Some years ago (circa 2007) Yuval Yeret found a secret weapon for fighting Zombie Scrum: Kanban and Flow.
Read the complete article here: https://www.scrum.org/resources/blog/kanbanflow-scrum-masters-not-so-secret-weapon
The Agile Theater
We’ve all seen it. It’s quite an elaborate show with Scrum Masters, Sprint Planning, Daily Standups, Secret handshakes, a lot of artifacts, ceremonies, roles. The recent “broadway”-level productions include bigger pictures, more roles, artifacts.
Read the complete article here: https://www.agilesparks.com/blog/the-agile-theater/
Five Reasons Why Batman Would Be a Great Scrum Master
Mike Cohn realized that the perfect Scrum Master has been right in front of us for many years: Batman. Batman probably does not want to quit his crime-fighting ways and take the job of being a Scrum Master. But if he’s willing, there are five reasons why Batman would be the ideal Scrum Master.
Read the complete article here: https://www.mountaingoatsoftware.com/blog/five-reasons-why-batman-would-be-a-great-scrum-master
Peer coaching with a 2-hour string of Liberating Structures
In this blog post, The Liberators shared the string of Liberating Structures they used for peer coaching sessions after
Read the complete post here: https://medium.com/the-liberators/peer-coaching-with-a-2-hour-string-of-liberating-structures-6b5a4ea46808
An Exercise for Defining Done
In this post Andrew Petro describes a proposed exercise for arriving at a Definition of Done. https://apetro.ghost.io/exercise-for-defining-done/
BERTEIG – Kanban, Scrum, Real Agility
Some great video’s about Leading to real Agility, Scrum Myths and Scrum in one minute can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBZPCl3-W1xpZ-FVr8wLGgA/videos
A list of STAR Interview Questions for Managers
- Tell me about a time you had to change your
behavior to get things done in an organization or project. - Can give you an example of a situation where you had to motivate your colleague(s) to get something done?
- Tell me about a time you had to be creative to solve an issue.
- Describe a situation where you preferred to delegate something back to your manager.
- Give an example of a project where the goals were not clear and describe how you handled the situation.
- Tell me what you did to become a better professional last year.
- Tell me about a time when you had to rely on written communication to get your ideas across to your team.
- Give an example of how you contributed to
an improvement . - Tell me about a situation where you used visuals to explain something complex.
- Share an example where you stole an idea and tweaked it become useful for you.
- Describe how you apply feedback cycles in your work, and how you shorten them.
- Tell me a situation where you were not motivated and how you handled the situation.
- Describe a situation in a team, where you as a team had to come to an agreement.
- Can you give an example where you had to act not in line with the company/team values?
- Describe a situation where you helped someone else to become a better professional.
- Tell me about a situation where you helped someone in your team or organization not related to your profession.
- Describe an experiment you did at work.
- Tell me about a situation where the purpose of the organization was not in line with you as a person.
- Give an example of how you made a difference in a meeting.
- Describe a situation where you contributed to strengthening the relations within a team.
- Describe a situation where you contributed to strengthening the relationships between teams.
- Tell me about when you gave a compliment to a team member.
- What have you done recently that helped someone be happier in his or her job?
- Tell me about the last time you provided feedback to team members.
- Give an example of a situation where did management activities.
These questions have been copied from this article: https://management30.com/practice/star-behavioral-interview-questions/
What are the Values Anyway? The Mark Manson-Inspired Version.
Ask any Agile practitioner these days what Agile values are and he, most likely, will recite you some lines from the Manifesto for Agile Software Development. As him the final line of the said Manifesto and the result might be quite different, but I digress right in the first paragraph.
Ask a Scrum practitioner and he’ll give you 3-4, maybe 5, if he’s real good, values Scrum holds dear.
Next ask a different question, “What ARE the values? What are we talking about here?” And you’ll be lucky if you hear a half-baked off-the-cuff answer. Sometimes it’s just like, “well, values are values, those are what’s valuable.” Duh…
A quite interesting viewpoint and a crisp definition
Read the complete blog post here: https://scrum.courses/2019/04/02/values-giving-f/
Predicting The Weather: A Weather Forecast Retrospective for Scrum Teams
Using different formats for your Sprint Retrospective is a great way to help a Scrum Team inspect their process through different lenses and perspectives. The Liberators came across the Weather Forecast Retrospective by Barry Heins and shared their experience and (slightly modified) approach here: https://medium.com/the-liberators/predicting-the-weather-a-weather-forecast-retrospective-for-scrum-teams-9bbb02105ea4
How to Run a Remote Team Retrospective?
Having distributed team members is always a challenge in many aspects