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Aug 6, 2020
Boosted Confidence over Scrum Process
In the definition of scrum it is mentioned as Simple to Understand and Difficult to Master. Every topic was explained so very well that we felt it is simple and at the same time Hiren had given that confidence that it is not so difficult to master it as well. It is never easy to give such confidence to your audience unless one believes in it so strongly. That tell how Diligent he is towards the process he was explaining. Two day session was very interactive and felt like we are very much in a physical classroom because of the whole setup. This experience will be remembered for a long long time. Thanks
karthikeyan surireddy
Jul 28, 2020
Interesting PSPO training
It was an interactive & engaging two day online session with Hiren for the PSPO training. Came out with multiple learnings and hope to apply them in the upcoming times!
Hari
Jul 11, 2020
Start Coaching..
Start Coaching... the review is solely for the way the scrum framework was taught through the use of real time examples and the knowledge imparted by Hiren Doshi. A valuable learning.
Kitty Miranda
Jul 11, 2020
Genuinely Amazing class
Genuinely Amazing class, , very helpful and insightful. Hiren Doshi is very experienced with mastery in Scrum and explained us all the concepts in a simplified way . He delivers a good balance between theory and interactive exercises so that even experienced scrum users can inspect and adapt their way of working.Course structure is very practically planned and delivered with a creative way of taking participants through all the dimensions of PO Role, I have more respect for POs after attending this course. I highly recommend Hiren Doshi for PSPO Workshops
sunitha chamarthy
Jul 5, 2020
Amazing coach
Amazing coach. It was worth joining the PSPO class and understanding the world of Product Ownerb. Hiren used innovative ways to conduct the class and ensured we get the physical class experience in the virtual clas as well.
rahul murarka
Jun 15, 2020
A passionate teacher
"Teaching is my passion, not profession" . This line best fits for Hiren. Willingness to share the knowledge is more important than just having it. Thank You Hiren, it is the best training I ever had in my scrum journey.
Gururaj Athani
Jun 15, 2020
Hi this the class was very interactive…
Hi this the class was very interactive and got to learn in detail above the role of product owner.
srjain khanna
Jun 14, 2020
Lovely class with amazing learning…
Lovely class with amazing learning techniques. Hiren has been very interactive and his way of teaching/facilitating us was very interesting. Very informative, real time examples to connect and understand any concept. Hiren has been connecting to everyone to make them participate fully. Overall , I would say, very impressive session with wonderful visuals and drawings.
Thanks Hiren!
Deepa Mandal
Mar 16, 2020
Excellent training
Excellent training, Myth buster, great value add
Sameer Wankhare
Feb 26, 2020
Best training workshops from Hiren
I attended PSM and PSPO training workshops with Hiren. Hiren is a brilliant trainer who supplements theory with examples , exercises and ART (diagrams). I have not attended better sessions than these for any topics, not only Scrum.
Thanks Hiren for introducing us to beautiful framework called Scrum.
Samir Sethi
Feb 21, 2020
Hiren was fantastic
Hiren was fantastic. The way he involved all the members and the quality of teaching was really nice.
Mahipal Narige
Feb 21, 2020
Very Interactive
Very Interactive, Real-world example-driven, no slide used while presentation still all elements of Scrum were covered. At regular intervals, practical exercises were kept to practice learned concepts.
At the end of 2 days class, all participants were very confident about scrum and it's practice. Thank you so much Trainer(Hiren Doshi)
Amitesh Bharti
Feb 5, 2020
PSPO Training
Hiren is very knowledgeable in scrum concepts and explained very well.
Naveen Kolluru
Jan 22, 2020
Framework & ease of application
Happy about the framework and available resources are very informative and helpful. Thanks to Scrum.org.
Its simple & very close to the projects that I have been managing.
Uma Adarsh
Jan 21, 2020
Very well done
Very well done. I liked the activity based learning
Kodanda Ram
Jan 10, 2020
Class was Informative and able get the…
Class was Informative and able get the concepts clearly
Mahesh Bharadwaja
Jan 3, 2020
It was a great learning!
