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MARCH 19, 2024

The project management principle "Navigating Complexity" finds a natural ally in the Scrum framework. Scrum is fundamentally designed to address complexity through its adaptive, iterative approach. For Project Managers transitioning to Scrum Masters, understanding how Scrum excels in navigating complexity is crucial.

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JANUARY 22, 2024

For professional Project Managers seeking to transition into Professional Scrum Masters, the project management principle of being a diligent, respectful, and caring steward offers a valuable perspective. In Scrum, stewardship involves a broader responsibility, including the social, technical, and environmental impacts of the product.

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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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JANUARY 22, 2024

For professional Project Managers seeking to transition into Professional Scrum Masters, the project management principle of being a diligent, respectful, and caring steward offers a valuable perspective. In Scrum, stewardship involves a broader responsibility, including the social, technical, and environmental impacts of the product.

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MARCH 4, 2024

For professional Project Managers transitioning to Professional Scrum Masters, this concept requires a nuanced understanding. Scrum, by its nature, is a framework designed for adaptability and responsiveness, not tailored in the traditional sense. Focus on Value Delivery: In Scrum, the focus is always on delivering value.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2023

As a seasoned Agile coach, I've often pondered over the journey a Scrum Master undertakes from their initial steps to becoming an expert. When starting as a Scrum Master, one is confronted with myriad choices and approaches to problem-solving. Adapting the Scrum framework to these nuances is where the real skill lies.

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JANUARY 29, 2024

For professional Project Managers transitioning to a Scrum Master role, the project management principle of creating a collaborative project team environment, takes on a nuanced and vital role. In Scrum, the concept of a collaborative team is central, not just as a functional unit but as a self-managing and cross-functional entity.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2024

For professional Project Managers transitioning to Scrum Masters, engaging stakeholders effectively is a principle that transcends traditional project management boundaries. The emphasis on proactive stakeholder engagement aligns well with Scrum's focus on delivering value and ensuring customer satisfaction.

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DECEMBER 5, 2023

Today, we're thrilled to share a remarkable story from our recent "Becoming a Scrum Master" series, featuring none other than Laurens Bonnema, a seasoned professional Scrum trainer and Scrum Master. The Unconventional Start Laurens' introduction to Scrum was anything but ordinary.

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OCTOBER 6, 2021

Scrum of Scrums describes one of the first approaches to scale Scrum and is often confused with Nexus Daily Scrum. . Even experienced Professional Scrum Trainers, which I encounter in the Scaled Professional Scrum Train the Trainer, sometimes confuse this. This meeting is called the Scrum of Scrum.

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DECEMBER 7, 2023

Scrum is the most popular Agile framework. According to the latest State of Agile survey from Digital.ai, 90% of teams who are using an Agile framework are using Scrum. I like to think that this is because Scrum is a goldilocks framework … with just enough - but not too much - structure. That is the power of Scrum.

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MARCH 27, 2023

TL; DR: Creating a Personal Readme for Scrum Masters with ChatGPT Providing a personal readme to your new teammates and stakeholders as a Scrum Master is a great way to build trust and rapport while managing expectations at the same time. Guaranteed on May 16 : Professional Scrum Facilitation Skills Class — May 16, 2023. ?

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DECEMBER 2, 2023

Scrum is the most popular Agile framework today, with over 90% of Agile teams using the Scrum framework (16th annual State of Agile report from Digital AI). The idea behind Scrum is empiricism , or making decisions based upon what is known. Scrum encourages self-organization and trusts teams to manage their own workloads.

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OCTOBER 14, 2021

Remember that Scrum is founded on empirical process control, and that inspection is one of the three pillars. Each of the Scrum accountabilities participates in one or more inspections. If you feel that there are undesired variances for any aspect of your initiative, think about who could best initiate an inspection. .

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NOVEMBER 6, 2023

At the outset, Sprint planning might seem straightforward, but it's a tad more intricate than one might initially understand. You can book a free chat with my team for a spot of guidance or sign up for our professional Scrum classes. Peeling back the layers, it becomes clear that setting a Sprint goal isn't a simple tick-box exercise.

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JANUARY 8, 2024

They know that Scrum practices and values are key to that. Their insights often align Scrum with broader business goals, ensuring project success and overall organisational triumph. They understand that the goal of any Scrum initiative is to create products or services that not only meet but exceed customer expectations.

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MARCH 13, 2023

TL; DR: The Stoic Scrum Master – Making Your Scrum Work (30) Can wisdom from the past still be relevant to today’s VUCA-determined world? In other words: is there something like a Stoic Scrum Master? Zur deutschsprachigen Version des Artikels: Der Stoische Scrum Master – Making Your Scrum Work #30 ?

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OCTOBER 30, 2022

When I started my journey as a Scrum Master about 12 years ago, I read many books about Scrum. This part made me think about my own experience with Scrum teams and how they got started. In this blog post, I’ll share my own view on the similarities between getting into a swimming pool and how to get started with Scrum.

