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

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

MAY 8, 2023

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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Scrum.org

MAY 30, 2022

Although research shows that these activities are useful in any Scrum team, we also recognize that teams usually start with this as they become more experienced with Scrum. Create Product Strategies Together With Stakeholders. Design The Box’ is a fun, creative exercise to help Scrum teams step into the shoes of their users.

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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

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

If you've been at an Agile conference, been a Scrum Master for quite some time and joined an Agile meetup group (here in The Netherlands there are several), then you probably found that games can be very quick ways to energize any meeting and to drive learning through fun. They get 2 minutes to form a strategy. Start the exercise.

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Scrum.org

JUNE 19, 2023

Retrospectives are a crucial component of the Scrum framework, providing teams with a dedicated space to reflect on their performance and identify opportunities for growth. I once had the opportunity to work with a Scrum Master who followed an identical Retrospective agenda for over a year.

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Scrum.org

APRIL 3, 2023

TL; DR: Workshop Design with ChatGPT The following article explores whether we can use ChatGPT-4 to create workshops for agile practitioners; for example, Scrum Masters. Join Stefan in one of his upcoming Professional Scrum training classes ! ? Get notified when the Scrum Anti-Patterns Guide book is available !

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Preorder the Scrum Anti-Patterns Guide book now for delivery in January 2024! ?️ This Week Exclusively on my Substack Newsletter : Scrum Master Anti-Patterns — An Excerpt from the Scrum Anti-Patterns Guide. ? Join 525-plus peers and help create the next edition of the Scrum Master Salary Report !

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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

JUNE 17, 2020

Last week, Simon Flossmann , one of our Patrons , took the opportunity to raise the following challenge: “How can a Scrum Master prove its value to the organization such that (s)he isn’t considered to be the first asked to leave in a crisis?”. Recommended experiments, strategies, and practices are: Clarify the Scrum Master role.

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

What is your take on the Retrospective: A routine exercise at the end of a Sprint, supported by standard operating procedures? Or a critical part of a Scrum team’s journey of continuous improvement? Join Stefan in one of his upcoming Professional Scrum training classes ! ?? ?? ???? The Scrum Guide on the Sprint Retrospective.

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Scrum.org

APRIL 10, 2023

By Lavaneesh Gautam , Professional Scrum Trainer In the previous article (Stakeholder Exploration: Part 1 of 4 Steps of the Stakeholder Engagement) , we discussed: “Stakeholder”- who are they? Stakeholder Persona Canvas Sometimes, I have found that Empathy Mapping can be a time-consuming and resource-intensive process.

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 10, 2022

According to the 2020 Scrum Guide, “The purpose of the Sprint Retrospective is to plan ways to increase quality and effectiveness.” Scrum Teams must take the Retrospective seriously to achieve these outcomes. Teams that choose to skip the Retrospective miss out on a lot and aren’t practicing Scrum.

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Scrum.org

AUGUST 28, 2023

The complimentary practices below can help bring clarity to your thought process and can be used to potentially involve stakeholders in the process as well. The outcomes of the MOSCOW session proved invaluable to the Product Owner's process of ordering the Product Backlog. Understanding and avoiding them is crucial.

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NimbleWork

DECEMBER 10, 2023

A retrospective meeting, often associated with agile methodologies like scrum and kanban , is a crucial opportunity for a team to reflect on their recent work and identify areas for improvement. Utilizing tools like NimbleRetro further streamlines the process, ensuring teams adhere to a consistent structure across retrospectives.

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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

MAY 12, 2019

Can I discuss with you about running UX process in Scrum? It makes the engineers own the whole process and product if you involve them with UX process too. It makes the engineers own the whole process and product if you involve them with UX process too. Let’s find a meeting room. Conversation continues ….

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Scrum.org

AUGUST 1, 2023

These questions probe beyond the mere mechanics of Scrum; they touch upon the ownership of an entity that realizes value when a customer engages with it. I'm starting to understand Scrum and my role as Product Owner much better - be a value maximizer. Even with the adoption of new methods, the communication processes remain unchanged.

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Techno-PM

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

To yield both quantitative and qualitative results and ensure your business runs smoothly, you should organise your operations properly, and that is where business management strategies come in. Every company requires a different approach, and primarily, there are two types of tools: business process management and project management.

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ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 20, 2020

One of the largest series of conferences for project managers in North America, the Project Summit has industry innovators who help professionals be more productive, and learn best practices, skills and strategies to succeed. Global Scrum Gathering. For the agile enthusiast, this scrum gathering takes place twice a year since 2013.

