Agilemania

JULY 17, 2022

A SAFe® Scrum Master is responsible for ensuring that the SAFe® framework is understood & followed and that the team is able to work together effectively in a complex environment. A SAFe® Scrum Master certification demonstrates that you have the knowledge and skills necessary to perform this role.

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Agilemania

MARCH 25, 2021

Is a SAFe Scrum Master and Scrum Master having two different accountabilities or the same? Is a SAFe Scrum Master, a Scrum Master with additional responsibilities for scaling? Let us explore the differences between a SAFe Scrum Master and a Scrum Master ( a Scrum Master within Scrum framework).

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 29, 2024

For professional Project Managers transitioning to a Scrum Master role, the project management principle of creating a collaborative project team environment, takes on a nuanced and vital role. In Scrum, the concept of a collaborative team is central, not just as a functional unit but as a self-managing and cross-functional entity.

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Scrum.org

DECEMBER 14, 2023

A common question we are often asked is, "Should I become a Scrum Master?", But building on our previous blogs, What is a Scrum Master and Giving Back: considerations for a new Scrum Master , let's delve into some questions that may aid your decision-making process. Can You Foster a Safe and Open Environment?

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The IIL Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe®) Scrum Master The Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe ® ) Scrum Master certification focuses on preparing individuals to lead Agile teams in a SAFe® enterprise. It emphasizes the role of the Scrum Master as a servant leader and coach for the team and adds value at scale.

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

As an agile coach I often have Scrum Masters come up to me because management is complaining there are too many meetings in Scrum and that their developers aren't 100% utilised on developing the products. Why is it that so many people walk away from a Scrum event saying it was a waste of time, boring or not relevant to them?

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Scrum.org

APRIL 19, 2023

Here are some tips on how Scrum Masters can balance team psychology safety with management pressure on estimation: Build trust with the team Building trust is essential to team psychology safety. Scrum Masters can build trust with the team by being transparent, honest, and supportive.

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Scrum.org

MARCH 6, 2024

Meistern Sie Scrum mit Leichtigkeit; bestellen Sie jetzt das Scrum Anti-Patterns Guide Buch — es ist ab sofort verfügbar! ? Nehmen Sie mit Stefan an einem seiner kommenden Professional Scrum Trainings teil! Meine Professional Scrum und andere Schulungen sind genau für diesen Zweck konzipiert.) Finden Sie sich damit ab.)

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Scrum.org

MAY 29, 2020

I hope you are staying safe and healthy. In 2018, I wrote a blog about Scrum and DevOps. Interestingly, many people shared that blog on the internet. But on the other spectrum, many people today still asked me whether they should choose Scrum or DevOps if their organisation wants to go towards agile transformation.

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Inloox

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

The SAFe method is based on the Lean philosophy and offers a fixed framework in which Scrum and other agile management methods can be scaled to the entire company. In the previous part of this series, we already explained the basic core competencies and principles needed to successfully implement SAFe in the enterprise.

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Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Does the LEGO Group face Zombie Scrum issues as well? In this blog post, we focus on one specific topic that emerged: “How a culture of learning and experimentation can prevent Zombie Scrum”. Zombie Scrum? If you’re already familiar with our content for a while, you probably also know what Zombie Scrum is about.

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Inloox

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

The SAFe method is based on the Lean philosophy and offers a fixed framework in which Scrum and other agile management methods can be scaled to the entire company. In the previous part of this series, we already explained the basic core competencies and principles needed to successfully implement SAFe in the enterprise.

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Scrum.org

AUGUST 25, 2023

With the Scrum Team Survey , teams can diagnose themselves with a scientifically validated approach, inspect the results together, and improve with evidence-based feedback. Since Christiaan Verwijs and I started the development of the Scrum Team Survey, almost 12.000 teams and 30.000 people diagnosed the state of their team.

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

TL;DR This blog explores the crucial role of a Product Owner (PO) in managing the Product Backlog, a central element in Scrum, which serves as a roadmap for the Scrum Team's potential tasks. Healthy Facilitation : Create a safe space for respectful expression of differing opinions. The objective? However, workshops?

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 5, 2021

In December 2020, my friend Adrian Galarza and I delivered a Scrum.org Scrum Pulse Webinar - A Cycle Time Journey: 164 to 8 Days in 6 Months that summarized the journey of Adrian’s Scrum Team. Due to horrible time-management on my part, we could not answer all the questions in the webinar, so we are answering them in this blog instead.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 11, 2022

Your Scrum team has NO innovative idea to solve the customer problems in many Sprints? In recent years and until now, my work associated with supporting and building high-performance innovation teams by applying Scrum. If you want to read this blog in Vietnamese, click here.

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Scrum.org

MARCH 19, 2022

This blog post is also available as a nicely designed PDF. In 2010 I started my first assignment as a Scrum Master. From that moment on, I captured my struggles, failures, and successes in a series of blog posts. Over the years, the sum of these blog posts resulted in the paper “ The 8 Stances Of A Scrum Master ”.

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Scrum.org

JUNE 27, 2022

received a question: do you believe scrum and agility can be scaled and what’s the best approach to it? And then the follow-up to the question was maybe a framework that is already familiar to the masses like LeSS, SAFe Nexus. LeSS — Large Scale Scrum. Scrum at Scale. Then there’s scrum at scale. It’s amazing.

