In this article, Willem-Jan Ageling will discuss the evolution of the Scrum Master.
Using Brain Science to Boost Your Scrum Events
This article is published in Agile NXT. This article describes some of the concepts Evelien Roos learned and how you can apply “brain science” to make your Scrum events more effective.
https://articles.xebia.com/using-brain-science-to-boost-your-scrum-events
How Can you Measure the Impact of your Scrum Masters?
Have you been wondering how you can measure the impact of your Scrum Masters? And how these Scrum Masters or Agile coaches can really help with the bottom-line result? Working with agile or Scrum generally means having several Scrum Masters in place, but can you measure their effectiveness and impact. If so, read this article by Peter Koning:
https://www.scrum.org/resources/blog/how-can-you-measure-impact-your-scrum-masters
Self-Organization Eats Agile at Scale for Breakfast
Great article about how an experiment hit off but eventually was killed again. https://www.agilealliance.org/resources/experience-reports/self-organization-eats-agile-at-scale-for-breakfast/
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5 Workshops To Improve Using Product- And Sprint Goals
The 5 workshops in one overview
You can try these workshops in a random order, although we did give the flow of these do-it-yourself workshops some thought.
- Workshop #1: Scrum Mythbusters: Is The Sprint Goal Optional In Scrum?
- Workshop #2: Help Your Team Get Started With A Product Goals And Sprint Goals
- Workshop #3: Formulate A Clear Sprint Goal During Sprint Planning
- Workshop #4: Improve How Your Scrum Team Uses Sprint Goals
- Workshop #5: Create Better Sprint Goals With Powerful Questions
Workshop: Scrum Mythbusters: Is The Sprint Goal Optional In Scrum?
We designed this tried-and-tested workshop to help Scrum Teams think about the value of (Sprint) goals. Although many Scrum Teams consider them optional, Sprint Goals are really at the heart of how you can successfully navigate complex work. With this string, you create transparency around what happens without Sprint Goals or with Sprint Goals that are unclear. And more importantly, what you can do as a team to improve – together!
Workshop: Help Your Team Get Started With A Product Goals And Sprint Goals
We designed this do-it-yourself workshop to help your Scrum Team get started with a Product- and Sprint Goal. It doesn’t matter if you’re a new team or have already completed multiple Sprints. It’s never too late to get started with how Scrum is intended. But the importance of a Product- and Sprint Goal is something you probably already experienced yourself…
The string of Liberating Structures contains UX Fishbowl to learn from the stakeholders, Conversation Cafe to share ideas & thoughts about the product, Nine Whys to create the Product Goal, and 25/10 Crowd Sourcing to select the Sprint Goals.
Workshop: Formulate A Clear Sprint Goal During Sprint Planning
We designed this do-it-yourself workshop to help your team define a clear Sprint Goal during Sprint Planning. The string of Liberating Structures contains Celebrity Interview to clarify the Product Goal, 1-2-4-ALL to select a Sprint Goal, Min Specs to create the Sprint Backlog, and What, So What, Now What to define the Sprint plan.
Workshop: Improve How Your Scrum Team Uses Sprint Goals
To make the importance of the Sprint Goal clear, it’s easy to dictate the Scrum Guide. The term “goal” is one of the most emphasized concepts. Yet we believe it’s more powerful to let your team discover this by themselves. That’s the intention of this do-it-yourself workshop, which contains the Liberating Structures TRIZ, Discovery & Action Dialogue, and 15% Solutions.
Workshop: Create Better Sprint Goals With Powerful Questions
This workshop is extra special because it’s only available in our book the “Zombie Scrum Survival Guide“. A Sprint Goal helps Scrum Teams self-organize their collaboration. The Sprint Goal also clarifies the purpose and value of the work on this Sprint. It gives flexibility to the Scrum Team to change their Sprint Backlog as needed in response to sudden changes. But creating clear goals is something many teams struggle with, especially in Zombie Scrum environments. This experiment offers ten powerful questions to help your Scrum Team create clear Sprint Goals. The questions are part of the “50 Powerful Questions” card deck.
Let’s be clear!
Fake it ’til you become it
Fake it ’til you become it – Amy Cuddy
22 Scrum Master Anti-Patterns from Job Ads: From Funny to What the Heck?
Job ads for Scrum Master positions reveal great insight into an organization’s progress on becoming agile. I analyzed more than 50 job ads for Scrum Master positions to gain these. Learn more about what makes job ads such a treasure trove with the following 22 Scrum Master anti-patterns derived from job ads.
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