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Scrum master certification: Top 13 certs for agile pros

CIO

The methodology, which is also used beyond software development at some businesses , is at the center of several frameworks such as Scrum, Lean, Kanban , and Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe). What is Scrum? What is a Scrum master? What can Scrum master certification do for your career?

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How to Prepare for a Scrum Master Interview

Exadel

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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Digital transformation’s fundamental change management mistake

CIO

Value stream mapping can be an important tool to help illustrate to employees the value of their work. Agile and scrum methodologies put most of the emphasis on delivery activities when teams focus on completing user stories every sprint. They should set expectations for their agile teams on simplifying end-user adoption.

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Leaders Leveraging the OODA Loop in a Scrum@Scale Environment

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This blog post explores the synergy between the OODA Loop and Scrum, delving into how this powerful decision-making tool can be leveraged for effective impediment removal. In business, this could mean looking at performance metrics, team feedback, or market conditions. The term “impediment” holds significant weight.

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7 tell-tale signs of fake agile

CIO

Organizations that want to be agile, but are at complete odds with the agile philosophy, can also be fooling themselves about their agile practices, observes Jenny Herald, vice president of evangelism at Gtmhub, a provider of tools for setting and measuring enterprise goals and results. Ask to see their team metrics,” he says.

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Be a Better Scrum Master

SCRUMstudy

A Scrum master plays a crucial role in the implementation of Scrum on software development projects. Click here for the Challenges faced by a Scrum Master. A Scrum master is like a leg in the tripod of the Scrum team, with the other two being the product owner and the development team.

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Use these metrics to get the most out of your engineering team

CircleCI

I’ve been leading software teams for more than 20 years and one thing I’ve learned about metrics is that leaders tend to put too much emphasis on engineering metrics alone, without considering the bigger picture. Morale metrics. Business metrics. Velocity metrics. Morale metrics. Change lead time.

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