It was a great learning! Hiren brings tons of passion, experience and energy to the entire workshop. Highly recommend him and his classes for anything you need help in Agile /Scrum world. Though it was my fourth official Scrum training, there was a lot for me to take away and get better! Thank you Hiren for the opportunity. Looking forward for more in future!
Udayakiran Joshi
Dec 31, 2019
Great depth and practical perspective
Hiren does an excellent job of taking you through the framework with great depth - and along with the complementary practices/learnings, ensures that by the end of the classroom session, you have a fair idea of practical implementation of the framework.
Kshitij Patil
Dec 29, 2019
It is very insightful and good…
It is very insightful and good learnings in 2 days workshop. It is practical and open for any queries and doubts.
Thank you to entire Scrum.org team.
Nimesh Sanghvi
Dec 20, 2019
Hiren Doshi is one of best trainer for…
Hiren Doshi is one of best trainer for Scrum.
Jashvantbhai Valaki
Nov 29, 2019
Hiren is world class trainer
Hiren is world class trainer
Chetan Mallikarjun
Nov 8, 2019
It was an enriching learning session…
It was an enriching learning session filled with relevant activities.
Sindhu R
Oct 23, 2019
PSM 1 Class by Hiren
PSM 1 Class by Hiren
It was a great learning experience. In depth knowledge with practical example was delivered to us.
Rahul Gupta
Oct 6, 2019
The Coach was articulate in explaining…
The Coach was articulate in explaining the Scrum values and the roles and responsibilities of a Product Owner.
Kshitij Garg
Aug 29, 2019
Hiren Doshi is a great Trainer
Hiren Doshi is a great Trainer and the content is wonderful for first time learner.
Animesh Parikshya
Aug 27, 2019
The training was interactive and…
The training was interactive and interesting
Saswat Behera
Aug 12, 2019
Very knowledgeable session with Hiren…
Very knowledgeable session with Hiren with lot of case studies .
Sumana Narayanaiah
Jul 23, 2019
Great Class!
Hiren Doshi for Scrum! He was good! Well, Very Good to be precise!
He is an Instructor, who breathes Scrum, and the ability to explain, articulate and validate, on why, what, how to do it.
The class was interactive, he ensured the attention was on him while he spoke and keeping it simple with real life examples, so when you walk away from the class, you go back to the example so the concept stays with you!
Ganesh Suryanarayanan
Jul 20, 2019
It was a great learning .
It was a great learning .. the manner in which it was conducted showed how proficient the trainer was .. it will always stay fresh !!
Sachin Patel
Jul 16, 2019
Excellent training and Excellent trainer
Excellent training and Excellent trainer
KALYANAKRISHNAN PARAMESWARAN
Jul 9, 2019
Good content and excellent trainer
Good content and excellent trainer
Naval Thakur
Jun 28, 2019
A Good learning and informative session…
A Good learning and informative session during this class. I knew the Scrum prior to this session however, after attending this class, my understanding about Scrum has changed to a great extent.
Thanks to Hiren Doshi for providing such an informative training on Scrum (PSF). And Thanks to Scrum.Org for designing an organized learning curriculum about Scrum Framework.
Nirav Joshi
Jun 27, 2019
Really loved the sessions
Really loved the sessions
Sourav Mukhopadhayay
Jun 22, 2019
Clear understanding of scrum with…
Clear understanding of scrum with practical sessions.
Sravanthi Tarlana
Jun 20, 2019
PSPO - A awsome training to become a awsome Product Owner
I attended PSPO training course on 19-20 June, 2019. I would like to thank Mr. Hiren Doshi for taking his valuable time and teach us the training course. The course module was well defined and beautifully structured. During the course our trainer provided lot of practical problems in different industry and how solution had been implemented over them. Also the trainer shared his past experience about other companies and related problems. I hope to implement the learnings in my profession soon.
Anupam Bhandari
Jun 20, 2019
It was great Training
It was great Training. Lots of real life examples. Right combination of role plays and theory
Bhasker Sathyanarayana
Jun 17, 2019
An excellent class to Attend
An excellent class to attend with great demonstration and interactive sessions.
