…serve me as a Scrum Master and later as a product owner. Among the many mistakes I made as a new Scrum Master (and one of the mistakes product owners make as well) was making too many assertions. To be successful, I needed to ask more questions. Because that wasn’t…

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…highest rung on the Scrum Alliance certification ladder. [03:33] - How John got started with bringing Agile to the classroom. [06:09] - The collaboration between John and the educators to achieve the goal of creating a self-managing classroom. [09:45] - John shares how he went from thinking he'd ruined one…

…years confusion plagued the Scrum community when using the word team. Since we had both a Scrum team and a development team, each conversation needed clarification about which team was meant. In the 2020 version of the Scrum Guide, the authors did away with the term “development team” in favor…

…productivity while networking and collaboration help amplify intelligence and foster innovation. [11:39] - We all have different learning styles. Ted walks listeners through the different learning styles and how applying personalized learning can lead to faster adoption and habit change resulting in improved team performance and adaptability. [13:15] - This…

Hiring for Scrum roles is harder than it looks. Making the wrong call can derail an Agile transformation before it even starts. In this episode, Brian and Cort unpack what to actually look for in Scrum Masters, Product Owners, and Developers—beyond the job title and shiny certifications. Overview What makes…

…part of a distributed Scrum team with little time to prepare. We all became instant experts in using video conferencing tools like Zoom and spent far too much time looking for the perfect virtual background screens to use. (Did we mention we’ve got you covered with our custom Scrum and…

…a vital time for collaboration. The Scrum Master, product owner, and developers need (and deserve) feedback on delivered features, and ideas about what to deliver next. Stakeholders need (and deserve) to know how the product or service is progressing. They want to steer the project in the right direction. I…

…for effective communication and collaboration. [15:00] - John shares a case study involving a law firm specializing in estate planning and trust administration. [15:47] - John explains the creation of a multi-step client journey roadmap in the introduction letter, setting the tone for the client journey. [17:30] - The unique…

If your daily scrum feels more like a status meeting than a synchronization opportunity, you're probably doing your daily scrums wrong. And that might be one reason why team members are asking questions like, do we really have to do daily scrums every day? If your daily scrum meeting is…

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…more effective and innovative collaboration. References and resources mentioned in the show: Linda Rising Fearless Change: Patterns for Introducing New Ideas by Mary Lynn Manns & Linda Rising MIT Center For Collective Intelligence Project Aristotle The Fearless Organization by Amy C. Edmonson Amy Edmonson’s TED Talks 3 ways to better…

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…Want some advice from Scrum Masters and teams on how to be effective? You’ve come to the right place. I’ve worked and talked with countless Scrum Masters and development teams over the years. They’ve told me about good product owners and bad product owners. They know that a good product…