Agile Metrics for Scrum Masters (3/3): Scrum Team’s Effectiveness
This is part 3 of the short video series on Agile metrics where we will talk about how to measure the effectiveness of a Scrum Team. If you haven’t watched the previous videos, I encourage you to check the part 1 on delivering Done Increment every Sprint and then part 2 on measuring the quality […]
Agile Metrics for Scrum Masters (2/3): Quality of Scrum
Let’s continue the discussion about Agile metrics that can help you measure your success as a Scrum Master. In part 1 of this series, we talked about delivering Done Increment every Sprint. If you haven’t watched the video or read the article, head down there now before continuing. In part 2, we will touch on […]
I’m a new Scrum Master – where do I start?
“Daria, I’ve never been a Scrum Master, I passed my certification and now I am starting a new Scrum Master job. What do I do? Where do I start?” These are some good questions with no one answer, unfortunately. But I’d like to share some of my thoughts on this topic in today’s article. As […]
Agile Metrics for Scrum Masters (1/3): Delivering Done Increment
How can you evaluate your success as a Scrum Master using metrics? Agile metrics is a complicated topic with no one-size-fits-all solution. There are many options to choose from. Where do you even start? In this three part series, I’d like to explore how Scrum Master accountabilities can guide you to choose metrics you can […]
3 key points to pay attention to as a Scrum Master in the new Scrum Guide 2020
The new version of the Scrum Guide has just been released. It is exciting! Scrum walks the talk by inspecting and adapting itself. So should you as a Scrum Master. In this article, I’ll talk about how new Scrum Guide changes affect you and what you need to do now. Need help understanding how to […]
Answering your questions: Operational tasks in Scrum
How do you handle operational tasks in Scrum? That is a question that was asked in one of the previous Lean Coffee session we held. It’s an unusual question, only for the reason that for me I don’t see an issue between Scrum and operational tasks. Watch the video to learn what you can do […]
Scrum Master, stop talking!
Being a servant leader is hard because you really want your teams to succeed but you can’t just tell them what to do. To compensate for this, we as Scrum Masters often tend to offer plenty of solutions to our teams when we see them struggling. Unfortunately, while it might seem like the best approach […]
Answering your questions: Understand product, scope and goals
As part of the previous Lean Coffee sessions we’ve answered many questions about the role of a Scrum Master and addressed some challenges together. But we were not able to get through all of the questions, just because there were so many. To remedy the situation, I have decided to answer some of the questions […]
How Done is your Definition of Done?
This article has been reposted at Scrum.org Blog as well. In every Professional Scrum class, we talk about Done as an important concept in Scrum. And very often some students would get surprised when we tell this simple truth: The whole point of Scrum is to have a Done product at the end of a […]
How to Write a Good Scrum Master Job Description
From Bad Scrum Master Job Descriptions… Let’s be honest – I roast companies and recruiters for posting terrible Scrum Master job descriptions. And there are a number of reasons why I do it. One of the main reasons is that I want to keep the integrity of this profession. Because Scrum Master’s role is easily […]
Scrum Rules Are There For A Reason
*Blog post originally posted on Scrum.Org It’s interesting how we sometimes accept some rules without questioning them at all, and how some other times we try to bend them to suit our needs. While it is our choice to do so, we often know what the consequences of our choices are. It might not be […]
Converting In-person Training to Virtual
We’ve switched to virtual training. One of the reasons was, of course, the worldwide situation related to COVID-19. However, for the longest time, even before all this happened, there were already two camps: for remote work and against remote work. That would apply to courses as well. In this article, I’d like to talk about […]
Definition of Done & Liberating Structures | Virtual Lean Coffee Part 3
In this video, we discuss two very different topics: Definition of Done and some facilitation techniques. Both topics are extremely important for a Scrum Master to be more effective when taking the stance of a teacher and a facilitator.
Coaching Product Owners
Let’s continue the discussion in part two on this virtual Lean Coffee recording. This time we discuss how a Scrum Master should be coaching Product Owners and team leads. Did you miss the last video? Watch part 1 of virtual lean coffee to learn how to facilitate one yourself. Last time we have set up […]
Facilitating a Virtual Lean Coffee
Lean Coffee is a great technique to use not only in Sprint Retrospectives but to create discussions in your organization. It can be extremely powerful even when run online using virtual tools. I decided to run a virtual Lean Coffee to get together with the local Agile community while also “opening the doors” to the […]