Scrum Master, ¿Conoces tus desafíos profesionales? ¡Estamos aquí para ayudar! Como Scrum Master, es importante que te mantengas actualizado sobre las mejores prácticas y herramientas. En este artículo discutimos estrategias y técnicas para abordar los desafíos comunes que enfrentan los Scrum Mas...

La Definición de Terminado ayuda al equipo Scrum a trabajar hacia un objetivo común y proporciona una clara definición de lo que constituye un incremento "Terminado", impulsando transparencia y previsibilidad sobre el trabajo que se debe realizar en cada Sprint. Sin embargo, el equipo Scrum puede en...

In this episode of the Scrum.org Community Podcast, Dave West continues his discussion with Willem van den Corput, VP Engineering at Lightyear and Michelle Siau, Agile Coach about how Scrum is used at Lightyear to develop Solar electric vehicles, managing complexity and adapting to growth in their o...

Facilitating the dynamics and interactions of Scrum Events is essential towards guiding the scrum team collectively to a shared objective. These five facilitation principles work hand in hand to ensure that your scrum events will become more focused, productive and effective.

What transparency can the Developers bring to the Scrum Team and the stakeholders of your product? Transparency, being one of the core underlying concepts of the Scrum framework, we can expect the Developers to actively work on this.

During this 2022 conversation on the Women in Agile podcast, Kathy Marshak and Emily Lint sat down to discuss Middle Management in the agile space. Where do they belong? How do you bring them on the Agile journey with you? And, most importantly, how do we as Agilists help them thrive in these new w...

In a context of an enterprise a cross-functional team is not enough. A concept of a Product Group that extends cross-functional team is helpful. A Product Group is a semi-autonomous unit with P&L responsibility that consists of cross-functional teams, shared functions, systems and roles. Multiple Pr...

Werden Product Owner künftig mit einem statistischem Modell um Jobs wetteifern müssen?

El User Story Mapping es una herramienta complementaria muy útil para visualizar el trabajo necesario para crear un producto o servicio, permitiendo a los equipos de desarrollo y stakeholders entender de manera clara y concisa las necesidades del usuario y cómo se relacionan entre sí. Se divide en d...

Agile managers play a crucial role in the success of any agile team. But what is an agile manager? What exactly does an agile manager do? In this video, PSTs Robert Pieper, Gregory Crown and Jason Malmstadt discuss the role of an agile manager and how they interact with agile teams to ensure success...

Psychological Safety is an important asset of effective Scrum Teams. In this short video, we introduce psychological safety, share a familiar scenario and provide 3 tips to foster psychological safety on your Scrum Team. (4:10 Minutes)

In this episode of the Scrum.org Community Podcast, host Dave West chats with Willem van den Corput, VP Engineering at Lightyear and Michelle Siau, Agile Coach about how Lightyear came about, how they use Scrum to build Solar electric vehicles, coaching and more! (33:11 Minutes)

Often people confuse and conflate opinions from experts inside the building with evidence, and it's not evidence.

If you’re a newcomer to all of this, you might be asking yourself: What is Agile even all about? How can organizations such as your own profit from becoming more agile?

In Scrum, the Product Owner’s purpose is to maximize the value of the Scrum Team’s work (the product). Delivering value to the customer (beneficial customer outcomes) is the ultimate measure of success for the Scrum Team, including the Product Owner.

Why does Agile focus on values and principles rather than a prescribed set of steps? In an agile space, there are no predetermined set of steps that will lead to a predefined outcome. The problem has never been solved before, nor has the solution ever been created, so you don’t know what you don’t k...

Todd, Ryan, and Prateek discuss throughput and why it is the most suitable flow metric for Sprint planning.

In order for Scrum Masters to fulfill their accountability they must enable the team to continuously improve its practices within the Scrum Framework. Learn about how a Scrum Master can instill continuous improvement mindset through an exploration of some frequently asked questions that we’ve encountered from Scrum Teams.

Will You Compete for a Position w/ an LLM Soon? — I took a few questions from the Hiring: 82 Scrum Product Owner Interview Questions guide and ran a ChatGPT Product Owner job interview.

Why giving your people the time and space to learn and improve is important.

Scrum could be used in all sorts of domains, but I would not be so arrogant to tell you it can be used in any domain. It has been used and you can try it in pretty much any domain, but there would be one constraint holding back Scrum or holding back your ability to do Scrum: if you cannot deliver a...

Integrating Artificial Intelligence (AI) in various industries is driving the change in how companies hire. As AI continues to shape and transform how we work and live, it is unsurprising that it also affects how companies recruit new talent.

What is Sprint planning? Does a Scrum Team really need to plan the whole Sprint in the beginning? What should be the output of this Scrum Event? Watch this video to find out!

Was zeichnet ein schwieriges Gespräche aus? - Die Gesprächspartner haben unterschiedliche Ansichten. - Es sind Emotionen im Spiel. - Es steht viel auf dem Spiel für die Personen. Führst du als Scrum Master Gespräche über Veränderungen, sind diese Gespräche schwierig. Wie du sie souverän meis...

¡Agile is not dead! Te queremos mostrar que debes saber del por qué y cómo puede utilizar la metodología ágil en tu vida profesional sin acabar en una defunción.

What transparency can the Product Owner bring to the Scrum Team and the stakeholders of your product? Transparency, being one of the core underlying concepts of the Scrum framework, we can expect the Product Owner to actively work on this.

