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Raising Climate Awareness in Scrum Teams - a Scrum Master’s Journey

Scrum.org

One of the most exciting outcomes of Scrum being adopted by a team is innovation. The following interview is with Marjolein Pilon , a Scrum Master from the Netherlands. But I know you have some practical ideas for how Scrum and Teams can help. What if all Scrum Teams would do that? Broadly that is described as innovation.

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The Scrum Master Balancing Act

Scrum.org

The Scrum Master is accountable for establishing Scrum as described in the Scrum Guide. The Scrum Master is a teacher, coach, impediment remover, change agent, mentor, and facilitator. They lead by example and they serve the Scrum team, the organization and the Product Owner.

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

Scrum.org

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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The Illusion of #Velocity ?

Scrum.org

Get notified when the Scrum Anti-Patterns Guide book is available ! ? Join 300-plus peers and help create the next edition of the Scrum Master Salary Report ! A Provocation for Managers and Teams Alike If your performance review or project success is pinned solely to velocity, ask yourself: What are we accelerating toward?

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Turbocharge Your Scrum Team: 11 Effective Ways to Skyrocket Team Velocity

NimbleWork

Improving a team’s velocity in Agile, particularly in the Scrum framework, involves several key strategies aimed at enhancing productivity, efficiency, and effectiveness. Instead, focus on gradual and sustainable improvements. It’s typically measured in story points or another relative estimation unit like t-shirt sizes.

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Contextless Scrum: a principles or rules driven framework?

Scrum.org

have been doing Scrum trainings for a long time. During the last years, I have stressed even more the importance of understanding the nature and purpose of the Scrum Framework just at the begginning of the classes. This is, by no means, accepting distorted or flaccid applications of Scrum.

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Agile Project Management: Principles, Meetings, Values & Tools

ProjectManager.com

Frustrated developers started to introduce new methods, such as Scrum, rapid application development, extreme programming, DSMD, features-driven development and pragmatic programming. Agile processes promote sustainable development. Continuous attention to technical excellence and good design enhances agility. Sprint Review.

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