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JULY 11, 2021

Check the video to learn how these questions were answered: . 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?”. I’ll focus mostly on how to measure the success of a Scrum Master because that’s closest to my own experiences.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Many of us find it difficult to ask for help at work, which is a problem if you are part of a Scrum Team. Interdependence and collaboration are central to Scrum, but these practices don’t always come naturally to those new to the framework. Modeling asking for help as the Scrum Master also conveys that it’s OK and encouraged.

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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. How to use a UX Design maturity level to coach teams to deliver better outcomes. . ?? The narrative around Scrum is centered on delivering products.

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JANUARY 20, 2022

Scrum defines three specific accountabilities within the Scrum Team: the Developers, the Product Owner, and the Scrum Master. Scrum Guide 2020. When it comes to the Scrum framework, these three roles with their accountabilities are the minimum required to deliver a potentially “done” Increment. Scrum Guide 2020.

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APRIL 24, 2024

One of the first things that people new to Scrum learn about is the five events. The five events in Scrum are 1) the Sprint, 2) Sprint Planning 3) Daily Scrum, 4) Sprint Review and 5) the Sprint Retrospective. When people first start learning about Scrum, it can seem like Scrum requires many meetings.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Building on our Top 5 Ways to do Professional Scrum with JIRA video, Professional Scrum Trainer Matt Dominici from Impact Agility shows you 3 simple ways to organize the swimlanes on your team's Jira board. Find out about Private Agile and Scrum training for your team or organization ?

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JANUARY 2, 2023

Being an effective Scrum Master or team member inevitably involves difficult conversations. How we approach challenging discussions can mean the difference between a transformative moment and one that goes sideways. Let’s look at some strategies for facilitating difficult Scrum Team conversations. . Take a breath and prepare.

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JANUARY 17, 2023

If Scrum is one of the options that your company has selected to start the journey towards agility, in this video I will share with you a structured process to start Scrum that I have used in several large scale transformation. But bear in mind that this is not the only way to start Scrum, this is just one of the way.

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OCTOBER 20, 2021

Scrum Masters are accountable for the effectiveness of the Scrum Team. There is no one way to help your team get to that stage, but you should know how your team develops and matures as they learn to work better together. However, there are a few ways how you as a Scrum Master can help them get to that stage faster.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2024

In this Responsive Advisors Lightning Round, we unpack the challenges and triumphs of adopting Scrum in engineering teams. Discover how Scrum's focus on customer satisfaction, team collaboration, and iterative progress can revolutionize your product development process.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2022

According to the 2020 Scrum Guide, Scrum teams are “self-managing, meaning they internally decide who does what, when, and how.” The most empowered Scrum teams in my experience not only decide who does what, when and how, they also control the structure and organization of the Scrum team itself. .

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JUNE 1, 2023

Embracing self-management can be challenging for teams transitioning to Scrum. Scrum Masters play a critical role in helping their teams embrace greater autonomy. Getting everyone on the same page Every Scrum Team member needs to understand the framework and its benefits. They are also more successful. That includes leadership.

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JANUARY 22, 2024

TL; DR: The Rise of the Scrum GPT Fewer Jobs for Scrum Masters, and now we see the universal Scrum GPT entering the competition: Will Scrum Masters change from essential practitioners to a niche role? The job market is currently challenging for many agile practitioners, particularly Scrum Masters.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2023

What is the ‘Navigating the Scrum Events’ Series? If you or your team are new to Scrum, you can use this as a starting point to answer, “what should we be doing and why?” for each Scrum Event. The Sprint Sprint Planning Daily Scrum Sprint Review Sprint Retrospective Daily Scrum - What’s The Point?

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FEBRUARY 15, 2024

The Scrum.org Professional Scrum With Kanban (PSK I) assessment is a 60-minute timeboxed assessment. Further details on what to expect from the assessment can be found on the Scrum.org Professional Scrum with Kanban assessment page. Take our Ultimate Scrum With Kanban Course to learn more about Scrum with Kanban.

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AUGUST 12, 2021

As you know, in Scrum Guide 2020 there is no more prescriptions on how to run the Daily Scrum. It's up to the developers how to run it as long as the Daily Scrum focuses on creating plans for achieving the Sprint Goal. In today's video I share with you practical tips on how to run the Daily Scrum with Kanban.

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DECEMBER 7, 2020

. Recently the new Scrum Guide came out, and one of the updates is the switch from Development Team to Developers. This change is done to emphasize that within a Scrum team, there are no sub-teams or hierarchies. It is a cohesive unit , one (Scrum) team of professionals who are focused on one objective at a time, the Product Goal. .

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OCTOBER 24, 2022

In the Scrum framework, the Scrum Master is accountable for establishing Scrum as it’s set out in the Scrum Guide and for the team’s effectiveness. As Scrum Masters, we know everyone will look to us if the team isn’t performing well. A good part of that is creating the optimal conditions for the Scrum framework.

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MARCH 8, 2021

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. ?? Supporting the Scrum Team creating a job advertisement (if required). Why Bother with the Inclusion of the Scrum Team at all?