Satyabrata Samal
May 29, 2019
Fantastic course
Fantastic course, recommend to anyone aspiring to be product owner. Lot of energy / passion in the room
Sangeeth Parvatam
May 5, 2019
Great instructors
Great instructors, good insights - well structured and delivered
Michael Mai
Mar 26, 2019
Scrum class room review.
Classes were awesome. This is my first class where I did not see even single PPT and completely interactive sessions. Trainer was full time charged with a lot of energy and fun.
kamalakar balgi
Mar 16, 2019
very interesting class overall
very interesting class overall. Coach has superb energy to engage each and every participant and made the class interactive. Various doubts about concepts were clarified.
Vaibhav Sharma
Mar 16, 2019
Overall session was really good
Decent interactive sessions and great exercises with much needed scrum concepts.
shankaragouda patil
Mar 7, 2019
PSF Class room Training
I was really impressed the way Hiren Doshi took the class . The focus was more on practicality rather than Theoretical or PPT based.
Sandipan Das
Feb 12, 2019
The Workshop of 2 days was worth every…
The Workshop of 2 days was worth every minute!!
Tinaz Bhathena
Feb 11, 2019
Totally Scrumified!
It was a great two day session, no slides but purely an interactive session. Lot of ideas were discussed on the floor, and different use cases discussed on how Scum can help deliver projects in a more effective and an efficient manner. Hiren is a great coach, shared lot of practical knowledge!
Jairaj Shetty
Feb 4, 2019
About..
The class was soo smooth,it never felt like a monotonous training.
It was full of activities, fun and a lot of learning.
Discovered some Amazing ways to solve complex problems.
Krithika Dave
Hiren's Certifications
Hiren's Bio
Hiren R. Doshi, Author, Scrum.org professional Scrum trainer and coach, is a Scrum enthusiast and an agent for organizational change.
He has a distinguished 22-years career in leading the full life cycle software development of which.
He has facilitated over 50 2-days Scrum.org workshops on PSF, PSM, PSPO and SPS and trained over 1200 participants.
Author, of “Scrum Insights for Practitioners, The Scrum Guide Companion”
The book helps the practitioners master the Scrum framework by gaining in-depth practical insights and addresses myths, mysteries, and misconceptions of Scrum. Helps students with PSM I, PSM II and PSM III assessments.
"This book is really good and awesome.Book contains the topics in a reality and practical perspective. This book is really helpful for PSM certifications", Vinayswetharani
"Hi Hiren, Got 77/80 in PSM1 !!! Your book is an absolute Bible on Scrum! Thank you!", Sashidhar Jeevanigi
"In this small book, Hiren Doshi sets out to make the Scrum framework more easy to learn. For each section of the Scrum Guide you can get clarifications and advice for application from small book.. A lot of the book is bullets with facts or observations for you to ponder. Its contents is strikingly accurate.... I know of no other source that does this", Henrik Berglund
"Excellent addition to the Scrum Guide! Gives insight into day to day scrum, highlighting the core of scrum. Will promote it in my network", Frank Hepkema
"There are numerous books about Scrum - this begins where most writers stop ... Here, not only the Scrum Guide is reworded, but knowledge and experience are conveyed by one who has his knowledge", Amazon Reader
Organizations Hiren led as an Agile Coach
He has served as an Agile transformation leader for many organizations, including RSA Engineering (Security), Sabre Travels (GDS), BookMyShow (eTicketing), Tesco (retail), DELL EMC (Data storage), Morpho, Continuum Managed Solutions, LULU, Germin8, Aveksa,...
