trenches" blog post series I like to address topics that I encounter in practicing Scrum in the real world, with real Scrum Teams. In the previous "Scrum from the trenches"-blog I talked about the Sprint Goal. During Product Backlog refinement, items are reviewed and revised.

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Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

SAFe includes Scrum - so how come many Scrum practitioners and thought leaders consider it unsafe? SAFe's perspective is that "Nothing beats an Agile Team" and it doesn't try to reinvent the wheel or even innovate too much when it comes to the Team level. SAFe's Scrum Master is more of an Agile Team Lead.

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Scrum.org

JULY 28, 2021

As an employee of a development team, how do I know if this is the case? Let's start with a simple question for the team: The Customer . How many people are between the user and the development team? Do we ever want to invite a user to the sprint review? I will always be present at the Daily Scrum. ".

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International Institute for Learning

JANUARY 25, 2023

By Roman Pichler The Need for Guidance and the Lack of Transactional Power Product success is not something you can achieve on your own as a product manager or Scrum product owner. For example, the marketer has to create the marketing strategy, and the development teams have to design and build the product.

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Kiron Bondale

AUGUST 5, 2018

Scrum Masters) might be worth their weight in gold, but they are out there. Development team members are also valuable, but talent across most skill areas is available for the right price and with the right culture in place. Good agile leads (a.k.a. So if you are lucky enough to have an effective PO, retain them at all costs.

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ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

The waterfall method makes use of Gantt charts for planning and scheduling; an example is below. What It Is: In a nutshell, Agile project management is an evolving and collaborative way to self-organize across teams. Scrum Methodology. What It Is: Scrum is a short “sprint” approach to managing projects. Agile Methodology.

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

Scrum is easy to understand, yet difficult to master. The Scrum Guide says so and it's true. If you have worked with Scrum in your organization you probably recognize it also. It's not difficult to start with Scrum. The good thing about Scrum is that the framework is lightweight and therefor it's not difficult to start.

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Agilemania

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Not maintaining requirements in an Agile team can lead to several challenges, including scope creep, missed deadlines, low-quality deliverables, and dissatisfied stakeholders. In this blog, we’ll explore six easy ways in which an agile team can maintain requirements.

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Scrum.org

JUNE 11, 2021

The Product Owner is a critical role in Agile and Scrum. And although the Scrum Guide doesn’t give much guidelines around great product ownership, the role is still absolutely necessary for great Agile and Scrum Teams. A Product Owner guides the efforts of their Scrum or Agile Teams. Scrum Reading List.

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ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 28, 2018

Agile has migrated from software development to touch just about every corner of the project management universe, and Scrum is one of the most popular frameworks for implementing it. ” Let’s begin by briefly defining Scrum. What Is Scrum? Scrum was developed by co-creators Ken Schwaber and Jeff Sutherland.

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 1, 2018

In Scrum classes we often ask the attendees to draw a picture of the Scrum framework, in order learn what their current understanding of the framework is. But they also bring forward many related elements that are important or even indispensable to support the Scrum framework, but are not roles, artifacts nor events.

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

This blog is our attempt to answer some of them. Question: During an Enterprise Agility Transformation, there is often a tendency to strive for quick, short term financial gains, or other performance improvements; can you provide examples on how to find that balance to achieve longer-term sustainable growth?

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Wrike

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Safe Scrum is a framework that has gained significant popularity in recent years for enhancing team performance in an agile development methodology. By providing clear guidelines and principles, Safe Scrum enables teams to collaborate more effectively, communicate transparently, and ultimately deliver higher-quality projects.

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Wrike

APRIL 12, 2023

When it comes to managing projects, Scrum and Project Management are the two most commonly utilized approaches. In this article, we will explore the differences between a Scrum Master and a Project Manager and provide insights into their roles, responsibilities, and skill sets.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 25, 2019

Welcome back to the Scrum Master blog series with yours truly. As we enter the new year, we are seeing Scrum becoming the most commonly used framework to manage complex product delivery in the industry. For example at iPrice , the company that I currently work with, we have set the bar high for the Scrum Master role.

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

If you like to explore how the 5 Scrum Values are directly tied to business value, please join me in this free online learning event on Monday FEB 24. Let's explore the symptoms in a Scrum Team or organization if Focus is not part of the culture an d we use single but very common scenario to shed light on this topic?

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Scrum.org

APRIL 10, 2019

In August 2018, Scrum.org launched the Professional Scrum Master II class. The intention of this class is to offer the Scrum community an advanced class designed to support Scrum Masters in their professional development. Using servant-leadership as a mindset, all possible stances of a Scrum Master (e.g.

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The IIL Blog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

The Benefits of Agile Project Management Agile project management often results in the early release of benefits due to its incremental nature. Flexibility is gained as development teams are empowered to adapt the solution as the project progresses. Agile projects are iterative and have regular feedback loops.

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Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

A couple of month ago I wrote a small blog about the DoD EvoCycle. A simple technique that I use to help the Development Team take ownership in managing their Defnition of Done. Core Purpose of Scrum. If Scrum were to be reduced to one purpose and one only, it would be the creation of a "Done" increment.

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Scrum.org

AUGUST 13, 2019

The first part contains my personal journey in becoming a Scrum Master, the second part includes recommendations for new Scrum Masters. Part 1 — Becoming a Scrum Master. Nine years ago I changed my title from Project Manager into Scrum Master. Do you have any recommendations for my Scrum Master journey?”.

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