Scrum.org

DECEMBER 10, 2023

TL; DR: How To Spot Successful Scrum Masters In this article, I unravel the secrets of what makes a Scrum Master not just good but amazingly outstanding. From regularly achieving Sprint Goals, delivering value to customers, and building stakeholder rapport easily, discover the traits that set apart successful Scrum Masters.

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Scrum.org

MAY 10, 2022

As Scrum.org professionals, we have coached, trained and mentored thousands of Scrum Masters and consulted the organizations they work with, and we’ve consistently encountered similar issues that not only limit Scrum Teams from thriving, but also restrict empiricism from working. That’s Mechanical Scrum.

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Scrum.org

MAY 9, 2019

Dear Scrum Master: the Scrum events are theirs, not yours ! The Scrum Master is often expected to facilitate and animate every Scrum events. Regarding the events, the stance expected by the Scrum Guide about the Scrum Master is : Facilitating Scrum events as requested or needed.

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Scrum.org

MARCH 13, 2024

People may not see the point when they hear about the Definition of Done in Scrum. T he Definition of Done (DoD) in Scrum is a set of criteria determining when a Product Backlog item can be considered complete. Below are ten benefits of a clear Definition of Done for the Scrum team. Prevents misunderstandings among Developers.

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Scrum.org

MARCH 10, 2023

Photo by Alora Griffiths on Unsplash The Ultimate Litmus Test: Go on Vacation If the outcome of an effective Scrum Master is to create a high-performing, self-managing team, the litmus test may be — what happens when you are not there? Pick one event and dig into making it a powerful and engaging conversation with actionable impact.

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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

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

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

JULY 11, 2022

There are plenty of failure possibilities with Scrum. Given that Scrum is a framework with a reasonable yet short “manual,” this effect should not surprise anyone. What if, for example, not all of your Scrum team’s members feel enthusiastic about the Sprint Retrospective, the critical event when the Scrum team inspects itself?

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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

DECEMBER 29, 2022

What is one of the most important aspects of holding the Scrum Master accountability? Read on to see why your mindset and what you bring of yourself to your Scrum practice are critical to success. Read on to see why your mindset and what you bring of yourself to your Scrum practice are critical to success. Open and curious.

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Scrum.org

MAY 8, 2021

Great Scrum Masters are professionals who have swiftly mastered the delicate art of convincingly winning in the field of office politics. . Concentrate on Your Arena of Influence . Such events are marked by gossiping/complaining beyond our control. Everything boils down to communications and relations in-between humans. .

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Scrum.org

MAY 16, 2022

What event could better embody Scrum’s principle of empiricism than the Sprint Retrospective? Hence, learn more about 21 common Sprint Retrospective anti-patterns that will hold back your Scrum team. ???? Join Stefan in one of his upcoming Professional Scrum training classes ! The Scrum Guide on the Sprint Retrospective.

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Scrum.org

DECEMBER 8, 2022

The Professional Scrum Trainer (PST) community helps bring our mission to life by delivering classes around Scrum and working with customers directly. Your Professional Scrum Trainer (PST) supports the classroom sessions as an expert in the subject matter and by facilitating exercises, simulations, and constructive discussions.

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Scrum.org

MARCH 16, 2023

As an Agile Coach, he’s responsible for about 50 Scrum Masters. For about one hour we talked about how to be a servant leader for such a group of Scrum Masters. Regardless if you’re an Agile Coach or Scrum Master, servant leadership is the desired mindset, behavior, and attitude. What are ways to lead, inspire, and guide them?

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Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

He’s known from the various books he wrote: “ Agile Product Management With Scrum ”, “ Strategize ”, and “ How To Lead In Product Management ”, and the many tools he created, like the Product Vision Board, Product Management Framework, and the Product- and Sprint Goal templates. How this question is answered, impacts the entire Scrum team.

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Scrum.org

JULY 11, 2021

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?”. The success (or failures) of an Agile Coach or Scrum Master is not that straightforward to measure, and any causality with the success of a team you coach is difficult to prove.

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Scrum.org

MARCH 14, 2023

But it was a surprisingly rare practice in most organisations I encountered before Scrum & Agile became more widespread. It was only when I first encountered Scrum that for the first time that it seemed to me like the importance of this activity had finally been recognised. Ken’s recognition of this led to it becoming a rule in Scrum.

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Scrum.org

AUGUST 15, 2023

Adaptation of Kaner’s diamond model of participation (source Carrie Kappel 2019) Techniques and Training for Top Scrum Facilitation Skills Scrum is a framework that thrives on communication and collaboration. Key Scrum Facilitation Techniques What are two good scrum master facilitation practices?

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

There is little point to Scrum when you don’t involve stakeholders. After all, Scrum Teams exist to deliver valuable and useful outcomes to their stakeholders. Yet, many Scrum Teams struggle to involve their stakeholders, and that makes this one of the core symptoms of Zombie Scrum. It’s a bit of platitude, right?

