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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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Superhero Scrum Masters; helpful or bottleneck?

Xebia

His weakness is kryptonite, a green crystalline material. The Superhero Scrum Master is no exception. The Superhero Scrum Master is the first one to dive into any impediment to resolve it. A developer has feedback on someone else, but is too afraid to tell it? The Scrum Team is like a kid, trying to learn to ride a bike.

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The Modern Guide to the Daily Scrum Meeting

Agile Pain Relief Notes from a Tool User

Many people who attend Scrum training courses start with the impression that the Daily Scrum is the whole of Scrum. Others think the Daily Scrum centres on three questions (this was true a long time ago). This guide to the Daily Scrum meeting was created to address these misconceptions as well as answer common questions.

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9 tips for achieving IT service delivery excellence

CIO

IT service delivery enables an organization to give end users access to essential IT services by designing, developing, and deploying key technology resources, including applications and data. Listen and be empathetic to the user’s situation before presenting — and enacting — the best possible solution. “In

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How To Maximize An Agile Team – Don’t Give Up On Scrum

Modus Create

When I first attended Scrummaster training, I went in wide-eyed and excited to learn all of the secrets behind this amazing “new” agile project-management strategy called Scrum. I immediately donned the rose-colored glasses they handed out, and gobbled up the information that was presented. That’s when it got bad.

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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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Iterative Process in Agile: Optimizing Software Development

Altexsoft

Well, that’s an illustrative example of how iterative development works – which is the topic of today’s post. But for many people, when they hear about the iterative process, the first thing that comes to mind is software development. What is an iterative process?