Khoa Doan Tien — June 4, 2019 — June 4, 2019 As a Scrum Master, I know that serving Development Team, Product Owner and Organization to adopt Scrum is not easy. It takes time (and a lot of time) and patience. During that long journey, I recognize the importance of continuous improvement. I need to … Continue reading Why is Openness Important to You as a Scrum Master?
Khoa Doan Tien — April 30, 2019 — April 30, 2019 Last week, I had a long discussion with my friends about how to scale up the Scrum Team from the startup product. That was an interesting topic and we had many things to discuss. Some of my friends raised some interesting questions. I think … Continue reading An Anti-Pattern When You Scale Up the Scrum Team
Khoa Doan Tien — April 17, 2019 — April 17, 2019 Are we really a Team? Looking back a couple of years ago, I had a chance to work with the great team. Yes! They are a great team, but not from the beginning…that was a broken team when I came. – The team used … Continue reading Build Trust with Scrum
Magdalena Firlit — April 9, 2019 Follow @magda_firlit — April 9, 2019 Through my professional experience, while serving my customers, working with Scrum Teams and training people in Professional Scrum, I have observed that some Scrum Masters only work to serve the Development Team and the Product Owner. According to the Scrum Guide, Scrum Master … Continue reading A Scrum Master Works on 3 Levels
Jim Sammons — April 4, 2019 — April 4, 2019 How can I show the team what the Scrum values look like in action? How do I get my team to trust and/or respect me? How do I demonstrate servant leadership? Typically, the person asking me these questions is either a new Scrum Master or … Continue reading Scrum Master Tips – Mind Your “Say:Do” Ratio
Jasper Alblas — March 11, 2019 Follow @alblasj — March 11, 2019 The Scrum Team consists of three roles. The only three roles needed in Scrum. But all needed! And all equally important to be successful. This first sentence is all there is to it. And if we would practice Scrum within our companies the … Continue reading Equality – the Roles in Scrum
Stefan Wolpers — March 8, 2019 Follow @StefanW — March 8, 2019 TL;DR: Technical Debt & Scrum If technical debt is the plague of our industry, why isn’t the Scrum Guide addressing the question of who is responsibly dealing with it? To make things worse, if the Product Owner’s responsibility is to maximize the value … Continue reading Technical Debt & Scrum: Who Is Responsible?
Simon Bourk — February 25, 2019 — February 25, 2019 I am listening to the audiobook “the subtle art of not giving a fck” from Mark Manson and I am learning awesome things that can relate to our world of “Agile” and “Product Ownership.” The style of the writing doesn’t suit me well, but I … Continue reading Inspiration From Outside the Scrum World
Ian Mitchell — January 21, 2019 — January 21, 2019 “You gotta flex. You gotta look good, bro.” – Kiari “Offset” Cephus Scrum stands on the three legs of transparency, inspection, and adaptation. Of these, transparency can arguably be said to come first. Unless a situation is made clear it cannot be inspected, and any … Continue reading Expedite! Handling Unplanned Work in Scrum
Piyush Rahate — December 31, 2018 — December 31, 2018 A few days back I did a Scrum Tapas Video explaining what are few of the rules within Scrum. Besides these rules, there are also certain guidelines which help the Scrum Teams to make the best possible use of Scrum framework to create maximum Business … Continue reading Guidelines in Scrum