Recommendations For Scrum.org Trainings
"One of those rare instructors who actually practice what they preach. All the scrum values being taught could also be experienced in the way Hiren conducted himself ranging from respect towards the participants, commitment and focus towards scrum as well as courage and openness in answering questions", Shrihari Nair
"Hiren has a very practical way of teaching, and he makes the students think out of the box and cultivates a habit of finding the answers on their own, so that they truly understand Scrum. This helped me not only to crack the certification but also to understand the gaps that we have in our Scrum team. Though I know the change within my teams will take time, but if everyone is coached the same way, as Hiren did, then it will make the change more acceptable", Rakhee Manjrekar
...Many more recommendations at www.practiceagile.com
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Aug 6, 2020
Boosted Confidence over Scrum Process
In the definition of scrum it is mentioned as Simple to Understand and Difficult to Master. Every topic was explained so very well that we felt it is simple and at the same time Hiren had given that confidence that it is not so difficult to master it as well. It is never easy to give such confidence to your audience unless one believes in it so strongly. That tell how Diligent he is towards the process he was explaining. Two day session was very interactive and felt like we are very much in a physical classroom because of the whole setup. This experience will be remembered for a long long time. Thanks
karthikeyan surireddy
Jul 28, 2020
Interesting PSPO training
It was an interactive & engaging two day online session with Hiren for the PSPO training. Came out with multiple learnings and hope to apply them in the upcoming times!
Hari
Jul 11, 2020
Start Coaching..
Start Coaching... the review is solely for the way the scrum framework was taught through the use of real time examples and the knowledge imparted by Hiren Doshi. A valuable learning.
Kitty Miranda
Jul 11, 2020
Genuinely Amazing class
Genuinely Amazing class, , very helpful and insightful. Hiren Doshi is very experienced with mastery in Scrum and explained us all the concepts in a simplified way . He delivers a good balance between theory and interactive exercises so that even experienced scrum users can inspect and adapt their way of working.Course structure is very practically planned and delivered with a creative way of taking participants through all the dimensions of PO Role, I have more respect for POs after attending this course. I highly recommend Hiren Doshi for PSPO Workshops
sunitha chamarthy
Jul 5, 2020
Amazing coach
Amazing coach. It was worth joining the PSPO class and understanding the world of Product Ownerb. Hiren used innovative ways to conduct the class and ensured we get the physical class experience in the virtual clas as well.
rahul murarka
Jun 15, 2020
A passionate teacher
"Teaching is my passion, not profession" . This line best fits for Hiren. Willingness to share the knowledge is more important than just having it. Thank You Hiren, it is the best training I ever had in my scrum journey.
Gururaj Athani
Jun 15, 2020
Hi this the class was very interactive…
Hi this the class was very interactive and got to learn in detail above the role of product owner.
srjain khanna
Jun 14, 2020
Lovely class with amazing learning…
Lovely class with amazing learning techniques. Hiren has been very interactive and his way of teaching/facilitating us was very interesting. Very informative, real time examples to connect and understand any concept. Hiren has been connecting to everyone to make them participate fully. Overall , I would say, very impressive session with wonderful visuals and drawings.
Thanks Hiren!
Deepa Mandal
Mar 16, 2020
Excellent training
Excellent training, Myth buster, great value add
Sameer Wankhare
Feb 26, 2020
Best training workshops from Hiren
I attended PSM and PSPO training workshops with Hiren. Hiren is a brilliant trainer who supplements theory with examples , exercises and ART (diagrams). I have not attended better sessions than these for any topics, not only Scrum.
Thanks Hiren for introducing us to beautiful framework called Scrum.
Samir Sethi
Feb 21, 2020
Hiren was fantastic
Hiren was fantastic. The way he involved all the members and the quality of teaching was really nice.
Mahipal Narige
Feb 21, 2020
Very Interactive
Very Interactive, Real-world example-driven, no slide used while presentation still all elements of Scrum were covered. At regular intervals, practical exercises were kept to practice learned concepts.
At the end of 2 days class, all participants were very confident about scrum and it's practice. Thank you so much Trainer(Hiren Doshi)
Amitesh Bharti
Feb 5, 2020
PSPO Training
Hiren is very knowledgeable in scrum concepts and explained very well.
Naveen Kolluru
Jan 22, 2020
Framework & ease of application
Happy about the framework and available resources are very informative and helpful. Thanks to Scrum.org.
Its simple & very close to the projects that I have been managing.
