Scrum.org

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Before we talk about the comparison and contrast between Scrum Master and Agile Leader, people often compare and contrast Scrum Master and Agile Coach, and they often ask me, what’s the difference? They should be well versed on product management, design, other agile and lean agile approaches.

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JANUARY 31, 2023

But what does it take to get there? And this article is a summary of what they replied. It’s a lot to read, so here are some spoilers drawn from common themes I heard time and time again in the interviews: Agile : if you don’t know enough about it, you need to start learning. Find her on Twitter.

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Scrum.org

MARCH 4, 2024

TL; DR: How to Deal with the Agile Job Crisis While the current Agile job crisis is apparent, there is also hope for practitioners willing to refine their skills, share knowledge, and network with peers. You can sign up here for the ‘Food for Agile Thought’ newsletter and join 42,000-plus subscribers. ?

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Scrum.org

MARCH 20, 2024

A daily effort would include coaching, mentoring, collaborating, maximising the team's potential and continuous improvement, helping the team mature, and facilitating the removal of impediments. Team Coach and Mentor: The Scrum Master nurtures team dynamics and helps resolve interpersonal issues. This is a sign of team maturity.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MAY 11, 2022

This is a guest contribution from Monica Georgieff, Agile Coach and Trainer at AgileSherpas. What does this current year have in store for marketers running projects? We’ve got the data to show you exactly how marketers are taking this period in their stride using Agile practices. Monica Georgieff.

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Leading Agile

APRIL 17, 2024

But agile transformation isn’t a black art. A Basecamp is an intermediate step along the agile journey that allows you to measure progress and claim an intermediate victory before the next leg of your transformation journey. But what if that doesn’t work? It can be planned, tracked, and measured.

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Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

There’s been a slow moving shift in the industry towards eschewing full time traditional Scrum Masters and Agile Coaches in favour of having line managers (Engineering Managers, Delivery Managers, etc) take on the Scrum Master Accountability. In many cases, companies have laid off entire teams of Scrum Masters and Agile Coaches.

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

TL; DR: Getting Hired as a Scrum Master or Agile Coach Are you considering a new Scrum Master or Agile Coach job? Read on and learn how to employ search engines, LinkedIn’s people search, reach out to peers in the agile community, and analyze the event markets in the quest for your next Scrum Master job.

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Project Risk Coach

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

It's a simple question, "Who owns the risks in agile projects?" In this article, let's uncover the role of risk owners and how to perform risk management in agile projects. What is a Risk Owner? To ensure a successful outcome in an agile project, risk identification and assignment must be done early on in the process.

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Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Who is an Agile Coach? Though, there is no universal definition of what is an Agile Coach. The first Agile Coaching Competency framework was developed by Lyssa Adkins and Michael Spaydback in 2011. The model has been adopted and adapted as the application of Agile has grown over the years.

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Scrum.org

DECEMBER 11, 2022

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 ”. It is both very wrong towards some of the Agile Coaches and unfortunately very right in other cases. .

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

You can sign up here for the ‘Food for Agile Thought’ newsletter and join 42,000-plus subscribers. ? Overall, 1,114 Scrum Masters and Agile Coaches participated in the survey. The main acquisition channel was the Food for Agile Thought newsletter. TL; DR: The Scrum Master Salary Report 2024 — How Do You Compare?

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 24, 2024

Agile is dead! ☠️ The new year is only a few weeks old, but I’ve already read various LinkedIn articles claiming the death of Agile. ‍♀️ Given the yearly claims of Agile’s death, we can draw various conclusions. Agile never really died, or it reincarnated and came back alive and kicking. What’s your take on this?

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 20, 2022

A Scrum project still needs to be managed; work still needs to be analysed; teams, people and organisations still need to be coached etc. For the sake of argument, in this blog, I won’t be talking about the value of a dedicated Agile Coach or whether there should be Agile Coaches in Scrum? What’s the issue here?

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Scrum.org

JUNE 20, 2023

TL; DR: Employing Agile Coaches next to Scrum Masters? Often, when organizations employ agile coaches and Scrum Masters, we can observe that agile coaches work at an organizational level. You can sign up here for the ‘Food for Agile Thought’ newsletter and join 47,000-plus subscribers. ? ??

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Scrum.org

MARCH 27, 2023

You can sign up here for the ‘Food for Agile Thought’ newsletter and join 45,000-plus other subscribers. ? ? ? ?? The Initial ChatGPT Prompt to Create the Personal Readme Template for Scrum Masters I used the following initial prompt to prime ChatGPT: I want you to act as an experienced agile coach and Scrum Master.

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The IIL Blog

MARCH 20, 2024

Throughout my career, I’ve had the opportunity to personally coach leaders and executives across a range of industries. That is why agile change and project management approaches are so popular. By Dr. Elissa Farrow March 20, 2024 Leadership futures are where change is not a challenge but an opportunity.

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Scrum.org

MARCH 23, 2022

What does professionalism mean in a broader context than Scrum? As we do this work, it often gets us wondering do we know what it means to be a professional in the Agile industry? As we do this work, it often gets us wondering do we know what it means to be a professional in the Agile industry?

