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In this post, we describe one tiny experiment that can create big shifts in how teams experience the Scrum Events and the decisions they make during them.
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On November 18, 2020, Ken Schwaber and Jeff Sutherland released an updated version of the Scrum Guide. In this blog post, I will share what you need to know about the 2020 Scrum Guide. I will start with the most important things you need to know, and then I’ll get into a little more nuance for the S...
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A free do-it-yourself workshop to help Scrum Teams articulate the paradoxical challenges they face and find imaginative solutions to navigate them.
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Book
By Christiaan Verwijs, Johannes Schartau, Barry Overeem - Zombie Scrum Survival Guide is for Scrum Masters, Scrum practitioners, Agile coaches and leaders, and everyone who wants to transform Scrums promises into reality.
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The Scrum Guide Reordered 2020 is based on about 95 percent of the text of the Scrum Guide 2020, extending its original structure by adding additional categories, for example, on self-management, commitments, or accountability.
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In the 2020 Scrum Guide, the Definition of Done is created by the Scrum Team. In previous versions of the Scrum Guide, this responsibility was explicitly owned by the Development Team. I will explain the intention of the change and what it means for Scrum Teams.
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Sprint Retrospective is the last Scrum event within a Sprint. During this event entire Scrum Team- Scrum Master, Product Owner & Development Team inspects the Sprint and decides how to improve the next Sprint.
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A reflection on four key changes in the 2020 Scrum Guide, why they were made, and why that is a big deal
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Guide
Scrum is defined completely in the Scrum Guide by Ken Schwaber and Jeff Sutherland and is maintained independently of any company. The Scrum Guide is translated and available in over 30 languages.
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Doing Scrum is not enough! The precious result will not be achieved just by understanding and following the rules and principles of the Scrum Framework. Every day organisations are starting and failing with business agility, praise and blame Scrum.
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Podcast
In this episode of Ask a Professional Scrum Trainer originally recorded on November 11, 2020, PST Matt Dominici answered some of the toughest Scrum questions from our live audience.
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A Sprint Planning checklist? How dare you: Agile is a mindset, not a methodology. It is a journey, not a destination. There is no one-size-fits-all approach, and what else could you possibly cover with a checklist, the mother of all standardized processes?
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From Scrum Master to Development Team members, this set of questions addresses the foundations of a Scrum Team capability to build valuable products: technical excellence and what it takes to achieve this proficiency level.
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What's good awesome people? I hope you are well and safe wherever you may be when watching today's vlog. In today's vlog, I would like to share with you the answer to one of the most common questions I keep on getting, that is: "Can the Scrum Master also be a Developer?". Enjoy today's video which i...
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Ideas on how to use Powerful Questions virtually and help teams find their own solutions to persistent problems.
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Webcast
Check out this webinar with Digital.ai and Scrum.org to learn about the practices, tools, and values that have allowed many agile teams to thrive while working remotely and the steps that your organization can take if you have teams or individuals who are struggling.
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A significantly increasing number of companies strive for agility. They intend to progress with agile transformation.
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During my interactions with my students/ colleagues who play the role of Scrum Master, they tell me that they see gaps in how things are implemented compared to the rules of the Scrum Guide.
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TL; DR: 70 Scrum Master Theses The following 70 Scrum Master theses describe the role of from a holistic product creation perspective.
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As per Scrum Guide – The Sprint Goal is an objective that will be met within the sprint by implementing the Product Backlog, and it guides the Development Team on why it is building the Increment.
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20 ideas for using the new Scrum Mythbusters card deck in your organization
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Webcast
Agility is a buzz word that can be interpreted to mean different things to different people. In this session, Professional Scrum Trainer Ravi Verma and his colleague Steve Tallent will explore several questions together,
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Help your remote team discover what happens without clear Sprint Goals. And bring back focus together!
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Webcast
The role of the Scrum Master is a complex one. You are serving, coaching, facilitating and teaching the team all while helping to remove impediments and changing the organization.  In today's landscape it has become even more complex having to deal with people working remotely, added distractions an...
