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When we introduce Scrum to an organization, many people are skeptical of the monetary benefits and ROI of the Scrum Master position. The question I am often asked is - "How do you justify the salary of the Scrum Master?" I've been thinking about this for some time, and here is an approach that might help you arrive at your own answer... Scrum Master ROI Scratch Pad If you need some help figuring out these answers, contact us and we'll help you out. If you take this approach out for a test drive, tell us what you discovered. My wish for you is not that this approach helps you realize that you need a Scrum Master. It is just that you learn to practice data-driven, evidence based management. Good luck!

In this blog post, I share 10 success factors that emerged from a community meetup. These factors helped Scrum practitioners prevent or fix Zombie Scrum in their team and organization.

Hey hey hey. What's good this week awesome people? I hope you had an awesome week. So I want to release something out. In the past few months I have heard several of my clients said that Scrum does not work and ask me to fix it. What's interesting is, these companies do not even have a Scrum team but only feature factories hence not Scrum. So in today's vlog I want to share with you something that I have been doing in the past three weeks. I have asked people on LinkedIn what are the indicators that an organisation actually have a feature factory. Today's vlog is rather different than my other vlogs, it contains the collective intelligence of other Scrum practitioners. Hopefully from today's video you can identify improvements and most importantly save more souls at your workplace from a feature factory. Do you have any other inputs? What are the indicators of feature factories that weren't mentioned in this video according to you? Leave a comment down below. Let's save more souls from feature factories. Stay safe and stay awesome. {"preview_thumbnail":"/s3/files/styles/video_embed_wysiwyg_preview/public/video_thumbnails/jJZaIE0Hw4Y.jpg?itok=dAK0OEFl","video_url":"https://youtu.be/jJZaIE0Hw4Y","settings":{"responsive":1,"width":"854","height":"480","autoplay":0},"settings_summary":["Embedded Video (Responsive)."]}

1. I did not clarify up front to my prospects how important their ROI is to me 2. After closing the deal, I did not educate my clients on the definition of ROI 3. I did not educate them in the research backed approach from the ROI Institute that helps organizations manage the ROI of Learning 4. I did not ask them to quantify their target ROI 5. I did not co-create quantified targets for the 14 key lead indicators of learning ROI Learners complete pre-work Learners stay engaged Learners complete learning Learners complete feedback Learners find the learning environment helpful Learners find the trainer effective Learners find the learning relevant Learners find that their knowledge increased Learners find the learning impactful Learners find the learning actionable Learners find the learning recommendable Learners pass exam to validate their learning Learners change their behaviors and habits by applying the learning Learners make a visible, measurable business impact by applying the learning 6. I did not help us visualize our targets for lead and lag indicators using an approach similar to the one below [caption id="attachment_11126" align="aligncenter" width="1666"] Targets for Lead Indicators of Learning ROI 7. I did not ask my client, executives, managers and students - 'What might get in our way?' of effectively implementing this approach to achieve our ROI target 8. I did not ask them - 'How might we overcome these impediments?' 9. I did not get their buy-in to measure every step of the way 10. I did not get their buy-in to review the actuals, compare against targets, learn and course correct every step of the way 11. I did not manage the 14 lead indicators of ROI like an ROI funnel the way a disciplined sales force manages their sales funnel... 12. I did not facilitate regular, frequent ROI reviews to help us inspect and adapt the ROI of learning OK, so this is only 12 reasons. And I promised 12. So maybe I lied. Or if you include each of the 14 indicators as a reason, then I under-promised and over-delivered and gave you 26! How do you manage the ROI of your Agile Training? If you want to learn more about how we learned from our mistakes and course corrected, check out these resources... Case Study: Real Estate Software Provider Uses Evidence-Based Management to Drive Its Largest Revenue Growth in 10 Years White Paper: Designing Agile Training & Coaching for Maximum Impact & Results Case Study: WWT Apprentices get 828% ROI From SmoothApps Agile Training Webinar - Designing Agile Training Courses for Maximum Impact and Results