A nice Trello board from The Liberators that holds a lot of cool ideas to help you facilitate as a Scrum Master. Find it here: https://trello.com/b/oC3oBEvY/facilitation-toolbox
The Agile response to “How much will it cost, and when will it be done?”
Reading time: 3 minutes
The right answer to the question about scope, budget, and deadline is not to go along with the line of thinking that’s behind it. Instead, offer management a better way to manage the risks of a project. Offer them a visible and transparent process like Scrum that allows for frequent change and makes the progress of teams visible on a transparent backlog. Scrum will not magically make your project succeed, nor will it prevent mistakes and failures, but it will make them less costly because you can detect them more frequently as part of the iterative nature.
Read the complete article here: https://medium.com/the-liberators/the-agile-response-to-how-much-will-it-cost-and-when-will-it-be-done-86d907573871
Don’t Be a Scrum Bully.
As a Scrum Master, you have a responsibility to your teams, the product owner, and also the organization. Do more than regurgitate what’s written in the Scrum Guide. Sure, know your sh*t, but don’t be a jerk about it.
Learn. Grow. Share. Don’t be stagnant. Don’t be a Scrum bully. Read the full article here: https://medium.com/serious-scrum/dont-be-a-scrum-bully-d61d0fef022e
Pac-Man and Priority: A Backlog Story
What does Pac-Man and prioritizing a backlog have in common? Read it in this great article: https://medium.com/serious-scrum/pac-man-and-priority-a-backlog-story-e31632eb3921
How to Improve Team Collaboration with Personal Maps
A great exercise for a better understanding of people is to capture what you know about them in personal maps.
Read all about them here: https://management30.com/practice/personal-maps/
Praktische tips voor Scrum Masters
“Reading” Time: 30 minutes
A great video series from Roland Flemm commenting (in Dutch) on a retrospective. With some practical tips on how to start a meeting, the importance of feeling safe, having respect for each other and ownership.