PSM I Post-mortem : Events
One of the parameters you are measured against in the Professional Scrum Master assessment or the PSM I assessment is the events. There are 5 events in scrum and all…
The importance of Done for your Scrum Master 🚀 (77)
We started this Scrum foundation series explaining we see four underlying concepts of the Scrum framework. In the past series of mails we covered the three pillars of Empiricism, the Scrum Values,…
Scrum Werkzeuge und Praktiken zur Vervollständigung eines unvollständigen Frameworks, Teil 1 🇩🇪
“The Scrum framework is purposefully incomplete, […].” (Quelle.) Dieser Halbsatz ist wahrscheinlich eine der am häufigsten falsch interpretierten Aussagen des Scrum Guide. Auf der einen Seite definiert er die Notwendigkeit,…
What are the focus areas of an Agile Coach?
Who is an Agile Coach? Though, there is no universal definition of what is an Agile Coach. I want to define, Someone who developed deep expertise to help people, teams,…
How to Start With Self-management in a Great Way
Join the Mastering Agility community! Photo by Icons8 Team on Unsplash “From the first Sprint on, this Scrum Team is self-managing! You’ll be deciding why, what, and how to work. There won’t be…
The HOW of Sprint Planning
During my PSM training sessions, I often get asked about the 3rd topic to be addressed during sprint planning. For people new to scrum, the training focuses sufficiently on the…
The WHY of Sprint Planning
During my PSM training sessions, I often get asked about the 3rd topic to be addressed during sprint planning. For people new to scrum, the training focuses sufficiently on the…
A Quickstart To Improve (Scrum) Team Morale
This article is also available as a free PDF on our webshop. It’s a nicely styled paper and allows you to easily share it with others. You can download the PDF…
Introducing Personal Scrum
Scrum is a framework for developing and sustaining complex products. But could it be used by individuals to help them in their personal and professional lives? The answer is yes,…
[VLOG] Why developers hate Scrum so much
Hi folks. I hope you are having a great week so far. Lately I am seeing patterns where developers hating Scrum, which is quite ironic because Scrum was initially designed…
Scrum Tools and Practices to Enhance an Incomplete Framework, Part 1
TL; DR: Scrum Tools, Part 1 “The Scrum framework is purposefully incomplete, […].” (Source.) This half-sentence is probably one of the more often misinterpreted statements of the Scrum Guide. On…
[VLOG] How to be a Scrum Master without any prior experience
Hey what's good this week everyone? I often get asked by people, how to be a Scrum Master without any prior experience. In today's short vlog, I share with you…
Wie du ein Statusmeeting in ein Daily Scrum verwandeln kannst
Selbstmanagement passiert nicht einfach so. In einer neuen Situation greifen Menschen meist auf bereits Bekanntes zurĂĽck. Deshalb gleicht das Daily Scrum bei neuen Teams häufig eher einem Statusmeeting.  Unter…
Join the virtual event: Utilizing diversity to harness complexity
In another blog post, we discussed that we are the only species that collectively demonstrate more complex behaviours than they individually do, and this unique ability is pivotal in order…
Tus primeros pasos en User Story Mapping
El User Story Mapping es un ejercicio visual que ayuda a los gerentes de productos y sus equipos de desarrollo a definir el trabajo que creará la experiencia de usuario…