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Scrum.org

AUGUST 22, 2021

The role of Agile Coach is growing in prominence in many organisations. From software development through to marketing and HR, whole organisations are now seeing benefits from agile adaptive approach to work, and are building internal positions for new Agile Coach roles. . The Scrum Master and Agile Coaching.

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Scrum.org

JULY 5, 2021

What Are The Roots Of Agile Suffering AGILE SUFFERING. After more than a decade of helping organizations travel on the path of Agility, it feels more like traveling on the path of Agile Suffering. I began wondering why this is so, and what might be the roots of this suffering. BIG 'A' IN CO-ACTIVE COACHING.

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

What's the broader context? What's the strategic direction we're steering our product towards? About Naked Agility Naked Agility is an #agile consultancy that specializes in Scrum Training, Agile Coaching and Agile Consulting to help teams evolve, integrate, and continuously improve.

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

In my journey through the world of Scrum, I've often been asked, "What exactly is a Sprint backlog?" Think of it as our window into the present, a tool that offers transparency into what we're currently working on and our progress towards our overarching product goal. It's what we discuss with our customers and engage them on.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 30, 2024

It's evolving from what was in many cases a position focused on process facilitation to encompassing a broad spectrum of skills and responsibilities. This includes a deeper understanding of business agility, openness to new practices, an expanded toolkit, and a combination of technical and soft skills.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 3, 2024

What are your thoughts on the role of certifications in Agile? The agile landscape is replete with various certifications, each promising a certain level of proficiency and skill. In the agile community, a growing sentiment suggests that the focus on certifications might be misplaced.

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

The purpose of this anonymous Scrum Master salary report 2023 is to create a clear, data-backed benchmark that allows everyone in the agile community to understand whether their compensation is adequate. And yes, the report will cover Scrum Masters as well as Agile Coaches, both employed and freelancing.).

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

The agile industry has fallen short in providing agile practitioners with all the tools they need to navigate the complex transformations they face. In my opinion, the biggest gap in the toolbox is professional coaching. . The agile ‘industry’ was born in the 1990’s before the agile manifesto was written.

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Scrum.org

AUGUST 31, 2023

Sitting at lunch during Agile 2023, I felt deja vu. I have attended many Agile conferences. I have witnessed the growth of Scrum, the rise of DevOps, the impact of XP, the expansion of SAFe, and the growing connection to professional coaching. At Agile 2023, I did not feel that. My first was in Chicago in 2009.

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Scrum.org

MARCH 25, 2024

Reflecting upon my journey with agile philosophies, it's become increasingly clear that the path to mastering agility isn't found in rigid adherence to methodologies, but rather in embracing a philosophy that prioritises continuous improvement and adaptability. and "What can we expect by this date?" Enjoy this video?

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Scrum.org

MARCH 4, 2024

In my journey through the realms of Agile and project management, I've encountered numerous strategies and philosophies aimed at refining the process of work delivery. This cycle of observation, analysis, and adaptation is what makes Kanban an incredibly powerful tool for driving change and fostering a culture of continuous improvement.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 2, 2024

Some well-intentioned practices sound reasonable, but a closer examination reveals potential pitfalls that can compromise the Agile manifesto principles or the Scrum guide's underlying Empiricism. What to do instead: Velocity can be used by the Scrum team to help them decide how much work to plan for an individual Sprint.

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 16, 2023

TL; DR: Hands-on Agile #53: An Agile Coaches Guide to Storytelling with Bob Galen On September 5, 2023, we had the opportunity to listen to Bob Galen on “An Agile Coaches Guide to Storytelling.” In this session, Bob shared his experience coaching an agile coach struggling to connect with a development manager.

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

You can sign up here for the ‘Food for Agile Thought’ newsletter and join 42,000-plus subscribers. ? During the Q&A part on humble planning, Maarten answered the following questions, among others: What about other common iterative change management strategies? Are the symptom cards available on the Honest Agile website?

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Scrum.org

MAY 2, 2023

Coach Scrum Masters coach team members in self-management and cross-functionality, ensuring everyone works together effectively. It's like being the coach of a sports team, but instead of whistles and clipboards, the Scrum Master uses Post-it notes and agile practices. What happens without a Scrum Master?

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

You can sign up here for the ‘Food for Agile Thought’ newsletter and join 36,000-plus subscribers. ? Overall, 1,143 Scrum Masters and agile coaches participated in the survey. The main acquisition channel was the Food for Agile Thought newsletter. TL; DR: The Scrum Master Salary Report 2023 — How Do You Compare?

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Scrum.org

JULY 31, 2023

In the realm of Agile software development, the Scrum framework has emerged as the most popular framework. According to the 16th annual State of Agile report from Digital.ai, 87% of Agile teams use Scrum. At the heart of Scrum is a unique and indispensable accountability: the Scrum Master.

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

I hear this emotional expression and its endless variations from a lot of agile coaches, including those at the top of the food chain of the agile world. Let’s get this one misunderstanding out of the way first and foremost – coaching is NOT about asking powerful questions. And it is a deeply flawed one. Here is why.

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Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

Consequently, it needs to be augmented with tools and practices to apply its theoretical foundation to an organization’s business reality: what problems shall be solved for whom in which market? Let’s look at what practices and tools for collaboration and team building are not helpful when used with Scrum. ?

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