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Good Scrum Master; Bad Scrum Master

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As many scrum masters set out on their journey, they are often as new to their role as their manager. This post (inspired by Ben Horowitz author of “The hard things about hard things”) is for scrum masters, and people who work with scrum masters, and explores what good and bad looks like.

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Vodafone New Zealand's Agile Transformation Case Study

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New roles were established including Tribe Leads, Product Owners, Chapter Leads, Scrum Masters and Agile Coaches. Squad coaching embedded the new operating model by guiding squads through the process of ‘forming, storming and norming’ and empowering them to self-organise around clear accountabilities. Stage 2 – Grow and Stabilize.

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What Makes Scrum Teams Effective? A scientific investigation of 1.200 Scrum teams

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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, Kanban, Agile Practices-Is Guided Learning Right For You?

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It's essential to understand that learning is not a one-size-fits-all process. In this article, we'll take a journey through four distinct learning methods – traditional, guided, immersive, and flipped – highlighting their unique characteristics, benefits, and applicability in the context of Scrum & Kanban training.

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Unleashing Agile Excellence: How Scrum Training Empowers Developers and Drives Organizational Success

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Image Source: [link] Although Scrum is a well-known framework for agile software development, implementing Scrum alone won’t guarantee success. Inspect and adapt software development process and value delivery more effectively. Scrum helps the team learn what they need quickly.

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IBM Project Manager Certificate: My Student Review

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This is where you read a case study, complete a document template, upload it, and one of the other students assesses it. I don’t think they truly meant to be that specific, especially as there is nowhere in the case study where you get given the exact name in the marking scheme, so how would you even know it?

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False Dichotomy

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An unusual article featured in the latest edition of the Harvard Business Review titled "Case Study: Should I Pitch a New Project-Management System?" raised several concerns and demonstrated misconceptions about Scrum. However, such handoffs are contrary to Scrum, which advocates for creating a done increment within each Sprint.

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