Successful Scrum Masters continuously find ways to improve their practice to have greater influence and impact on their teams and organizations. Scrum’s foundational concept, empiricism, which advances learning through experience and observation, can support this kind of growth. In this blog post, we’ll explore five ways that a Scrum Master can use empiricism to improve their own practice and become a more effective leader. 

Analyzing the Agile fluency model from the perspective of Org Topologies.

In this article, we will analyze the famous “Tribes and Squads” model (also known as a “Spotify model”) in terms of where it fits on the archetype map.

"At regular intervals, the team reflects on how to become more effective, then tunes and adjust its behavior accordingly." What does this mean and why is it important?

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A dogmatic approach to Scrum tends to close down discussion and inhibit collaboration. If it’s in the Scrum framework described in the Scrum Guide, it’s there for a reason. But if it is not outlined in the framework, Scrum teams can innovate how to apply Scrum in their unique environment.

Could the first principles of “Agile” have been defined by “Zeno of Citium in Athens in the early 3rd century BCE?”

La facilitazione permette di guidare persone e team verso obiettivi concordati. Traduzione dell’articolo originale in inglese sul sito scrum.org.

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La regla de una organización sin silos es un concepto importante que debe considerarse y adoptarse en cualquier estructura organizativa. Al eliminar estos silos, permitimos que las personas trabajen juntos de manera más efectiva y eficiente al mismo tiempo que fomenta una cultura de transparencia dentro de la empresa.

Do You build "It Right" and at the "Right Time"?

The Definition of 'Done' is probably the most misunderstood concept of the Scrum framework. In this article we will discuss:  What Is the Definition of 'Done'  How it can be used in Scrum Events

3 Practices to Break out of Cruise Control and Drive Change

La facilitación permite crear un espacio colaborativo para ayudar a las personas a moverse hacia los objetivos de una manera que se hagan incluyendo la participación conciente, voluntaria y motivada, el compromiso del resultado como equipo y la creatividad de todos.

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Lassen Sie uns darüber nachdenken, warum die Beantwortung dieser veralteten Daily Scrum Fragen einen negativen Einfluss auf das Scrum-Team hat — Making Your Scrum Work (29).

Systems Thinking is one of the key concepts required for successful agile organization design. It provides a valuable approach to organization design that can help organizations better understand the interrelationships between different elements within the system. By recognizing feedback loops and boundaries, organizations can design systems that are more efficient, effective, and resilient.

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Gregory Fontaine is a Professional Scrum Trainer living in Japan. He discusses the current state of Scrum and Agile Development in Japan and shares his thoughts on what we could do next.

プロフェッショナル・スクラム・トレーナーから見て、なぜアジャイルは日本で広がらないのか？現状に関する考察、将来の展望、日本での浸透を進めるヒント

In this vlog, Professional Scrum Trainers, Andreanna Marshall and Scott Adams discuss the Risk Management strategy found in the Scrum framework.

How do the Product Owner and the Scrum Team navigate unexpected customer requests? What happens when a high priority customer issue is discovered mid-Sprint? Should the Scrum Team ignore the emergency or interrupt the Sprint? Like so many things in Scrum, the answer is that it depends.

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El Scrum Master brinda servicios de coaching, en ese sentido brinda orientación para ayudar a otros a alcanzar sus metas profesionales o personales. El coaching es una competencia para lograr usar un Scrum Profesional, al hablar del coaching (no del rol de un Agile Coach) conversamos acerca de cómo las habilidades de coaching pueden usarse para aumentar la efectividad y los resultados de un Equipo Scrum.

In this video, PST'S Gregory Crown, Jason Malmstadt and Robert Pieper are going to show you how an Agile Manager Helps Grow a Team. We'll get specific with a few ways you can help your team become better at self-management, improve team dynamics, and grow their product development skills.

Scrum im Selbststudium: Der Scrum Guide in 19 Artikeln erklärt - Teil 1:

Take your Daily Scrum from a reporting session to true teamwork and consider why answering the obsolete 3 Daily Scrum questions negatively impacts that ambition.

El Product Goal es un objetivo a largo plazo que establece la dirección general para el equipo Scrum y se enfoca en el valor que se entregará al cliente. Por otro lado, el Sprint Goal es un objetivo específico que se establece para cada Sprint en particular. Tener ambos objetivos en un equipo Scrum es importante ya que proporcionan un enfoque claro, ayudan a tomar decisiones informadas, facilitan la colaboración y proporcionan transparencia. Además, un buen objetivo de producto debe responder a preguntas específicas sobre la visión, las necesidades del usuario y las métricas para medir el impacto.

Hoy me ha venido a la cabeza una idea de la que he estado conversando últimamente: ¿Se supone que los Producto Owners y los Scrum Masters deben estar en una lucha sin fin?. En el artículo verás la respuesta.

