Personal Development

Practices* Ways To Become a Better Scrum Master

Agile Day Riga 2016, 25.05.2016

Dmitry Lebedev

Who’s talking

Dmitry Lebedev

20 years of delivering software

Dozens projects delivered

Couple of projects failed

Agile Latvia co-founder

Some lessons learned

Working for Norwegian company Ambita

On Scrum “Success

”

Why Scrum Doesn’t Work

SM Training is just 2-3 days of Brainwashing

Another Thing Which Doesn’t Work

I took 2 days masterclass of it..

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And I still can’t ...

Typical Scrum

Success Story

Stage #1: Chaos and Disorder

Stage #2: Scrum master Came...

Stage #3: Harmony and Peace.

Example:How to Draw a Horse

Draw Basic ShapesBasic shapes

Add Small Details

Voila!

So, Why Scrum Is Failing?

Why Revolutions FailIf a revolution destroys a systematic government, but the systematic patterns of thought that produced that government are left intact, then those patterns will repeat themselves in the succeeding government. There’s so much talk about the system. And so little understanding.

― Robert M. Pirsig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

Systematic

Patterns Of

Thought

Patterns of ThoughtUseful patterns

Useless or harmful patterns

Mental traps by Andre KulaPersistence

Fixation

Anticipation

Procrastination

Acceleration

Formulation

Amplification

Reversion

Resistence

Division

Regulation

Persistence

Amplification

Fixation

Reversion

Anticipation

Resistence

Procrastination

Division

Acceleration

Self-fulfilling Prophecies

Useful Thinking Patterns

Knowledge is Action

Distinguish Knowledge and Skills

Doing Is Learning

Act Based on What You See, Not on What You

Know

Every Problem Could Be Trained Past

Growth Mindset

Adoption Patterns

Adoption PathsBuild Scrum from Scratch Transform Existing Process

4 Rules of Shape1.Draw large shapes first

2.Look for enrichment shapes

3.Tie shapes together

4.When you see a “trapped” shape, draw it

1.Big/basic practices first

2.Look for specific practices, which fit into the environment

3.Tie practices together to make sense

4.When you see something useful in place, include it into your practices

Pareto Principle For Thoughtful Actions

20% of your practices will give you 80% of the result

Practical Adoption

Main question:

what can I do to make it better than it is now?

Scrum Master

Scrum Master VirtuesHonesty

Courage

Consciousness

Self-reflection

Scrum Master PracticesMonitor your progress

Reflect your success and failure

Share your experience

Sources Of Wisdom

That’s All Folks