Agile Pain Relief Notes from a Tool User

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

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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scruminc

OCTOBER 28, 2020

2020 Scrum Guide Launch. Celebrating 25 Years of Scrum. Join Dr. Jeff Sutherland and Ken Schwaber for a live event featuring the release of the updated Scrum Guide and celebrating 25 years of Scrum. Scrum is a framework and not a methodology. The updated Scrum Guide is leaner but its core remains empirical.

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CIO

DECEMBER 8, 2023

The Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) certification , available through the Scrum Alliance , is an entry-level certification aimed at providing professionals with an awareness of the methodologies and values of Scrum, including team performance, accountability, and iterative progress.

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Xebia

JUNE 20, 2022

The agile coaches are concerned with making the organization agile on a process level. The scrum masters are concerned with the agile process on a team level. And in some transformations, the team also has an agile technical coach who teaches the team new practices and techniques from Continuous Delivery, DevOps, and SRE.

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Agile Pain Relief Notes from a Tool User

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

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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DECEMBER 3, 2021

Is the Scrum Master a Full-Time Role or Not? There is always a lot of debate about if Scrum Master is a full-time role. . Some camps reference the Scrum Guide, others refer to LinkedIn posts, and yet others base their opinions on this question purely on experience. . Is the Scrum Master Role Really Needed? .

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Exadel

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

The latest State of Agile report once again highlighted Scrum as the most popular Agile approach : 66% of companies follow it closely, and an additional 15% follow derivations of Scrum (ScrumBan 9% and Scrum/XP 6%). Understandably, then, there’s a huge demand for Scrum Masters. What is the Scrum Master responsible for?

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JULY 31, 2020

Coach the Coach Episode 2 - Building Relationships. To be effective, all coaches must develop a productive relationship with their team or teams. Building this all-important relationship is the subject of episode 2 of our Coach the Coaches series with Host Tom Bullock and Scrum Inc.

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Exadel

JUNE 22, 2022

A Scrum Master plays an important role in facilitating agile delivery. When a Team starts using Scrum, their work becomes more manageable, coherent and efficient, and as a result, development time for new products is reduced significantly while maintaining optimal quality. Scrum Master Levels of Maturity?

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AUGUST 6, 2020

Scrum in Construction: A Better Way To Design, Plan, and Build. This free webinar explores how and why construction projects done with Scrum are safer, come in under budget, and finish early. Scrum in Construction: A Better Way To Design, Plan, and Build. Agile and Scrum are revolutionizing construction. Register Now.

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Xebia

JANUARY 11, 2019

Colleague Nicole Belilos took me under her wings and helped me develop and grow within this group of Agile coaches. Together with Laurens Bonnema we formed a group who had experienced a lot of bad Scrum, fake Scrum, Scrum […]. The post Celebrating one year of Scrum Boosters! appeared first on Xebia Blog.

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Agile42

MAY 22, 2023

There are endless resources, tools, and guidelines for professional coaching, but what makes coaching so magical is that it is an intensely personal experience for the coach. And yet, the personal is often missing when people talk about coaching. I felt like I was being squeezed like an orange,” she said.

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Agile Pain Relief Notes from a Tool User

MARCH 7, 2024

I will focus instead on the challenges of bringing someone new onto an effective Scrum team, specifically. Challenges of New People in Scrum Why it’s hard to bring a new person into a high-performing team: A good team will have built trust and a high degree of Psychological Safety. Listen, Listen, Listen. It will pay off. Ashforth, B.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Agile Beyond IT at Scrum Inc. by The Scrum Inc. For Scrum Inc., In our dynamic organization, every department practices Scrum as a guiding principle in their daily work – even teams outside of software. The enterprise-wide application demonstrates the value of scrum and the power of agility.

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SCRUMstudy

MAY 4, 2020

The use of Scrum framework to deliver projects has enabled organizations to go to market with their products and services faster than ever. To adopt the Scrum framework correctly and produce the outcomes the organizations require, they need to have an expert on the team — The Scrum Master!

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JUNE 26, 2020

ScrumCast Coach The Coach #1 - What Kind of Coach Are You? Each episode will explore organizational Agility and Scrum patterns, tactics, and techniques that drive real-world success. Every great team has a great coach. In short, the quality of Scrum and Agile coaches matter. . 16 Personalities.

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AUGUST 10, 2020

Scrum in HR: A Better Way To Engage, Equip & Empower People. This free webinar explores how and why Scrum helps Human Resource professionals tackle some of their most pressing challenges. . Scrum in HR: People Practices that Engage, Equip & Empower. Scrum in HR: People Practices that Engage, Equip & Empower.

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DECEMBER 4, 2020

2020 Scrum Guide Changes and Updates Explained. by Jeff Sutherland , JJ Sutherland , Avi Schneier , and the Scrum Inc. The 2020 Scrum Guide contains numerous updates and changes that make it the best guide yet. You can also learn more about the changes by watching the official 2020 Scrum Guide Launch event.