In this vlog, PST Joshua Partogi explains why Scrum is not an iterative mini-waterfall project management method.

What transparency can the Scrum Master 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 Scrum Master to actively work on this.

la excelencia técnica en el desarrollo de software es un conjunto de prácticas y técnicas que permiten crear software de alta calidad, de manera rápida y eficiente, que cumpla con los requisitos del cliente y tenga una larga vida útil. Estas prácticas y técnicas, como las pruebas automatizadas, la integración continua y el diseño ágil, no solo son aplicables al desarrollo de software, sino que también pueden ser utilizadas como metáforas en áreas de negocio y comercial para mejorar la eficiencia y la calidad de las operaciones empresariales.

A do-it-yourself workshop to have Scrum teams clearly express what they need from management, stakeholders, and the supporting organization with “What I Need From You”

Success is measured by the value it provides to the end user rather than the delivery of a feature.

Is a Sprint Review needed for every Sprint? Who should attend? What should we have ready for this Event? Watch this video to find out!

Scrum Teams, die Entwicklung und UX in einem Team vereinen, stehen unweigerlich vor der Frage: „Wie gehen wir mit den Resultaten von Experimenten im Sprint Review um?“ Wenn du auch vor dieser Frage stehst, dann lies weiter:

Erfahren Sie, was ChatGPT als typische Arbeitsbelastung für einen Scrum Master betrachtet.

This blog post discusses the Theory of Constraints and how it can be a valuable tool for improving business, organization, and personal performance. The author emphasizes the importance of identifying and focusing on the constraints that are limiting success in order to achieve more with less effort. He explains how local optimizations may not lead to the desired results and how working on the constraints is crucial for achieving the goals of the system. The author also shares his personal experience of discovering the Theory of Constraints as his most valuable perception mode. The post concludes by encouraging readers to take a step back and ask themselves what constraints are holding them back and what they can do to overcome them.

In the quest for short-term gains and rapid productivity, organizations are sacrificing their long-term agility and adaptability, just like the Titanic did. But fear not! We can learn from history and prevent ourselves from meeting the same fate. So, let's explore how companies can avoid becoming the next Titanic and instead chart a course for long-term success.

Sentiment surveys at the Sprint Retrospective can be an early warning indicator that something is wrong.

Org Topologies™ is a mapping of recognizable organizational archetypes in product development. Understanding the archetypes will help you to navigate your agile transformation.

Org Topologies (OT) is a framework for strategic organizational design and change. It is described as the first “human-centric plus AI-friendly” approach to organizational change. This means it emphasizes the human side of change (people need to own their change and find it engaging) while anticipating the integration of AI into the workforce​.

Understanding stakeholders is really important for Scrum Teams to be able to engage them in the right manner. I have found Stakeholder Persona Canvas as a lightweight tool that helps a lot in understanding them better.

In this vlog, Professional Scrum Trainers, Andreanna Marshall, and Scott Adams discuss five common Scrum mistakes that will ruin your team's progress.

A proper Agile organizational design is critical to achieving your business strategy, and you need to redesign your organization when your capabilities and strategy are incompatible. Redesigning your organization involves rethinking its structure, processes, and people to ensure that they align with your strategy and capabilities.

Do you have to go to the Daily Scrum every day? Do you need to stand up? Should the Scrum Master and/or Product Owner attend every one? Watch this video to find out!

La paradoja de Jevons, también conocida como la "paradoja del progreso", se refiere a la observación de que a medida que aumenta la eficiencia en el uso de un recurso, su consumo total puede aumentar en lugar de disminuir. Esta paradoja fue nombrada en honor al economista británico William Stanley Jevons, quien la identificó por primera vez en su libro "The Coal Question" en 1865. La paradoja de Jevons se aplica a una amplia gama de recursos, pero se ha utilizado con más frecuencia para describir el uso del combustible. La idea es que cuando se mejora la eficiencia energética de una máquina o dispositivo, el costo del uso de la energía disminuye, lo que puede estimular un aumento en el consumo total de energía. Esto se debe a que el ahorro en costos hace que el uso del recurso sea más accesible y, por lo tanto, puede aumentar la demanda.

Read on and learn what ChatGPT considers to be a Scrum Master’s typical workload, excluding the removal of impediments.

Kleine Scrum-Missverständnisse wuchern schnell zu ernsthaften Erkrankungen aus. Möchtest du dies verhindern, solltest du frühzeitig und konsequent handeln. Natürlich ist nicht jede kleine Regelabweichung gleich besorgniserregend. Allerdings gibt es drei Erkrankungen, die Grund zur Sorge bereiten. Diese erfährst du, wenn du weiter liest...