scrummaster - beyond the basics
DESCRIPTION
You’ve been a ScrumMaster for some time and while you have the basics of Scrum down, there are things that could be better. After teaching and coaching teams for nearly ten years, Lonnie Lonnie Weaver-Johnson has seen where organizations have trouble. This presentation talks about topics such as how to get the team to self-organize, helping leaders understand agile, and how to tell when we’re going to be done. If you have these kinds of questions and have an ailment called “Scrum But”, come to learn more about how you can fix these problems and obtain the benefits of Scrum.TRANSCRIPT
ScrumMaster:, Beyond,the,Basics
By#Lonnie#Weaver-Johnson
Presentation#and#audio#will#begin#at#1:00#pm#CST
Agenda
• Introduction,• Potential,Problem,Areas,– Teams,– Product,Owners,– Leaders,– ScrumMasters,
• Resources,– Links,– Class,
• Summary
Introduction
• Lonnie,WeaverCJohnson,• Agile,Coach,,Trainer,,CST,• 25,years,in,IT,(BA,and,SLT,Member),
• Reach,Out:,– [email protected],– @Lonniewj
Problem,Area:,Teams
• Lack,of,selfCorganization,• Ideas:,,– Be,OK,with,silence,– Avoid,overly,facilitating,– Let,them,fail,
• Complacent,–,good,enough,– This,is,a,gradual,buildCup,and,one,day,,the,organization,misses,a,few,key,milestones,C,it’s,very,easy,to,blame,Scrum,(instead,of,ourselves),
– Try,a,“challenge,sprint”
Problem,Area:,Product,Owners
• Lack,of,Involvement,• Demanding/Traditional,Behavior,• Ideas:,– Training,(usually,comes,to/through,IT),– Role,Awareness
Problem,Area:,Managers
• Helping,leaders,understand,Agile,• Ideas,– Suggest,Training,– Share,the,Agile,Manifesto,and,Twelve,Principles,– Suggest,an,Agile,Champion,
• “When,are,we,going,to,be,done?”,• Idea,– Size,more,than,one,Sprint,at,a,Time
Problem,Area:,ScrumMasters
• Am,I,Strong,Enough?,• Ideas:,
– Recognize,when,the,team,is,no,longer,attaining,value,from,a,meeting,,change,the,format,so,the,value,returns,
– Scrum,is,about,continuous,improvement,,constantly,looking,for,ways,to,improve,quality,and,value,in,output,(via,Retrospectives,or,adding,new,practices,like,paired,programming),
– Survey,Team,,Managers,,and/or,PO,,“If,there,was,one,area,of,improvement…”,
– Use,the,“Twelve,Principles,of,Agile”,to,kick,start,a,conversation,about,growth,areas,(Team,and,Organization)
Resources
• For,a,great,article,on,where,the,SM,should,be,focusing,her,time,go,to:,http://blogs.collab.net/agile/aCscrummastersCchecklist,
• To,reacquaint,leaders,and,team,members,with,the,required,cultural,changes,seek,out:,www.agilemanifesto.org,
• CIO,success,story,white,paper:,http://www.iirusa.com/upload/wysiwyg/M1819_Images/Zero%20to%2018.pdf
Resources
• Claiming,Scrum,SEU’s:,Category,B.,Use,my,name,as,the,instructor,and,the,URL,to,this,webinar,
• Additional,Training:,– Intertech,CSM,Class,on,December,15,&,16,– Register,here:,http://www.intertech.com/Training/Schedule/AgileCScrum
Summary
• To,improve,look,at,all,areas:,– Team,– PO,–Managers,– ScrumMasters,
• Lots,of,resources,available
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