Uma Adarsh
Jan 21, 2020
Very well done
Very well done. I liked the activity based learning
Kodanda Ram
Jan 10, 2020
Class was Informative and able get the…
Class was Informative and able get the concepts clearly
Mahesh Bharadwaja
Jan 3, 2020
It was a great learning!
It was a great learning! Hiren brings tons of passion, experience and energy to the entire workshop. Highly recommend him and his classes for anything you need help in Agile /Scrum world. Though it was my fourth official Scrum training, there was a lot for me to take away and get better! Thank you Hiren for the opportunity. Looking forward for more in future!
Udayakiran Joshi
Dec 31, 2019
Great depth and practical perspective
Hiren does an excellent job of taking you through the framework with great depth - and along with the complementary practices/learnings, ensures that by the end of the classroom session, you have a fair idea of practical implementation of the framework.
Kshitij Patil
Dec 29, 2019
It is very insightful and good…
It is very insightful and good learnings in 2 days workshop. It is practical and open for any queries and doubts.
Thank you to entire Scrum.org team.
Nimesh Sanghvi
Dec 20, 2019
Hiren Doshi is one of best trainer for…
Hiren Doshi is one of best trainer for Scrum.
Jashvantbhai Valaki
Nov 29, 2019
Hiren is world class trainer
Hiren is world class trainer
Chetan Mallikarjun
Nov 8, 2019
It was an enriching learning session…
It was an enriching learning session filled with relevant activities.
Sindhu R
Oct 23, 2019
PSM 1 Class by Hiren
PSM 1 Class by Hiren
It was a great learning experience. In depth knowledge with practical example was delivered to us.
Rahul Gupta
Oct 6, 2019
The Coach was articulate in explaining…
The Coach was articulate in explaining the Scrum values and the roles and responsibilities of a Product Owner.
Kshitij Garg
Aug 29, 2019
Hiren Doshi is a great Trainer
Hiren Doshi is a great Trainer and the content is wonderful for first time learner.
Animesh Parikshya
Aug 27, 2019
The training was interactive and…
The training was interactive and interesting
Saswat Behera
Aug 12, 2019
Very knowledgeable session with Hiren…
Very knowledgeable session with Hiren with lot of case studies .
Sumana Narayanaiah
Jul 23, 2019
Great Class!
Hiren Doshi for Scrum! He was good! Well, Very Good to be precise!
He is an Instructor, who breathes Scrum, and the ability to explain, articulate and validate, on why, what, how to do it.
The class was interactive, he ensured the attention was on him while he spoke and keeping it simple with real life examples, so when you walk away from the class, you go back to the example so the concept stays with you!
Ganesh Suryanarayanan
Jul 20, 2019
It was a great learning .
It was a great learning .. the manner in which it was conducted showed how proficient the trainer was .. it will always stay fresh !!
Sachin Patel
Jul 16, 2019
Excellent training and Excellent trainer
Excellent training and Excellent trainer
KALYANAKRISHNAN PARAMESWARAN
Jul 9, 2019
Good content and excellent trainer
Good content and excellent trainer
Naval Thakur
Jun 28, 2019
A Good learning and informative session…
A Good learning and informative session during this class. I knew the Scrum prior to this session however, after attending this class, my understanding about Scrum has changed to a great extent.
Thanks to Hiren Doshi for providing such an informative training on Scrum (PSF). And Thanks to Scrum.Org for designing an organized learning curriculum about Scrum Framework.
Nirav Joshi
Jun 27, 2019
Really loved the sessions
Really loved the sessions
Sourav Mukhopadhayay
Jun 22, 2019
Clear understanding of scrum with…
Clear understanding of scrum with practical sessions.
Sravanthi Tarlana
Jun 20, 2019
PSPO - A awsome training to become a awsome Product Owner
I attended PSPO training course on 19-20 June, 2019. I would like to thank Mr. Hiren Doshi for taking his valuable time and teach us the training course. The course module was well defined and beautifully structured. During the course our trainer provided lot of practical problems in different industry and how solution had been implemented over them. Also the trainer shared his past experience about other companies and related problems. I hope to implement the learnings in my profession soon.
