A Day In The Life Of A ScrumMaster

Multi-Tasking-Scrum-Master

The daily life of a ScrumMaster is anything but mundane. Play along with one ScrumMaster as she facilitates, plans, and runs interference all in the name of becoming a Well-Formed Team™.

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Three Layers of Prioritization [Infographic]

Prioritization is arguably the most important thing in Scrum, as Scrum is about incremental delivery in order to provide value and feedback. In a nutshell, prioritization determines the order in which the value is produced, and thus drives what feedback is sought.

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Anatomy of a Retrospective

Effective problem-solving meetings follow a basic three-stage format: open, explore, close. Effective Retrospectives are no different; following the same format with the addition of five distinct stages which overlay the basic three. These five stages: Set the Stage, Gather Data, Generate Insights, Decide What to Do, and Close, create the environment to harvest the greatest Team learning.

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Something Wicked This Way Scrums

In the spine-chilling spirit of this Halloween season, we offer you our spookiest of Scrum Infographics. Grab your goblet of witches brew from the nearest cauldron and enjoy our bone tingling cautionary tale of 5 eerie personalities that haunt many a Scrum Team.

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A Day in the Life of a Product Owner

The daily life of a Product Owner is a busy balancing act. Play along with one PO as he culls, clarifies and conveys the needs of the Stakeholders to ensure the Scrum Team gets the right feedback to make the right product at the right pace…

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Three Layers of Prioritization

Last week, we talked about The Rule of 3: 3 Layers and 3 Strategies to Prioritize Scrum. We decided to turn the first part of that blog, the Three Layers of Prioritization, into an infographic for our visual learners.

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Team Values

Scrum Team Values

Scrum is successful largely because it is based on values. The collection of Team Values listed here are ones I want Scrum Teams to have, and it would be nice if the Team Members have them (as individuals), as well.

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