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MARCH 22, 2023

One of the most exciting outcomes of Scrum being adopted by a team is innovation. The following interview is with Marjolein Pilon , a Scrum Master from the Netherlands. But I know you have some practical ideas for how Scrum and Teams can help. What if all Scrum Teams would do that? Broadly that is described as innovation.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Part of the Scrum Master accountability is finding effective tools for Product Backlog management, which often means that the Scrum Master is accountable for setting up the Scrum Board. There are many ways to create a Scrum board. There are many popular software applications which can be used to create a Scrum board.

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AUGUST 24, 2023

Remember that Scrum is founded on empirical process control, and that adaptation is the third pillar, following transparency and inspection. Each of the Scrum accountabilities participates in one or more adaptations. Let’s take the Scrum Master. Support your Scrum Team with Product Backlog management.

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MAY 31, 2023

How to Problem Solve with a Professional Scrum Master In today's rapidly changing and complex business environment, the need for an evidence-based, flexible strategy is paramount. What Is Scrum? Scrum is a widely-used Agile framework that assists teams in managing and delivering complex projects effectively.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

It's all about the conditions that must be met for a Product Backlog Item to be considered ready for action and understood enough by the entire Scrum Team so that it can be pulled into the Sprint Backlog during Sprint Planning. What does the Scrum framework say about “readiness”? This is an example of embracing Transparency in Scrum.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

In my journey through the world of Scrum, I've often been asked, "What exactly is a Sprint backlog?" It's a question that deserves a thorough answer, given the pivotal role the Sprint backlog plays in Scrum's framework. Moreover, don't be tethered to your initial plan. Enjoy this video?

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AUGUST 14, 2023

In the realm of agile methodologies, Scrum stands as a guiding beacon, promoting flexibility, collaboration, and incremental progress. Central to Scrum is the delivery of value in small, usable increments. Scrum teams deliver value incrementally. Scrum thrives on the concept of inspect and adapt.

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JUNE 11, 2023

Je n'ai pas la prétention de savoir quelles sont vos 3 ; 5 ou 7 principales difficultés dans l'adoption efficace d'une culture plus agile ou d'un cadre de travail tel que Scrum, et encore moins de vous donner un plan prêt à exécuter ! L'autogestion dans le cadre Scrum signifie un leadership distribué parmi tous les membres de la Scrum Team.

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JUNE 20, 2023

In this article, we'll take a journey through four distinct learning methods – traditional, guided, immersive, and flipped – highlighting their unique characteristics, benefits, and applicability in the context of Scrum & Kanban training. In traditional learning, the instructor primarily provides knowledge to learners.

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JUNE 8, 2023

Remember that Scrum is founded on empirical process control, and that inspection is one of the three pillars. Each of the Scrum accountabilities participates in one or more inspections. If you feel that there are undesired variances for any aspect of your initiative, think about who could best initiate an inspection.

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MARCH 15, 2023

When I started to hear about agile and this role called Product Owner in Scrum, I was excited. To be effective the Product Owner also needs to explore the wider product management area and needs to go beyond Scrum. So, I became a project manager. I found projects were driven by plans focused on process compliance rather than value.

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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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AUGUST 30, 2021

When used with Scrum and the value-based metrics of the Evidence Based Management (EBM) framework, the ability for the enterprise to inspect and adapt its initiatives in order to meet the challenges of disruptive change increases both the relevance and outcomes driven by OKRs supported by Scrum's empiricism. .

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JULY 28, 2022

When will Scrum die? There's so much inauthentic, Scrum being done, unprofessional, Scrum being done in the world. Whereas scrum is part of what I call water Scrum fall, where it's put within a predictive deterministic system. Some people would say it's already dying. We're predicting when work will be finished.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Openness, in the context of Scrum, is often misunderstood or undervalued. However, the true essence of openness in Scrum goes much deeper. This initial layer of openness is foundational; without it, teams can't hope to achieve the deeper levels of trust required for true collaboration. Enjoy this video? You can take action now.

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APRIL 1, 2023

As the most popular agile framework, organizations use Scrum for doing complex work in sectors ranging from software and hardware development to marketing and recruitment. With this widespread adoption, some variation in how teams practice Scrum has inevitably evolved. So, how do you know if Scrum is working?

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OCTOBER 31, 2022

TL; DR: When Should a Team Stop Using Scrum? When is the time to look beyond Scrum? outlive their utility sooner or later; why would Scrum be an exception? Scrum is a tool, a helpful practice but neither a religion nor a philosophy. Setting the Context of Using Scrum To Your Benefit.

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JUNE 8, 2023

Remember that Scrum is founded on empirical process control, and that inspection is one of the three pillars. Each of the Scrum accountabilities participates in one or more inspections. If you feel that there are undesired variances for any aspect of your initiative, think about who could best initiate an inspection.

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JANUARY 13, 2022

Remember that Scrum is founded on empirical process control, and that adaptation is the third pillar, following transparency and inspection. Each of the Scrum accountabilities participates in one or more adaptations. Let’s take the Scrum Master. . Support your Scrum Team with Product Backlog management.

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