Anupam Bhandari
Jun 20, 2019
It was great Training
It was great Training. Lots of real life examples. Right combination of role plays and theory
Bhasker Sathyanarayana
Jun 17, 2019
An excellent class to Attend
An excellent class to attend with great demonstration and interactive sessions.
Satyabrata Samal
May 29, 2019
Fantastic course
Fantastic course, recommend to anyone aspiring to be product owner. Lot of energy / passion in the room
Sangeeth Parvatam
May 5, 2019
Great instructors
Great instructors, good insights - well structured and delivered
Michael Mai
Mar 26, 2019
Scrum class room review.
Classes were awesome. This is my first class where I did not see even single PPT and completely interactive sessions. Trainer was full time charged with a lot of energy and fun.
kamalakar balgi
Mar 16, 2019
very interesting class overall
very interesting class overall. Coach has superb energy to engage each and every participant and made the class interactive. Various doubts about concepts were clarified.
Vaibhav Sharma
Mar 16, 2019
Overall session was really good
Decent interactive sessions and great exercises with much needed scrum concepts.
shankaragouda patil
Mar 7, 2019
PSF Class room Training
I was really impressed the way Hiren Doshi took the class . The focus was more on practicality rather than Theoretical or PPT based.
Sandipan Das
Feb 12, 2019
The Workshop of 2 days was worth every…
The Workshop of 2 days was worth every minute!!
Tinaz Bhathena
Feb 11, 2019
Totally Scrumified!
It was a great two day session, no slides but purely an interactive session. Lot of ideas were discussed on the floor, and different use cases discussed on how Scum can help deliver projects in a more effective and an efficient manner. Hiren is a great coach, shared lot of practical knowledge!
Jairaj Shetty
Feb 4, 2019
About..
The class was soo smooth,it never felt like a monotonous training.
It was full of activities, fun and a lot of learning.
Discovered some Amazing ways to solve complex problems.
Krithika Dave
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Hiren Doshi
The organizations must truly practice patience while applying Scrum. Scrum does not solve the problems, but it reveals all the problems that deter you from achieving your goals by making it radically transparent. Patiently work on the problems one at a time and very soon you will achieve the Business Agility you desire.
May 18, 2020
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Hiren Doshi
The Scrum values help build the foundation of Trust. Transparency, Inspection, and Adaptation, the three pillars to embrace empiricism flourish on the foundation of Trust.
May 9, 2020
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Hiren Doshi
*Covid is a fictional character based on my imagination that represents the strain of CoronaVirus that is causing the disease Covid-19. This is just a very simple and sincere attempt to put my knowledge and understanding about Covid-19 to test in this article and I tried making the connection with Scrum. I hope you enjoy it.
May 3, 2020
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Hiren Doshi
We all understand, every field has a skill quotient that you need to achieve to be able to qualify and deliver. It’s a Doctor of Medicine for someone who wants to practice medicine, be a Doctor, and save lives.
Jun 27, 2018
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Hiren Doshi
The Scrum Team consists of 3 distinct Scrum roles that promote self-organization: the Scrum Master, the Product Owner, and the Development Team. The accountability of each role complements the accountability of the other roles. Hence, collaboration between these roles is the key to success:
The Scrum Master, through servant-leadership, coaches, facilitates, educates, and guides the team to solve its own problems by using the three pillars of empiricism. The Scrum Master understands that constructive disagreements are necessary to build high-performing teams. The Scrum Master allows the team to learn from the cycle of failing, trying, and failing again. The Scrum Master also helps self-organization by proactively and uncompromisingly removing impediments that are beyond the team’s self-organization capability.
The Product Owner closely interacts with stakeholders and product management to identify the most valuable work. The Product Owner relies on the Development Team for the actual delivery of a potentially shippable software increment in every Sprint. At every Sprint Review, the stakeholders help the team in shaping the future product.
