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Good Scrum Master; Bad Scrum Master

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As many scrum masters set out on their journey, they are often as new to their role as their manager. This post (inspired by Ben Horowitz author of “The hard things about hard things”) is for scrum masters, and people who work with scrum masters, and explores what good and bad looks like.

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Could a Scrum GPT Challenge Scrum Masters?

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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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What Makes Scrum Teams Effective? A scientific investigation of 1.200 Scrum teams

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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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Opportunity to Influence Product Development at Scrum.org - Come Experiment With Us!

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The Professional Scrum Trainer (PST) community helps bring our mission to life by delivering classes around Scrum and working with customers directly. Part One - “Self-Study” - is all about gaining and building knowledge, and making this possible through curated self-study materials such as videos and articles.

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Scrum, Kanban, Agile Practices-Is Guided Learning Right For You?

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Individuals have unique learning styles, preferences, and paces that can greatly influence their training outcomes. This exploration aims to help you identify the learning style that best suits your needs and preferences, enabling you to get the most out of your professional Scrum & Kanban training experience.

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Why Scrum Masters should consider PSM-II training.

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When you aspire to a Scrum Master role, some form of certification on your resume is a must. Scrum.org offers the acclaimed PSM learning journey to support Scrum Masters to professionalise their skills. I am a Professional Scrum Trainer for scrum.org and I have trained hundreds of Scrum Masters over the past few years.

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

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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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