For those new to the concepts of Scrum and its framework, Sprints can be a topic of curiosity. Does it mean sprinting to the end as fast as possible? Do we have any downtime between Sprints? And most importantly, what's the point of a Sprint? Learn all about the Sprint as it is defined in the Scrum ...

Traditional management models consider the work of people and team development to be the job of the team’s manager. Scrum puts specific responsibility on Scrum Masters to support and guide Scrum Team members (as well as other members of the organization). However, team development is not only th...

Der Scrum Master Gehaltsbericht 2023 basiert auf den Antworten von 1.143 Teilnehmern aus aller Welt. Finden Sie heraus, wie Sie im Vergleich abschneiden!

Many of us find it difficult to ask for help at work, which is a problem if you are part of a Scrum Team. Interdependence and collaboration are central to Scrum, but these practices don’t always come naturally to those new to the framework. In this post, we explore the incorrect assumptions tied up ...

The ways that leaders present themselves and interact with their colleagues can either support agility, or defeat it. Learn the difference between leaders and managers and the traits of an agile leadership style. Explore why we speak more about agile leadership and not servant leadership.

The best way to support a team working on complex problems is to give them the space to determine how to do their work, rather than directing them. Learn about self-managing teams and their characteristics. Explore some myths and misunderstandings about self-management.

In diesem Scrum-Pulse-Webcast erklärt Professional Scrum Trainer Simon Flossmann, wie man mit nur 3 einfachen Facilitation-Techniken die Kommunikation in Scrum Teams nachhaltig effektiver gestaltet.

The coach’s job is to be a process expert, enabling those they are coaching to achieve their goals using skills such as developmental conversations, active listening and asking thought-provoking questions. Learn a few of the coaching principles, traits and skills of a coach, and why coaching is beneficial for Scrum Teams.

Mentoring is a mutually beneficial relationship in which a mentor provides guidance to a mentee to help the mentee reach their goals. It’s often confused with coaching. Learn why mentoring is beneficial for Scrum Team, mentoring principles, skills and traits of a mentor as well as the traits of a mentee.

Is your Sprint Review effective? In this VLOG, I explain the foundation of the Sprint Review event concisely and precisely containing 4 questions to trigger you to think of improving your way of conducting the Sprint Review.

In this episode of Ask a Professional Scrum Trainer, Sander Dur, PST at Xebia, joins to answer questions around Scrum Mastery, Self-Management, Product Ownership, estimation, metrics and more! (57:36 Minutes)

In this vlog, PST Joshua Partogi elaborates how Scrum Masters can use the Scrum values to lead people in the company towards agility.

About Sprint Planning Event Purpose: Initiates the Sprint by laying out the work to be performed for the Sprint. Output is a Sprint Backlog (Sprint Goal + selected PBIs + Plan) Facilitator Focus: Enable a collaborative and transparent environment with a clear objective. Keep the team f...

About the Sprint Review Event Purpose: Inspect the Increment, through feedback and adaptation of the Product Backlog if needed Facilitator Focus: Enable an engaging, energetic and participative environment. Encourage listening vs. reacting. Empathize, listen actively and build synergy b...

About the Sprint Retrospective Event Purpose: The Scrum Team inspects how the last Sprint went; individuals, interactions, process, tools and Definition of Done. Output: the Scrum Team adapts by identifying the most helpful changes to improve its effectiveness. Facilitator Focus: Enabl...

About the Daily Scrum Event Purpose: Developers inspect progress toward the Sprint Goal. Output of the Daily Scrum is a plan for the next working day Facilitator Focus: Enable an atmosphere where the team focuses on delivering quality, commitment (Sprint Goal) and addressing impedimen...

Accountability is the act of being answerable or accountable for something. It is a key component of any successful organisation. In this blog post, we will cover the benefits of organisational accountability and how it can help you improve value delivery.

Facilitation can be used to lead people toward agreed-upon objectives in a manner that encourages participation, ownership and creativity by all involved. Learn about the principles of facilitation, skills and traits of a facilitator, how to facilitate diverse perspectives and explore some facilitation techniques for the Scrum Events.

What is a Scrum Master? Is a Scrum Master like a project manager? Are they your boss? Do they conduct all the Scrum Events or run all the meetings? Learn all about the role of a Scrum Master as it is defined in the 2020 Scrum Guide in this video.

The Scrum Master Salary Report 2023 is based on the answers of 1,143 participants globally. Find out how you compare!

A very interesting (and sad) piece of news made headlines in Spain recently that provides some lessons about agile product development and incremental delivery. 

Scrum is a popular Agile project management framework that has been adopted by organizations worldwide. A Scrum Master is a critical member of a Scrum Team, responsible for facilitating the process and ensuring the team follows Scrum practices. In this comprehensive guide, we’ll cover everything you...

Wenn die Scrum Events in deinem Team aktuell noch so aussehen: - In Meetings reden alle durcheinander. - Larry wiederholt sich ständig, wie eine Schallplatte, die einen Sprung hat. - Am Ende findet immer nur die lauteste Stimme Gehör. Dann ist es Zeit, dies zu ändern! Lies weiter und du e...

What if I told you there is one 1 question you can ask to figure out where you are in the product life cycle? Moreover, what if I told you figuring out where you are can tell you the kind of complexities you can expect to deal with?