Practicing Scrum

If  you are currently a ScrumMaster, Product Owner or Development Team Member on a real world Scrum team and want to learn more about practicing scrum, I can help.

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Practicing Scrum: Effective Teams

An effective Agile Scrum team is made up of three primary roles.

And. An effective practicing scrum team keeps things simple.

The entire teams needs to Focus and #deliver the highest priority work while keeping it simple (review the cartoon above).

Remember:  You — or your boss and organization — cannot [continue] “Managing Scrum“.  Change the conversation by Leading Scrum.

Practicing Scrum: “Pro Tips”

Here are a few role specific professional tips to remember so you can become even more effective when practicing Scrum:

Practicing Scrum: Product Owner

• An effective Agile Scrum Product Owner will:
  • Available: 100% with no multi-tasking
  • Knowledgable: Understand the needs of your end users
  • Authority: to say “NO”
• If you are not have all three of these attributes, work with your effective Agile Scrum team in order to have all three.
• Any one of the three missing is a disservice to the organization.

Practicing Scrum: Development Team Member

• This does not just mean being a “geeky” person who writes cod
• You are responsible for committing to the work
• Negotiate “done” with the Product Owner
• Focus and deliver a working product at the end of each Sprint.

Practicing Scrum: ScrumMaster

• You have zero authority
• You are not accountable for delivery of the project
• Learn more about effective facilitation and negotiation skills
• Become a servant leader.

Bonus Video Links

The following external video links are five great videos for Agile Scrum Product Owners, Development Team Members and ScrumMasters in order to become a more effective practicing scrum team.

You can share these short videos with your team (during a retrospective!) to discuss how to become an even more effective Agile Scrum team.

• Susan Cain: The Power of Introverts
• Bene Brown: The Power of Vulnerability
• David Marquet: “Greatness“
• Daniel Pink: Drive: The surprising truth about what motivates us
• Simon Sinek: How Great Leaders Inspire Action

Practicing Scrum: How to become an effective Agile Scrum Team Member

• Listen to the the Scrum Guide audio book
• Review the blog (and cartoons)
• Discuss team issues at AfterScrumTraining.com
• Join our private team ($$) at AgileMentoring.com
• Network for new opportunities at RealScrumJobs.com.

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