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CIO

APRIL 2, 2024

Janette Gleyzer, transformation advisor and coach at StarCIO, says digital trailblazers should address the why by answering reflective questions such as what defines success and what patterns emerged from past failures. They should set expectations for their agile teams on simplifying end-user adoption.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

Scrum & EduScrum: Prepare the Workforce of Tomorrow . This free webinar explores how Scrum in Education enables educators to achieve better results with their students and prepares learners for professional careers that are more impactful and fulfilling. Together, Scrum Inc. The Scrum Inc. Scrum Inc.’s

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JULY 20, 2023

Scrum QuickStart™ Launches For Individuals & Organizations To Supercharge Productivity The new on-demand course offering leverages decades of experience to allow adult learners to learn at their own pace while building broader organizational alignment Cambridge, Mass., The Agile Education Program (AEP) powered by Scrum Inc.™

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Agile42

JUNE 15, 2020

This blogpost will give you insights into starting a Scrum team, with a recording from the webinar and some additional information to support you with this journey. As with Scrum in general, starting a team is easy to understand but difficult to master. Starting a team is not just explaining Scrum and proclaiming: “Go!”.

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Dzone - DevOps

JANUARY 10, 2022

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. Which makes any Scrum Master interview a challenging task. Also, I have interviewed dozens of Scrum Master candidates on behalf of my clients.

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Xebia

DECEMBER 30, 2018

I take these along everywhere I teach and coach. Time Timer Plus Time-boxing is an important component of Scrum. The post More Physical and Digital tools for Scrum Masters and their teams appeared first on Xebia Blog. A couple of months ago I blogged about some of the tools and toys that live in the trunk of my car.

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MARCH 22, 2023

Is Honored to Sign The Armed Forces Covenant by the Scrum Inc. Team | March 22, 2023 | Blog At Scrum Inc., We know those who serve their country deserve our respect, gratitude, and support,” says Scrum Inc. As a ‘forces-friendly’ employer, Scrum Inc. As a ‘forces-friendly’ employer, Scrum Inc.

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Agile42

JUNE 11, 2020

I get many questions in my trainings, and one of the most common is when to use Scrum – usually preceded by utterances of “Scrum will never work in my team…” The wording of the question below comes from the Scrum Alliance Certified Team Coach (CTC) application. By Regina Martins. The Question.

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CIO

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) explained The Scaled Agile Framework encompasses a set of principles, processes, and best practices that helps larger organizations adopt agile methodologies , such as Lean, Kanban, and Scrum , to deliver high-quality products and services faster.

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MARCH 1, 2021

Scrum Success: Embracing The Ability To Adapt. For more than a year now, we have been part of a team consulting and coach a large client with multinational operations. We have seen this change as the Scrum implementation at this client continues to grow. These hospitality Scrum Teams have successfully tackled these challenges.

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InfoQ Culture Methods

APRIL 29, 2020

For this we really need a Test Coach role, just like we have agile coaches and scrum masters. Introducing business-oriented automated testing can involve a huge cultural change.

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Exadel

JULY 2, 2021

Daily Scrum Meeting is a necessary part of every Sprint, because it helps teams track their progress toward the Sprint Goal. What is the Daily Scrum Meeting? Successful Agile software development is impossible without effective Daily Scrum Meetings. What is a Daily Scrum Meeting? What Does a Daily Scrum Meeting Look Like?

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Xebia

DECEMBER 14, 2018

Tools that help developers, coaches and trainers to survive in the toughest environments. The post Physical and Digital tools for Scrum Masters and their teams appeared first on Xebia Blog. About 40 people gathered at the nlScrum meetup dedicated to physical and digital tools for the agile workspace.

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Xebia

DECEMBER 14, 2018

So how do you scale Scrum to the limit? The post Scaling Scrum to the limit appeared first on Xebia Blog. Most people naturally understand that just adding a random number of people isn’t likely to make us any faster in the short run. And what are […].

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Accenture

JUNE 26, 2018

Where coaching used to be something you exclusively get from the outside of the organization, it is now crucial for organizations to develop an internal capacity to support, grow and sustain greater agility. And yet there are still many organizations still struggling with the idea of needing team coaches. Why is this?

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JUNE 26, 2020

Scrum Trainer Spotlight: Brian Hackerson On Using Agile Principles in Uncommon Ways. by Scrum Inc. Brian Hackerson is a Scrum Inc. Scrum Trainer , Head Agile Coach at 3M, and co-creator of Agile Best Self. To Brian and all of the other Scrum Inc. The post Scrum Inc. Team | June 26, 2020 | Blog.

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CIO

MARCH 7, 2023

Assemble a team of Scrum coaches, and they’re likely to debate how much empowerment self-organizing teams require, when to estimate user stories, and whether sprints remain relevant when devops teams are automating deployments with CI/CD. Today, many CIOs must determine which agile tools to use and where to create practice standards.

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AUGUST 27, 2020

11 Simple Steps to Launch Your Scrum in Construction Pilot. Scrum is a team framework that allows complex projects to be delivered with adaptation yet supports people to both productively and creatively produce work at the highest possible value for customers. by Felipe Engineer-Manriquez | August 26, 2020 | Blog.

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Agile Pain Relief Notes from a Tool User

MARCH 12, 2020

The Scrum Guide offers very limited guidance, suggesting 3-9 people per team (exclusive of ScrumMaster and Product Owner), without giving reasons or context for those numbers. While this is primarily about Scrum, the lessons are applicable for any work that is collaborative and knowledge-based. Clearly, we need more useful sources.

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