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What makes the difference between a GOOD Scrum Master and a GREAT Scrum?Master?

Scrum.org

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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The Scrum Mythbusters Exercise

Scrum.org

Scrum is not a one-size-fits-all solution, a silver bullet, or a complete methodology. Instead, Scrum provides the minimal boundaries within which teams can self-organize to solve complex problems with an empirical approach. Scrum Mythbusters is one of the first exercises we start the Scrum.org Professional Scrum Master II class with.

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How I use the scrum guide to find my why and guide decision making

Scrum.org

The scrum guide is a powerful document that is too often overlooked, forgotten, or ignored. Even some scrum masters have told me they don’t read it. If you’re a scrum master or leader in an organization using scrum I’d expect you to be very familiar with the scrum guide. Purpose of a scrum master.

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Why It Benefits Scrum Teams to Think Like a Millennial

Scrum.org

Agile and Scrum can help virtually any organization, from small startup tech businesses with mostly young employees to well established Fortune 2,000 companies with a much more experienced staff. This group is Millennials, who are quickly becoming the largest category of employees in any industry.

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The Scrum Master Is a Lot Like a Doctor…

International Institute for Learning

For a Scrum Master timing is everything. Contrary to popular belief, most Scrum Masters LOVE to be busy and hate making you or anyone else in the organization wait unnecessarily. In any circumstance, good Scrum Masters are like DR. Strange… They are masters of time. Guess what… Neither does a Scrum Master!

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How to Make a Product Vision Everyone Can Appreciate

ProjectManager.com

Once the vision statement has been reviewed by those who created it, share it with others in the organization, such as project stakeholders, the development team, the Scrum master and Agile mentor, if you’re working within a Scrum/Agile framework. Why Is a Product Vision Important?

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Sprint Burndown and Burnup Charts with MS Project Agile

MPUG

Scrum Project Scenario. Our current project is building a stock trading system using the Scrum framework. All Scrum events, such as Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint Review, and Sprint Retrospective are available in this Sprint 1’s backlog. We need to have certain tracking done on the status date, as well.

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