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Why Having a Tech Lead or Manager as Scrum Master is a Bad Idea

Agile Pain Relief Notes from a Tool User

Have you ever had friends or family ask, “I know you’re called a scrum master, but what does that mean? Tell them that the role of ScrumMaster is as a servant-leader, coach, and facilitator, navigating the dynamics of the team to ensure Scrum practices are followed and value is delivered effectively. What do you actually do ?”

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Better Scrum with Essence

scruminc

When over 50% of Scrum implementations fail to deliver on time, on budget, with happy customers according to Standish Group data, we need to find tools and techniques to help us improve the odds against this. Scrum is by far the most widely used agile framework in the world, but we’ve also found that 58% of Scrum implementations fail.

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35 Fleshed-Out Scrum Master Interview Questions and Answers [2020]

Codegiant

From the desk of a brilliant weirdo #1: Are your hand shivering and pouring yourself with sweat right before your scrum master interview? If so, this “ Scrum Master Interview Questions and Answers ” article can, without a doubt, boost your confidence up and put your worries at rest.

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Scrum by Example – Don’t Let Sprint Review be a Missed Opportunity

Agile Pain Relief Notes from a Tool User

When last we left our World’s Smallest Online Bookstore team, their Sprint was rocky. The team set “Have basic reader review system in place so book buyers can see a variety of opinions about a book” as their Sprint Goal. B y the standards of many teams this is remarkably good. and implemented the changes.

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Scrum by Example – Same Old Song in Sprint Retrospective

Agile Pain Relief Notes from a Tool User

The World’s Smallest Online Bookstore team has just come out of their Sprint Review. For those who’re keeping score, the team committed to a Sprint Goal: Have basic reader review system in place so book buyers can see a variety of opinions about a book. The team return from lunch and the Retrospective starts.

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Collaboration, Over Work in Isolation

Agile Pain Relief Notes from a Tool User

When I’m working with new Scrum Teams and say that Scrum encourages collaboration among team members, everyone nods and smiles. If I’m lucky, someone mentions solving impediments found in Daily Scrum through collaboration. This suggests that only 10% of a Scrum team’s work is collaborative.

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Quality Assurance outsourcing in the World of DevOps-Best Practices for Dispersed (Distributed) Quality Assurance Team

Trigent

The software testing services is expected to grow by more than USD 55 Billion between 2022-2026. With outsourced QA being expedited through teams distributed across geographies and locations, many aspects that were hitherto guaranteed through co-located teams have now come under a lot of pressure.