Wanting to collaborate better, gain control over an overloaded annual plan, increase job satisfaction and, in turn, reduce staff turnover: these are challenges almost every organization in every sector faces. However, the cultural industry differs significantly from the business world. It has its own unique challenges, working methods, and goals. That’s why Curious Culture, together with Scrum Facilitators, developed a two-day Professional Scrum Master training specifically tailored to the cultural sector. We spoke with Ziryan Salayi, owner of Scrum Facilitators, about what Scrum is and why it can be so effective for organizations in the artistic field.

The Scrum Framework is simple, yet many misconceptions exist about applying Professional Scrum. We often notice cheat sheets and Scrum frameworks that do not match the Professional Scrum Standards. That is why we have decided to change our Scrum Framework poster and align it to Professional Scrum and what we teach in our classes.

Self-management is critical to succeeding as a Scrum Team because it leads to ownership and empowers the team. And it creates intrinsic motivation, which is such a powerful driver of team effectiveness. However, in reality we find that self-management remains a challenge. Developers in Scrum Teams often do not feel comfortable with self-management, and struggle to take ownership of their work.

In this post, I share a few questions you, as a manager - or any other stakeholder, can ask Product Owners and the rest of the Scrum Team to support them in doing the right thing.