Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

There’s been a slow moving shift in the industry towards eschewing full time traditional Scrum Masters and Agile Coaches in favour of having line managers (Engineering Managers, Delivery Managers, etc) take on the Scrum Master Accountability. If the Scrum Master is NOT the Manager, there is an inherent conflict over this.

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Scrum.org

MAY 15, 2023

Instead, invest more time in prompt engineering, and provide ChatGPT with a better context of the situation, desired outcomes, data, constraints, etc. The following article offers a primer to creating ChatGPT prompts for Scrum practitioners to get you started running. Are you planning to hire a new Scrum Master? ? ? ??

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Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

In this article, we will dispel 3 Scrum myths. Now, I’m not saying the Loch Ness Monster is real… but I am saying that Scrum is not dead. Myth 1: Scrum Is 'Dead' The reality: Scrum, the most popular Agile framework, has seen significant growth in adoption over the past few years. for more on this topic.)

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 31, 2023

Performed correctly, Customer Discovery is a customer-centric, scientific process that puts evidence behind an assumed product-market fit. Lean Startup and Scrum Reis and Blank talk about using these ideas to build and scale a business, but the ideas hold true at the product or even feature level. OK, that was interesting - so what?

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Scrum.org

MAY 23, 2022

There is a popular myth that the scrum masters accountabilities ends with the scrum team and may not be required when the team becomes matured. As a result, many organizations limit the role of the Scrum Master to the team level. On a general note, here’s what the Scrum Master accountability journey may looks like over time.

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Scrum.org

JULY 24, 2023

TL; DR: Product Discovery for Scrum Teams While Scrum excels at building and releasing Increments, it does not guarantee that those are valuable—garbage in, garbage out. Scrum teams can equally make things no one is interested in using at all. Get notified when the Scrum Anti-Patterns Guide book is available !

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Leading Agile

MAY 16, 2023

What if, instead of focusing on all the Agile practices, we started applying some of the things we know about systems engineering to help large companies become the kind of organization that can leverage those practices? In my world, it’s really the difference between, let’s say, doing Scrum, right? But what is the factory?

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Scrum.org

MARCH 22, 2021

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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Scrum.org

AUGUST 17, 2020

TL; DR: Scrum Master Interview Questions (1). 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. Though whatever the case, we can say for sure that Scrum is very popular in software development.

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

When people are first introduced to Scrum, often one of the questions they have is “ what do Scrum Masters *really* do all day? ”. Often, people end up discovering the answer to this question by themselves during the training, or as they start practicing Scrum in their teams. supporting the organization in its Scrum adoption.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 3, 2020

Within the scrum process, there are eleven basic elements that make up the framework. Practitioners need to learn to apply and understand the principles behind these in order to obtain the full benefits of the scrum process. The scrum process is often termed as a rinse and repeat process.

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Scrum.org

JULY 25, 2023

As Scrum.org trainers, we often come across common misconceptions from course attendees about Agile and Scrum. We tend to hear red flags of misalignment when we explore folk's current definitions and understanding of Agile and Scrum at the start of our courses. Resistance to change and sticking to traditional processes.

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Scrum.org

JUNE 8, 2020

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. I have encountered and still encounter many organizations struggling with understanding the role of the Scrum Master. The Scrum guide definition. Scrum Guide.

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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. Daniel is a Professor at the University of Aalborg and is specialized in empirical software engineering. I am an organizational psychologist and Scrum practitioner with a love for survey development and statistics.

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Scrum.org

DECEMBER 4, 2021

Myth 1 – Scrum is a Methodology. A specific methodology is a well-defined set of principles, concepts, tools, and associated practices that guide processes to meet a focused goal. People often refer to Scrum as Methodology. From a practical point of view, Scrum is not a methodology, neither by definition. Source: wiki.

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Scrum.org

JUNE 20, 2023

TL; DR: Employing Agile Coaches next to Scrum Masters? Often, when organizations employ agile coaches and Scrum Masters, we can observe that agile coaches work at an organizational level. However, if you take Scrum seriously, this approach has no upside. However, if you take Scrum seriously, this approach has no upside.

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Scrum.org

MARCH 19, 2022

In 2010 I started my first assignment as a Scrum Master. Mostly intended to help myself reflect on my role, receive feedback from other Scrum practitioners, and make improvements accordingly. Over the years, the sum of these blog posts resulted in the paper “ The 8 Stances Of A Scrum Master ”. The 6 Scrum Master Stances.

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Scrum.org

JUNE 5, 2023

Create Scrum Master Interview Questions? Previously, I tested how ChatGPT would answer questions from the Scrum Master Interview Guide; see below. Back in January 2023, I would not have taken the next step in the Scrum Master interview process, inviting ChatGPT to a full-size interview with several Scrum team members.

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Scrum.org

APRIL 23, 2022

In this article you will learn: Why enabling Scrum Teams with UX Design capabilities is important. Why introducing UX capabilities to Scrum team is frequently hard. The job of a Scrum Team is not just to deliver a product, but to solve user problems. The narrative around Scrum is centered on delivering products.