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Scrum.org

JULY 14, 2021

This post is a non-technical version of an academic paper about Scrum teams that I wrote with Daniel Russo. I am an organizational psychologist and Scrum practitioner with a love for survey development and statistics. How can you make a Scrum team more effective? I created a free online app called the Scrum Team Survey.

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 16, 2022

Its mission is to support all Kanban practitioners (new or old) by providing a safe and inclusive forum to learn about Kanban. In this blog post, we focus on one specific topic that emerged: “Can Scrum teams use Scrum and Kanban, simultaneously?”. And as such, Scrum is a framework for empirical process control.

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Scrum.org

JULY 17, 2023

Agile leaders create an environment where teams feel safe to experiment and learn from failure, encourage collaboration, and innovation is the norm. An Agile skillset also includes effectively understanding and using Agile tools and methodologies, such as Scrum or Kanban. In the Agile world, this couldn't be truer.

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Scrum.org

JULY 11, 2021

And has created tons of supporting materials like card decks, papers, videos, blog posts, and much more! In this blog post, we focus on one specific question that was raised: “How to measure the success of an Agile Coach or Scrum Master?”. In the remainder of this blog post, I’ll include my personal findings as well.

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Scrum.org

AUGUST 18, 2022

Throughout this blog, I use a variety of terms such as meeting, event, and workshop ostensibly as synonyms. Whilst this is a Professional Scrum leaning piece, facilitation is not an art solely associated with Scrum, and therefore the language I use isn’t either. Does this gardener sound like a Scrum Master to you?

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Agilemania

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

The Agile Team Facilitator role is framework agnostic, meaning that this person is not tied to the constructs of Scrum as a magic wand to improve whatever the team is doing regardless of context. In the next blogs we will discuss the right skills needed for facilitation, effectively facilitating a session, the best practices and much more.

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The IIL Blog

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Jordan Lewis PMP Trainer | SAFe SPC | Agile Coach Jordan is from Southern California and moved out to Utah where she attended the University of Utah. Remember, a well-supported team isn’t just an asset—it’s the engine driving successful projects and contributing to the organization’s overall success!

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Scrum.org

APRIL 5, 2022

I’ve been part of the Scrum community for about 12 years. In this period, I’ve noticed a clear pattern in the majority of Scrum-related threads on social media like LinkedIn, Medium, Twitter, and so on. We are also very good at contrasting this with the ideal state of Scrum.

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Despite decades-long efforts of the whole agile community—books, blogs, conferences, webinars, videos, meetups; you name it—we are still confronted in many supposedly agile organizations with output-metric driven reporting systems. Join Stefan in one of his upcoming Professional Scrum training classes ! ??

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Scrum.org

AUGUST 18, 2020

I am continuing my exploration of the value of the Scrum Values for different people and roles involved in Scrum. Having explored the Scrum Values from a Product Owner perspective , I want to now consider the Scrum Values from the Stakeholder’s perspective. Commitment.

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Agilemania

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Don’t panic; we’ll explain what a SAFe® product manager is. Working teams in SAFe® and their responsibilities. What does product management seem like within a SAFe® environment? To respond to that question, you first must know how SAFe® arranges work batches and the teams in charge of delivering that work.

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Agilemania

MARCH 21, 2023

The third theme among the six primary themes of SAFe 6.0 defines the eight properties of flow and, with an updated SAFe Principle #6, introduces eight related ‘flow accelerators’ that can make value flow faster. Eight common flow properties describe how SAFe defines flow, as illustrated in Figure below.

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Agilemania

OCTOBER 31, 2022

SAFe® Product Owner/ Product Manager (POPM) Training. The POPM Training is a two-day course that focuses on the role of the SAFe® Product Owner and how it fits into Agile teams. SAFe® is the most sought-after framework to adopt agile at an enterprise level. Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) Certification Training.

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

They excel at introducing new knowledge and concepts efficiently, allowing students to hone their understanding through exercises and develop skills within a safe and structured environment. True growth for me happened gradually with the help of a mentor and Scrum Master: with one-on-one guidance, and taking small, real-life, baby steps.

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Agilemania

MARCH 10, 2022

Around 1,000,000 people in 20,000 organizations around the world have used the SAFe. . The reason SAFe has caught the eye of large organizations is no longer a mystery. Large organizations who implemented SAFe reported the following benefits- . The path to these SAFe jobs are the SAFe certifications offered by Scaled Agile. .

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Agilemania

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

As the technology is growing and evolving, the demand for SAFe® Product Owners is also increasing. Organizations are also transforming, initially, companies transitioned from waterfall to agile now they are implementing SAFe®-. SAFe® isn’t something related to safety but SAFe® means a scaled agile framework.

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Agilemania

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Without release train engineers (RTEs), SAFe® would be missing key components. The solution to that may be found in the sentences that follow because an RTE’s functions and responsibilities are what this blog is most notable for. What Does It Take To Become A Certified SAFe® Release Train Engineer? Enroll for RTE training.

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Agilemania

MAY 3, 2022

Today’s blog post discusses the benefits of Agile Certifications and how they help but only after a brief introduction to Agile. . You might be interested in reading: The Definitive Guide to What Is Agile and Scrum. It is the home of Scrum. It teaches Professional Scrum through certification training and courses.

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Scrum.org

MAY 20, 2022

Together with Craig Larman, Bas developed Large-Scale Scrum (LeSS). A framework for scaling Scrum to medium to large products while staying true to the original Scrum principles. Why should I use LeSS and not any of the other scaling frameworks (SAFe, Nexus, etc.)? In this blog post, I’ll share my view on this question.

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