The Development Team members collaboratively select their own work from the Product Backlog ordered by the Product Owner. They collaboratively create actionable activities to realize their forecast as reflected in the Sprint Backlog. They re-plan their work on a daily basis within the time-boxed Sprint to optimize the team’s output. They deliver a potentially releasable increment (integrated with increments of other teams, if multiple teams are involved) of software at the end of each Sprint. This self-directedness, the ability for people to direct their own work, motivates them and reinforces self-organization.
One of the best examples of self-organization comes straight from Ken Schwaber’s blog post “Self-Organization and Our Belief That We Are in Charge.”
I pose the following question to Scrum Masters: What is the best way to organize 100 developers into Scrum Teams?
According to Ken, he would
Let the developers self-organize themselves into Development Teams as per the recommendation in The Scrum Guide that has all the cross-functional skills to build an integrated done Increment every Sprint. The Scrum Master may remind them that all one hundred people must be engaged meaningfully and that mentoring is expected. The Scrum Master may have the lead developers lead a discussion about the software and architecture to be worked on, with the underlying dependencies. The Scrum Master may have the Product Owner discuss the intricacies of the Product Backlog. And, if they organize sub-optimally, they can correct and continually adjust team membership as they find out more. Promote a learning organization with bottom-up intelligence. So the one-hundred-people group self-organizes and divides itself into teams.
This is one of the topics from my book – “Scrum Insights For Practitioners: The Scrum Guide Companion“. Happy reading!
I look forward to hearing your thoughts on how the Scrum roles can further promote Self-organization.
Jan 23, 2017
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Hiren Doshi
What Is Self-Organization?
“Knowledge workers have to manage themselves. They have to have autonomy,” says Peter Drucker.
Scrum Promotes Self-Organization
By specifying a lightweight framework: three roles, five events, and three artifacts.
By removing titles for the Development Team members. Everyone is equal, and there is no hierarchy within the Development Team.
By empowering the Development Team and determining the best way to accomplish its work.
Self-organization enables
creativity within the Scrum Teams,
accountability in the Scrum Team, and
people’s personal commitments to achieving the goals of the Scrum Team.
Self-organization is something that cannot be imposed on the team. Self-organization does not mean a free run where Development Team members can do whatever they desire. Self-organization happens by setting clear boundaries within which the empowered team members can organize their own work. Some factors that promote self-organization in Scrum are the following:
Trust: People in the team must be able to trust each other, communicate freely, achieve insights, and collaborate. Anything that is a barrier to achieving these should be removed.
Time-boxing: This Scrum rule helps focus and manage risks.
Fixed Sprint length: This factor helps with the consistent delivery of business value in every time-boxed Sprint.
Optimal Development Team size: A cross functional Development Team of three to nine members, as recommended in The Scrum Guide, helps remove unnecessary complexity and communication overhead.
Definition of “Done”: Creating transparency regarding the work inspected during the Sprint Review, it also en- ables everyone in the Scrum Team to have common shared understanding.
Scrum Values: The Scrum values of courage, focus, commitment, respect, and openness are embodied and lived by everyone.
This is one of the topics from my book - "Scrum Insights For Practitioners: The Scrum Guide Companion". Happy reading!
I look forward to hearing your thoughts on Self-organization.
Dec 12, 2016
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Hiren Doshi
Empiricism means working in a fact-based, experience-based, and evidence-based manner. Scrum implements an empirical process where progress is based on observations of reality, not fictitious plans. Scrum also places great emphasis on mind-set and cultural shift to achieve business and organizational Agility.
The three pillars of empiricism are as follows:
Transparency: This means presenting the facts as is. All people involved—the customer, the CEO, individual contributors—are transparent in their day-to-day dealings with others. They all trust each other, and they have the courage to keep each other abreast of good news as well as bad news. Everyone strives and collectively collaborates for the common organizational objective, and no one has any hidden agenda.
Inspection: Inspection in this context is not an inspection by an inspector or an auditor but an inspection by every- one on the Scrum Team. The inspection can be done for the product, processes, people aspects, practices, and continuous improvements. For example, the team openly and transparently shows the product at the end of each Sprint to the customer in order to gather valuable feedback. If the customer changes the requirements during inspection, the team does not complain but rather adapts by using this as an opportunity to collaborate with the customer to clarify the requirements and test out the new hypothesis.
