Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

There is little point to Scrum when you don’t involve stakeholders. After all, Scrum Teams exist to deliver valuable and useful outcomes to their stakeholders. Yet, many Scrum Teams struggle to involve their stakeholders, and that makes this one of the core symptoms of Zombie Scrum. It’s a bit of platitude, right?

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Los geht's: Intervention 1: Aufstehen und sichtbar werden Wie reagierst du auf Teilnehmer in Workshops, die ständig tuscheln? In Workshops möchte ich jedem Teilnehmer die Möglichkeit geben, die Aufgabe eigenständig zu bearbeiten. Intervention 3: An die Gesprächsregeln erinnern Wie kannst du die Gesprächsregeln im Workshop nutzen?

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Scrum.org

APRIL 15, 2024

Transitioning from a traditional project manager to a Scrum Master requires a shift in mindset, especially in how you engage with stakeholders. In Scrum, the focus shifts from managing stakeholders in a project to fostering collaboration and alignment in a product or initiative environment.

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Scrum.org

APRIL 1, 2021

I have created a new, 3-hours workshop to guide people in the discovery of the value in the Scrum Values. The workshop includes cases I selected from my “Scrum Caretaker Book of Exercises” and will be followed by an informal, 30 minutes after-chat. Allow me to share why I created this workshop.

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Dieser Bestandteil fehlt auch den meisten Workshops. Das Ende deines Workshops ist wichtiger, als du denkst Ein gutes Ende unterscheidet einen guten Film von einem schlechten Film. Das Ende deines Workshops ist wichtiger, als du denkst Ein gutes Ende unterscheidet einen guten Film von einem schlechten Film. Wovon ist die Rede?

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Scrum.org

MAY 31, 2023

Nimm dir einen Moment Zeit und lies dir diese Liste durch: Krieg der Sterne, Seinfeld, Biotechnologie, Banken-Werbung, Geländewirkung, Englischer Garten, Intelligenz, Tiere, Fangen, rechtliches Argument, Community of Practice, Bergau, Fütterung, Scrum und Gesetzgebung. Was ist der Zweck deines Workshops oder Trainings?

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Scrum.org

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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Scrum.org

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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Scrum.org

MARCH 26, 2024

Optimizing Risk Responses in professional project management resonates profoundly with the empirical foundation of Scrum. Scrum's framework inherently addresses risk by embracing uncertainty and change, making it an ideal approach for managing both opportunities and threats in complex environments.

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Scrum.org

DECEMBER 17, 2023

In our book —  the Zombie Scrum Survival Guide  — we dive deep into what causes Zombie Scrum, something that looks like Scrum from a distance but lacks a beating heart. We also offer 40+ experiments to recover from Zombie Scrum. Zombie Scrum is on the rise! We designed this workshop with three overlapping goals.

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Scrum.org

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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Scrum.org

MARCH 6, 2024

Da Scrum das am häufigsten genutzte agile Rahmenwerk ist, sollten wir die Frage, ob Scrum funktioniert, also bejahen können. Die Frage lautet also nicht, ob Scrum funktioniert oder nicht, sondern: Wie können wir den Nutzen von Scrum für unser Unternehmen messen? In Scrum ist das anders. Dass die Apps nutzbar sind?

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Scrum.org

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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Scrum.org

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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Scrum.org

MARCH 12, 2024

The project management principle of building quality into processes and deliverables resonates deeply with the Scrum framework, particularly through the concept of the Definition of Done (DoD). In Scrum, however, the emphasis is on the increment level, ensuring that each product increment as a whole meets the DoD.

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Scrum.org

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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Scrum.org

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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Scrum.org

DECEMBER 11, 2022

How can a Scrum Master serve the organization? . There is a very sad joke about Agile Coaches and Scrum Masters regarding work at organization level – “an Agile Coach is a person who works with the organization and makes sure the Scrum Master doesn’t ”. However, there is no misunderstanding when it comes to the Scrum framework.

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Scrum.org

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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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

In Kürze: Scrum Anti-Patterns GPT — Spielzeug oder sinnvoller Helfer? Kann ein benutzerdefinierter Scrum Anti-Patterns GPT Teams auf die Prinzipien von Scrum einstimmen? Meistern Sie Scrum mit Leichtigkeit; bestellen Sie jetzt das Scrum Anti-Patterns Guide Buch — es ist ab sofort verfügbar! ?

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Scrum.org

AUGUST 17, 2021

This workshop was delivered on 5th August 2021 and focused on highlighting the value of people in the product delivery world and some of the things that need to change. The Goal for this workshop was to give participants an appreciation of the story that underlies agility with an interactive experience. The Scrum Framework.