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

TL; DR: 20 Questions to Ask the Product Owner to Get up to Speed as a New Scrum Master. From Scrum Master to Product Owner, this set of questions addresses the future collaboration between the two individuals and the rest of the Scrum Team. The Essential Role of the Product Owner for the Success of the Scrum Team.

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Scrum.org

MARCH 8, 2021

Recruiters will need to become servant leaders or facilitators, guiding the peer recruiting process. The following guide to peer recruiting is based on my experience in participating in recruiting Scrum Team members over the last ten years. This first article will cover the Scrum Master role. ??

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Scrum.org

APRIL 30, 2021

Are you interested in becoming a Scrum Master, but you are yet to have any experience? In the last seven years, I have assisted several interested and enthusiastic professionals to become Scrum Masters. In fact, in my first job, at Hewlett Packard, I was a Software Engineer. Introducing the concept of Scrum Board.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 14, 2024

A Legal Project Manager supports legal teams to deliver either process improvements and internally-facing work, or legal projects for clients. You’ll find job titles such as Engineering Project Manager, Marketing Project Manager, Publishing Project Manager, Healthcare Project Manager (like me) and more.

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Scrum.org

JUNE 1, 2022

Do your Daily Scrums feel like a pointless ritual where everyone just lists what they’ve done yesterday, and what they do will do today? In our work with Scrum teams, we’ve been part of teams that had it. So Scrum was doomed from the start. We also explore how these insights create a strong foundation for the Scrum framework.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 25, 2021

TL; DR: Scrum Master Job — 4 Steps to Identify Suitable Employers or Clients. Are you considering a new Scrum Master job? Don’t worry; there are four steps of proactive research to identify suitable employers or clients for Scrum Masters and avoid disappointment later. The Scrum Master Job Market Is Promising.

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Die Verfeinerung des Produkt-Backlogs ist ein kontinuierlicher Prozess zur Entwicklung von praktikablen und wertschöpfenden Produkt-Backlogs, die es einem Scrum Team ermöglichen, eine Sprintplanung im Prinzip jederzeit durchzuführen. Nehmen Sie an einer von Stefans kommenden Professional Scrum-Schulungen teil ! ?? ?? ?? ????

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 4, 2020

Scrum doesn’t help complete the product faster rather than how quickly a team can release a product. They got training on Scrum, understood concepts, and formed teams, but struggle to commit. Ideally, scrum masters and the management team could do that, but challenges come when Scrum Masters struggle. It is essential.

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ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

The name is apt, as the waterfall methodology is a process in which the phases of the project flow downward. When implementing the agile methodology , project planning and work management are adaptive, evolutionary in development, seeking early delivery and are always open to change if that leads to process improvement.

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Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

As a seasoned practitioner in the Scrum framework, I've often been queried on the approach to select the most appropriate items for the Sprint backlog. The selection process is not about conjuring items as if by magic but about making informed decisions that align with a well-defined Sprint goal. Prompt action is key!

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Project Pulse Journal

APRIL 11, 2024

Dive into the world of Scrum, the Agile framework that is revolutionizing project management across industries. With its core values of commitment, courage, focus, openness, and respect, Scrum is not just a methodology— it is a pathway to creating highly effective, adaptive, and cohesive teams.

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Scrum.org

JUNE 16, 2020

"Scrum and Organizational Design in practice" is my contribution to Gunther Verheyen book "97 Things Every Scrum Practitioner Should Know" published by O'Reilly Media and resumes my latest experience as Scrum Practitioner on how to make a company's transformation implicit rather than explicit. .

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Scrum.org

AUGUST 31, 2020

TL; DR: 20 Questions a New Scrum Master Should Ask. Twenty questions for you — the new Scrum Master — that fit into a 60 minutes time-box. Start learning how your new Scrum Team is currently delivering the product and get up to speed: from Product Backlog forensics to metrics to team challenges and technical debt.

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Scrum.org

DECEMBER 15, 2023

In Scrum Events across the world, I hear repeated the phrase “that’s how agile works” when describing behaviours that are both unprofessional and the very opposite of an agile mindset. Think about the engineers at Boeing that don't yet know their fate over the 737 Max.

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Scrum.org

JULY 15, 2018

This is the third in a series of posts exploring Scrum Mastery. In our first post, we introduced the 4 dimensions of Scrum Mastery. Now we will explore the team process dimension. How do you work as a team to maximize the benefits of Scrum and agility? 5 Steps to Improve Team Process. How does your team build it?

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

TL; DR: The Successful Scrum Master Meetup. During the 19th Hands-on Agile meetup, 30-plus people addressed the path to becoming a successful Scrum Master or agile coach, following up on the “ Scrum Master Career 2020 — Using Ecocycle Planning to Identify Opportunities ” meetup we had in December 2019. 10 minutes.

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Scrum.org

AUGUST 28, 2018

Engineers are taking so much care of quality and engineering, developing cutting edge software. This process is so c omplex and time-consuming to handle that postpones business features in a way that market timing just get unreasonable and, again, they fail.

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Scrum.org

APRIL 13, 2023

This affects product innovation as well as GTM innovation and other key business processes. Everywhere you look — product development or how the company runs its key business processes, there’s more and more friction and slowdown. You might also call these OKRs, Distributed Leadership, Nimble, DevOps, Lean Startup, or Scrum.

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