Adaptation: Adaptation in this context is about continuous improvement, the ability to adapt based on the results of the inspection. Everyone in the organization must ask this question regularly: Are we better off than yesterday? For profit-based organizations, the value is represented in terms of profit. The adaptation should eventually relay back to one of the reasons for adapting Agile—for example, faster time to market, increased return on investment through value- based delivery, reduced total cost of ownership through enhanced software quality, and improved customer and employee satisfaction.
Scrum works not because it has three roles, five events, and three artifacts but because it adheres to the underlying Agile principles of iterative, value-based incremental delivery by frequently gathering customer feedback and embracing change. This results in faster time to market, better delivery predictability, increased customer responsiveness, ability to change direction by managing changing priorities, enhanced software quality, and improved risk management.
This is one of the topics I covered in my book - "Scrum Insights For Practitioners: The Scrum Guide Companion". Happy reading!
Dec 4, 2016
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Hiren Doshi
I am listing out some commonly observed Scrum Myths, Mysteries, and Misconceptions from my experience.
Scrum Teams are assigned to several projects or features. This results in context switching (i.e., multitasking), and the outcome is increased cycle time and delayed value delivery to business.
The software is not released to market frequently, thereby missing the opportunity to gather customer feedback.
When Scrum Teams say “Done,” they are not really “Done.” They need additional regression test cycles, or they need additional cycles to integrate their work with the work of other teams.
There is more than one Product Owner for one product with no clear accountability.
Proxy Product Owners are assigned to the Scrum Team with no empowerment to make business decisions, resulting in unnecessary delays.
The role of the Scrum Master is undermined by assigning a part-time Scrum Master or team members taking turns to play the role of a Scrum Master in every Sprint.
There is a certain myth that burn-down charts, burn-up charts, and cumulative-flow diagrams must be used by the Scrum Teams as metrics. The Scrum framework does not prescribe any of these metrics. Depending on the value these metrics drive, you can choose to use them or drop them altogether.
It is a myth that success of the team can be measured by an increase in the team’s velocity. Velocity is neither good nor bad. It is just a metric that can be handy for planning. It is a metric to measure capacity, not productivity.
There are Sprints called Sprint 0, Design Sprint, Architectural Sprint, Hardening Sprint, Stabilization Sprint, and Testing Sprint. The only true Sprint is a time-box of one month or less during which a “Done,” usable, and potentially releasable Product Increment is created.
There are Sprints after Sprints just to build the overall architecture with no real business functionality at the end of each Sprint.
Instead of recruiting someone with experience in working with Scrum, organizations recruit someone with no prior Scrum experience or send their in-house project managers to a two-day Scrum class, hoping they can play the role of an effective Scrum Master.
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The above excerpt is from book "Scrum Insights For Practitioners: The Scrum Guide Companion"
What is your list of commonly observed Scrum Myths, Mysteries, and Misconceptions?
Nov 28, 2016
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Hiren Doshi
Fifteen crucial responsibilities of an entrepreneurial Product owner. Maximize value & Optimizer, The Product Vision, Value, and Validation, Return of Investment, Reducing the Total Cost of Ownership, Stakeholder Engagement and Collaboration, Business Agility.
May 5, 2016
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Hiren Doshi
The 3 Scrum Roles are:
The Product Owner
The Scrum Master
The Development team
The various levels of services in the Scrum roles are:
Scrum Master serves the Development Team
Development Team serves the Product Owner
Product Owner serves the stakeholders.
The accountability of the the various roles are:
Product Owner is accountable for the value being delivered.
Scrum Master is accountable for building High performing Scrum Teams by ruthlessly removing impediments and facilitating Development Team decisions. And the best way a Scrum Master can remove impediments is to empower/teach/coach the Development Team to remove them themselves. Only if the team is stuck the Scrum Master removes the impediments himself.
Development Team manages itself and is accountable to build a releasable increment of software that adheres to their agreed 'Done' at the end of every sprint
May 3, 2016
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