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In this blog series I would like to address topics that relate to professional team coaching as well as Professional Scrum. In the course of becoming a Professional Team Coach, I noticed a lot of interesting topics for Scrum Masters who want to improve their coaching stance.
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What is good awesome people? I hope you are having an awesome weekend so far. After my two previous vlogs, many people asked me: What Happens To The Sprint Backlog Items That Are Not Done?
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The foundation of Agility and Scrum is the principle of Empiricism - using what is happening in front of us to learn and adjust what we do next...
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Webcast
Distributed teams are not new, but our global pandemic has made them the norm. Atlassian University and Scrum.org team up in this webinar to explore the myth that agile and Scrum Teams need to be colocated and walk through real-world examples of how products get delivered from distributed teams.
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In business, the quest for predictability is universal. We all want to grab hold of the reality we face everyday and, somehow, bend it to our will.
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Video
In this Scrum Tapas video, Professional Scrum Trainer Stephanie Ockerman looks at how Scrum Masters can use the Scrum Values as a starting point when coaching their Scrum Teams. She walks through some examples and experiences she has had coaching Scrum Teams. (4:33 Minutes)
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Video
In this Scrum Tapas video, Professional Scrum Trainer Ravi Verma looks at ways to become a more effective manager in an Agile environment. (4:59 Minutes)
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Scrum has proven time and again to be the most popular framework for software development. Given that software is eating the world, a seasoned Scrum Master is nowadays in high demand.
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A problem with many teams is that they are not living in an environment where opportunistic discovery is supported or promoted. Teams are there to deliver, which we measure by monitoring their velocity. This is sadly a common practice. 
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Somewhere between the 15th and 45th minute of the first pre-sales call, the prospect usually asks me - "Based on what you have heard about our company, by when do you think we will be 100% Agile Transformed and what will it cost...
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This experiment is about creating transparency around dependencies and the effect they have on your team’s ability to ship fast.
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Whitepaper
Is your organization really agile? How do you know? This whitepaper describes the foundation mindset, actions and behaviors of agile in four simple statements supported by 12 principles.
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Twenty questions for you — the new Scrum Master — that fit into a 60 minutes time-box.
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Values drive behaviour. Therein lies the importance of the Scrum Values, for different people and roles involved in Scrum.
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What's up, awesome people? I hope you are having a good weekend. Recently, many people asked me how to write a perfectly detailed user story...
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An attendee of a course I delivered recently reached out to me post course to ask a question. [This is something that I always encourage, with new knowledge often comes new questions]
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The Scrum Master tactics series are a series of articles in which I write about and explore contemporary techniques that will aid you in your journey as a Scrum Master.
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Put your understanding of the Scrum Framework to the test, with these 52 challenging cases for Scrum practitioners.
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This blog is inspired by two books I read recently "The Power of Full Engagement" & "A-Team of Leaders".
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Scrum has proven time and again to be the most popular framework for software development. Given that software is eating the world, a seasoned Scrum Master is nowadays in high demand.
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Besides the earlier published English version, there's a Russian version of the paper "Scrum: a Framework to Reduce Risk and Deliver Value Sooner" as well!
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Webcast
We all want the ideal cross functional scrum team with all the UX skills and capabilities it needs to consistently produce valuable products. Most commonly UX is a shared service with part time availability. This hour Adam Deardurff, career UX pro, and Summer Lawrence PST, talk about maximizing the ...
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When I first became a Scrum Master, I heard the phrase assume positive intent over and over again. And it really resonated with me.
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Case Study
Philips, with their roots in complexity science, used both the Scrum framework and Liberating Structures to help people navigate challenges, from small to complex, by working together effectively. This case study is the first in a series to demonstrate how Scrum Teams (can) use Liberating Structures...
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Все связано… Рисунок MC Esher Я Скрам Мастер и, узнавая, в чем заключается эта роль, я выяснил, что Скрам Мастерство - сложная профессия. По мере того как я становился опытнее в этой профессии, я заметил, что проблемы, с которыми я сталкивался, со временем усложнялись. Когда я начал работать, о...
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Regularly, we find articles from developers detailing why ‘Agile’ in general and Scrum’s nature, in particular, deserve our collective disdain.
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