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Scrum.org

JULY 15, 2019

TL; DR: The Liberating Structures Immersive Workshop for Scrum. Why run a Liberating Structures immersive workshop? Since the beginning of 2019, the Hands-on Agile meetup in Berlin has been exploring how to apply Liberating Structures to Scrum. We ran that workshop last week, and this is what we learned.

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 18, 2021

This workshop was delivered on 2nd September 2021 and focused on introducing the core concepts of Kanban & Flow. Audience: Scrum Masters , Practitioners. Free Workshop 03: Introduction to Kanban & Flow Review. The Goal for this workshop was to give participants an overview of Kanban and Flow. Topic(s): Agility.

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Scrum.org

APRIL 22, 2024

For project managers aspiring to become Scrum Masters, understanding the project management Team Performance domain in a different light is crucial. This domain, traditionally associated with the management of project teams, takes on a new dimension in Scrum.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 1, 2024

Something was missing. For one or another reason I always went back to two small papers; a manifesto and a framework: the Manifesto for Agile Software Development ( [link] ), and the Scrum framework ( [link] ). While I was already using the Scrum framework since 2001, be it in a Zombie way, it was time to take agility dead seriously.

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Scrum.org

MAY 15, 2023

The following article offers a primer to creating ChatGPT prompts for Scrum practitioners to get you started running. Zur deutschsprachigen Version des Artikels: 60 ChatGPT-Prompts Plus Prompt Engineering Guide für Scrum-Praktiker. ? Are you planning to hire a new Scrum Master? ? ? ?? Yub, that works, too.) ??

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

We started this Scrum foundation series explaining we see four underlying concepts of the Scrum framework. In the past series of mails we covered the three pillars of Empiricism, the Scrum Values, and Self-Management. Let’s have a look at the Daily Scrum. what is expected more specifically for the Daily Scrum?

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Scrum.org

APRIL 5, 2022

I’ve been part of the Scrum community for about 12 years. In this period, I’ve noticed a clear pattern in the majority of Scrum-related threads on social media like LinkedIn, Medium, Twitter, and so on. We are also very good at contrasting this with the ideal state of Scrum.

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Want to help your Scrum Team make sense of why Sprint Goals matter? Hey there, Scrum Mythbuster! . Does your Scrum Team use Sprint Goals? Whatever the case, many Scrum Teams don’t use Sprint Goals. By doing so, you can bust the myth that Sprint Goals are optional in Scrum. If not, why? Intended Audience.

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Scrum.org

MAY 18, 2023

Der folgende Artikel bietet eine Einführung in die Erstellung von ChatGPT-Prompts für Scrum-Praktiker, damit Sie gleich loslegen können. Are you planning to hire a new Scrum Master? ? ?? Garantiert : Professional Scrum Product Owner Schulung für Fortgeschrittene (PSPO-A) mit PSPO II Zertifikat — 23. Mai 2023. ?

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Scrum.org

JUNE 8, 2023

Scrum Master Interviewfragen erstellen? Bisher habe ich getestet, wie ChatGPT Fragen aus dem Scrum Master Interview Guide beantworten würde; siehe unten. Im Januar 2023 hätte ich den nächsten Schritt im Scrum-Master-Interviewprozess, ChatGPT zu einem Interview mit mehreren Teammitgliedern einzugeladen, nicht unternommen.

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Scrum.org

JUNE 5, 2023

Create Scrum Master Interview Questions? Previously, I tested how ChatGPT would answer questions from the Scrum Master Interview Guide; see below. Back in January 2023, I would not have taken the next step in the Scrum Master interview process, inviting ChatGPT to a full-size interview with several Scrum team members.

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Scrum Masters are accountable for the effectiveness of the Scrum Team. However, there are a few ways how you as a Scrum Master can help them get to that stage faster. In my latest video , I’m sharing a useful model that can help you better serve your Scrum team and set them up for success.

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Gunther Verheyen

MARCH 31, 2021

I have created a new, 3-hours workshop to guide people in the discovery of the value in the Scrum Values. The workshop includes cases I selected from my “Scrum Caretaker Book of Exercises” and will be followed by an informal, 30 minutes after-chat. Allow me to share why I created this workshop.

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

The more people become proficient in living the Scrum values, the more successful the use of Scrum will be. When the Scrum values are embodied by the Scrum Team and the people they work with, the empirical Scrum pillars come to life, building trust. What can you do to make the Scrum Team live these even better?

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Scrum.org

JULY 14, 2021

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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Gunther Verheyen

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

I embarked on my Agile journey in 2003 when we wrapped eXtreme Programming in Scrum. Besides having engaged with many teams and organizations I have also created and facilitated many Scrum workshops and classes about various topics for various audiences since then. Warm regards Gunther independent Scrum Caretaker What?

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