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How to introduce myself as a Scrum Master in an existing team?

Some questions you could ask yourself are:

  • Does the team know Agile, the Scrum framework?
  • What is the composition of the team?
  • What motivates the members?
  • What are the common goals of the team?
  • How about the values of the team?
  • Is there a history that we need to know before joining the team?
  • Would you start with a kick off / retrospective where the team would explain their pains and where we could discuss way of working?
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Kick-start 3 Scrum Teams with a string of Liberating Structures

Christiaan Verwijs wrote an excellent article about how he kick-started three Scrum Teams using a string of Liberating Structures. The complete article can be found here: https://medium.com/the-liberators/we-kick-started-three-scrum-teams-with-this-awesome-string-of-liberating-structures-19b4a409cb8d

Steps he took:

  • Defined a clear goal (purpose) of the workshop
  • Used Impromptu Networking to introduce a little fun which would make it easier to make a personal connection with each other.
  • Used Appreciative Interviews to let them discover what they would need to become a successful team.
  • Used Nine Whys to discover both their individual purpose and business reason for the team’s to exist.
  • Used What I Need From You to express their needs from each other.
  • Used Min Specs to identify team needs and created a team manifesto.
  • Used 15% Solutions to identify what the first step would be for everybody to start working effectively with Scrum.
  • Used Social Network Webbing to close the day in a positive vibe.
  • Used a number of energizers and punctuations to take a break from the intense interaction of Liberating Structures.