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 19, 2022

And we share results from our own analyses based on actual data from stakeholders and Scrum teams that we collected through the Scrum Team Survey. Each post discusses scientific research that is relevant to our work with Scrum and Agile teams. But adherence to a framework or prescribed process does not guarantee agility.

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Scrum.org

DECEMBER 7, 2022

OKRs aim to help you execute effectively on what matters most (your strategy), while overcoming silos, politics and turf wars , the ongoing grind (aka whirlwind ), and other management challenges. People can use other processes to manage their work toward the OKRs. . Scrum can become the operating system for working ON the business.

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Scrum.org

AUGUST 6, 2019

Organizations use Scrum because they hope it can help them become more Agile. Working effectively with Scrum requires strategy. Strategy is essentially no more than a goal, followed by a series of actions required to achieve that goal as well as the players who need to involved. It’s all about strategy.

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Project Pulse Journal

MARCH 15, 2024

These strategies enhance team dynamics and facilitate time and budget management as the project progresses, whether for leading small teams or managing large-scale projects. They provide a structured approach to understanding complex processes, decision frameworks, or phenomena, serving as thinking strategies.

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Scrum.org

APRIL 27, 2020

It is the best moment to create or reaffirm the shared understanding among all participants whether the Product Backlog is still reflecting the best use of the Scrum Team’s resources, thus maximizing the value delivered to customers. What Does the Scrum Guide Say about the Sprint Review? Source : Scrum Guide 2017.

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The IIL Blog

JULY 19, 2023

Agile Team Engagement is Not Always Easy Here are a few tips for engaging stakeholders and team members in product development: Involve stakeholders in the planning process. It’s important to involve them in the planning process so that they can provide input and feedback. Communicate regularly with stakeholders. Celebrate successes.

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Scrum.org

JULY 17, 2023

Agile leaders take charge of the transformation process and drive it forward, ensuring it aligns with the organization's strategic goals. It values individuals and interactions over processes and tools and is open to change rather than sticking to a rigid plan. An Agile mindset is adaptive, flexible, and customer-focused.

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Scrum.org

JULY 6, 2018

The HSAlbSig is realizing that the concepts of agile cannot be ignored in this accelerating world and asked me to provide Professional Scrum Master trainings for the last five years. Starting as a professional in a non-agile project I was quite unhappy with the existing processes.

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

TL; DR: Scrum Anti-Patterns GPT Can a Custom Scrum Anti-Patterns GPT align teams with Scrum principles? Dive into how leveraging custom GPTs might offer a novel path through Scrum’s common hurdles, focusing on creating actual customer value in the face of organizational and team-level challenges. ?

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 26, 2020

November 19, 2020 : If you use Scrum then join the free Hands-on Agile meetup—it will be worth your time ! Agile frameworks, like Scrum or Kanban, have been on the rise across organizations for many, many years now. 2020 marks the 25th anniversary of the introduction of Scrum.) Everyday Failures on the Path of Becoming Agile.

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Scrum.org

JUNE 15, 2020

We are used to saying the Scrum is a perfect probe for organizations, as it will reliably discover all dysfunctionalities. If an organization is not transparent about vision and strategy, teams will find it significantly more challenging to become self-organizing and accept responsibility. (Or TL; DR: Remote Agile Transitions.

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Scrum.org

JULY 7, 2020

Adding more people to a team or project to accelerate delivery also contradicts another agile law, Hackman’s law: “ The larger a group, the more process problems members encounter in carrying out their collective work […] worse, the vulnerability of a group to such difficulties increases sharply as size increases.”.

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 8, 2019

Although it is not an exact science, the act of going through such an exercise may be useful. This principle applies to the reduction of transport costs , inventory , superfluous movement , unnecessary waiting , over-processing , overproduction , and defects. Each Manifesto principle can address multiple forms of waste.

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Planio

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

A 3-part stakeholder management process for keeping everyone happy. Create and enforce transparent processes for communication. They direct the company’s strategy and also have a large interest in its outcome. A 3-part stakeholder management process for keeping everyone happy. Stakeholder Buy-In and Strategy.

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Scrum.org

AUGUST 25, 2022

The neurological processes for this are also well-understood. It is very similar to work engagement (Schaufeli & Salanova, 2014), which we also measure in both the Scrum Team Survey and TeamMetrics (as “team morale”). A good example is to get everyone together to diagnose the issue and identify strategies together.

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nTask

DECEMBER 21, 2021

As we discussed, a product backlog is not a list or a collection of technical specifications that the product development team has to fulfill for the development process to progress. Well, for that, we have a process called product backlog management. Let’s take a look at the core principles of the product backlog management process.

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