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Scrum.org

MAY 12, 2019

I am influencing the CxOs at the moment. Can I discuss with you about running UX process in Scrum? Since you are the Scrum Master, tell us the best way to do this. That is just a snapshot of one day of my life as a Scrum Master. These days more and more people are asking me "What does the Scrum Master do all day?".

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

In its theory section, the Scrum Guide refers to the three elements of empiricism: transparency, inspection, and adaptation. However, a fourth element, foundational to enable empiricism, is hidden in a sentence on Scrum Values. Read on and learn more about the complete picture of Scrum’s empiricism. ???? Empiricism.

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Scrum.org

MAY 4, 2023

By Lavaneesh Gautam , Professional Scrum Trainer Effective Stakeholder Engagement is key to the success of the product and one of the essential skills all product people should have. By Lavaneesh Gautam , Professional Scrum Trainer Question 1: What Message Do We Want To Provide? release roadmap) events as well.

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Scrum.org

DECEMBER 16, 2021

In jedem Professional Scrum Product Owner Training werden die gleichen 10 Fragen gestellt. Eine Person, die die finanzielle und funktionale Verantwortung für ein Produkt hat, sowie die Kenntnisse über alle Aspekte des Produktmanagement, wie Nutzer und Kunden, Marketing, Wettbewerber, Recht, Finanzen und Scrum. Und das zu Recht!

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Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

In many large organizations, Scrum teams fall into the ‘feature factory’ trap, focusing more on churning out features than creating real value. Preorder the Scrum Anti-Patterns Guide book now for delivery in January 2024! Preorder the Scrum Anti-Patterns Guide book now for delivery in January 2024! ?️

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

The Scrum.org Professional Scrum Master II class contains an exercise called “Management in Scrum”. It explores how management is an integral part of Scrum, and how this is often different in ‘real-life’. It also shows how it impacts the empirical process of Scrum and what a Scrum Master can do to remove any limitations.

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Scrum.org

AUGUST 19, 2018

In the previous article, we have discussed how Scrum Masters need to master many things. In this article we are going to discuss one of the stances that the Scrum Master need to master, that is the facilitation stance. In fact, facilitation requires skills and facilitating an engaging event itself is an art. That is quite sad.

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

In the bustling world of Scrum, the Sprint Review stands as a pivotal event. Strengthening Stakeholder Relationships Sprint Reviews are unique in that they bring together the crew and the passengers (Scrum Team and stakeholders, in less metaphorical terms) to discuss the voyage so far. But the true linchpin of this process?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

DECEMBER 12, 2018

Many conferences have early bird pricing so it is worth checking out the events that interest you as soon as you can in case you need to get corporate funding to attend. Make sure you sign up for the free Attend a Conference Checklist before you go to any of these events. Global Scrum Gathering: Austin, Texas, USA, 20-22 May 2019.

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Kiron Bondale

MARCH 27, 2022

K nowledgeable – Do they have sufficient product domain knowledge but also the organizational savvy to know who to engage, influence or persuade? Having worked with multiple companies who have struggled with Scrum, ineffective POs are one of the more common challenges I’ve encountered.

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

Over the years I've seen numerous Scrum adaptions, and I thought perhaps it would be interesting, to sum up, some of the common misinterpretations of Scrum. As my journey in the realm of scrum continues, I have a hunch that this blog will never be finalized. . Scrum the abbreviation: It's Scrum, not SCRUM.

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

November 2020 was the launch of the Scrum Guide update. Over those three months, I have talked a number of times about the changes, using the update as an excuse to talk about Scrum. The title I have given this observation is ‘Scrum is about value not work’. . It seems like only yesterday but was over 3 months ago.

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Project Pulse Journal

APRIL 15, 2024

Beyond Scrum , several Agile frameworks were developed to address the unique needs and challenges of projects and teams. It encourages continuous delivery and improvement without the fixed iterations of Scrum.

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Agilemania

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Everyone who knows about the Scrum framework is aware of how it has benefited the software development industry. Understanding this framework is crucial for both individuals and groups due to Scrum’s global success and popularity. Who is a Scrum Master? Roles and Responsibilities of a Scrum Master.

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Scrum.org

APRIL 26, 2021

The second stage refers to gathering data so that the Scrum Team can have data-informed Retrospectives. As I have observed in practice, many Scrum Teams either limit the data gathering part of the Retrospective, thus lacking vital information. Join Stefan in one of his upcoming Professional Scrum training classes !

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 31, 2023

This may be by adopting a new tool or approach, learning some new skills in listening, influence, or negotiation, or maybe simply allocating more time to it. XP, scrum, lean, etc.) On the personal advice front, I am very much looking forward to adding events to our knowledge sharing activities within the Major Projects Community.

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LiquidPlanner

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

Attend Agile events in your local area for networking and learning purposes (extra points if you bring your direct manager along). Here are some tips to get the word out that the business influencers are going Agile: Send them links to articles and blog posts that mention your competitors’ move to Agile. It’s not good for business.

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