High Performance Comes When the Team Really Gets It
As the saying goes, Scrum is easy, Implementing Scrum is hard. My CSM course taught that Teams go through transitions during Scrum adoption and it typically follows the phases of forming, storming, norming and performing: Forming: doing something new is always fun, shakeups seem to spark more interest and commitment Storming: the team realizes that it’s pretty hard, management sees the process “failing”, critical that the Scrummaster remains a solid coach Norming: the Team...
Read MoreHow Google Implemented Scrum
This video is a bit long (just over an hour) but well worth it if you are new to Scrum. Jeff Sutherland is the Co-Creator of Scrum and talks about why it’s so important to properly implement Scrum to achieve success with your projects. It’s a great insight into how Google implemented Scrum for their Ad Words project....
Read MoreDay 3 – Certified Scrum Master Training
Day 3 was all about Teams and the Scrum Master role. Had a couple of exercises that were pretty simple, but they were probably more simple to figure out after a few days of training. There were a couple of really key points that are going to help me and my company for sure. To continue the theme, I’ll recap and update as per the format from yesterday’s post. In the interest of saving time, if I don’t list it here, read yesterday’s post as my opinion didn’t...
Read MoreDay 2 – Certified Scrum Master Training
Day 2 was a great one for me and the material today helped quite a bit with some stuff I was struggling with. Of course I now realize I was struggling with some of this stuff because we weren’t really applying the Scrum principals properly. So let’s recap what I originally thought, plus what I learned in day 1 and add-in stuff I learned today. There’s 1 day to go in the course so I plan on writing more concise and organized posts, but I really want to dump my brain first. You...
Read MoreDay 1 – Certified Scrum Master Training
The most important thing I learned today is that Scrum is NOT a best practice. There are rules for properly implementing Scrum and if you don’t follow these rules because you don’t like them, you are not doing Scrum. You may still be Agile, but it’s not Agile using Scrum. I previously thought the exact opposite. There are 3 basic fundamentals (the Scrum Skeleton) you must follow, basic rules you should implement as quick as you can and then there are optional rules above...
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