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JANUARY 15, 2024

TL; DR: Sunsetting Scrum Masters In this article, I uncover indicators that a Scrum Master’s or Agile Coach’s journey is coming to a close; they are sunsetting Scrum Masters. Preorder the Scrum Anti-Patterns Guide book now for delivery in January 2024! ? Shall I notify you about articles like this one?

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MAY 29, 2020

In 2018, I wrote a blog about Scrum and DevOps. But on the other spectrum, many people today still asked me whether they should choose Scrum or DevOps if their organisation wants to go towards agile transformation. The fact is, Scrum and DevOps works well together. What's up awesome people! Stay safe and stay healthy!

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MAY 29, 2023

In the past years, Johannes Schartau, Christiaan Verwijs, and I wrote many articles on Zombie Scrum. Heck, we even wrote a complete Zombie Scrum Survival Guide ! I’d like to believe that since our book, Zombie Scrum completely disappeared. But Zombie Scrum is still present in different shapes and forms. Zombie Scrum?

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MAY 2, 2023

The Scrum Guide gives us a maximum one-month timebox for the Sprint. So, how do we choose the right Sprint length for our product? When someone asks me this question, I often quote Ken Schwaber, the co-creator of Scrum, who says, “A Sprint should be as short as possible and no shorter.” What is our investment risk tolerance?

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JULY 17, 2023

But have you ever wondered if Scrum can be used in hardware development? In this video, Professional Scrum Trainers Robb Pieper and Jason Malmstadt of Responsive Advisors look at ways you can change how you make hardware to more easily benefit from the agility Scrum provides.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2024

In Kürze: Der Scrum Master Gehaltsreport 2024 — Wie schneiden Sie im Vergleich ab? Die Studie „Scrum Master Gehalt 2024“ ist die fünfte Ausgabe der Branchenumfrage nach 2017, 2019, 2022 und 2023. Im vollständigen Scrum-Master-Gehaltsbericht finden Sie ausführlichere Informationen. Shall I notify you about articles like this one?

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FEBRUARY 19, 2024

TL; DR: The Scrum Master Salary Report 2024 — How Do You Compare? The Scrum Master Salary Report 2024 is the fifth edition of the industry survey after 2017, 2019, 2022, and 2023. Join Stefan in one of his upcoming Professional Scrum training classes ! of them experienced or initiated a transition kickoff.

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JANUARY 31, 2024

The Scrum.org Professional Scrum with User Experience I (PSU I) assessment is a 60-minute timeboxed assessment. Here are some tips on taking (and passing) the Scrum.org Professional Scrum with User Experience I (PSU I) assessment and gaining certification: Ideally, attend a Scrum.org Professional Scrum With User Experience course.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

If you're like many, you've seen plenty of agile-hybrids with funny names like Water-Scrum-Fall, or others. In this video, Robb Pieper of Responsive Advisors will go over how you COULD successfully hybridize the two. But do these hybrids work? There's really only one way! The People Side of Software Meetup (Chicago) [link].

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APRIL 1, 2024

The professional project management principle to embrace adaptability and resiliency aligns seamlessly with the core tenets of Scrum. Scrum, with its empirical approach and emphasis on cross-functional, self-managing teams, inherently cultivates adaptability and resiliency.

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JANUARY 5, 2024

Product Owners have a unique place on a Scrum team but if their value is misunderstood you may not see the benefits. How do you advocate the value of a Product Owner to an organization that’s really new at using Scrum to increase business agility?

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APRIL 8, 2024

The project management principle to enable change to achieve the envisioned future state is inherently supported by the Scrum framework. Scrum's approach, characterized by close stakeholder involvement and iterative development, naturally facilitates the adoption of new behaviors and processes.

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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. How is it described in the packaging? Design The Box’ is a fun, creative exercise to help Scrum teams step into the shoes of their users.

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MAY 5, 2022

According to the 2020 Scrum Guide, “Product Backlog items that can be Done by the Scrum Team within one Sprint are deemed ready for selection in a Sprint Planning event.” But how do you know whether you’ve sized your Product Backlog items such that the team can complete them within one Sprint? What to learn more about Scrum?

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JULY 26, 2021

TL; DR: Abandoning Scrum. Can a Scrum team simply decide to abandon Scrum? After all, the Scrum team is self-managing, according to the Scrum manual, also known as the Scrum Guide. Join Stefan in one of his upcoming Professional Scrum training classes ! ?? Source : Scrum Guide 2020.

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JANUARY 1, 2024

At your next Sprint Retrospective, why not work with your Scrum team to identify a New Year's Resolution? Focus on improving your Scrum game in 2024 with one of these five resolutions to enhance collaboration within your team and deliver value sooner to your customers. 4) Try Scrum. 1) Focus on Incremental Delivery What is it?

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MARCH 12, 2024

Becoming a Scrum Master requires interpersonal skills, adaptability, continuous learning, and a clear focus on goals and team dynamics. To become a Scrum Master, you must genuinely be interested in guiding teams towards collaborative success. Being a Scrum Master is more than a role.

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MAY 4, 2021

Lately, the scope of the Scrum Master has touched the heights, and every other person wants to land their hands on this. No doubt the Scrum Master role is in the spotlight and has also been named one of the top 10 most promising careers. Suppose you are one of those who want to make your career in Scrum Mastery or Agile Coaching.

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