It takes a lot of work to execute on agile, and most of the folks who know what they are talking about and can execute do not work for large consulting companies. They work for small boutique firms that specialise in Agile and that are not encumbered by the bureaucracy of large firms... Unfortunately, large consulting companies have lots of marketing budgets and may already be in your company.

https://agiledecisionmakers.org/

#agile #consulting #transformation

Scrum Masters are not hired, they are selected by the team.

So my advice for folks looking to be a Scrum Master or Agile Coach is to join a team and learn what it takes to deliver product. Demonstrate to this team your ability to help them become effective, and maybe they will select you to be their Scrum Master.

#agile #team #coaching #scrum

While Scrum can work in a hierarchy, and is certainly better than traditional project management practices, it can't really shine without decentralisation.

Decentralization is the key to unlocking the power of agility and Scrum but so few companies are willing to entertain that idea. Oh they pay lip service to it, but they don't really do it.

#scrum #betacodex #decentralization #leadership #openspacebeta

The purpose of the Product Increment is to provide transparency of the past!

"Are teams delivering working software to at least some subset of real users every iteration (including the first) and gathering feedback?"

#Scrum #ScrumFramework #ProfessionalScrum #ProductIncrement

𝘐𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘱 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘚𝘤𝘳𝘶𝘮, 𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘰𝘶𝘤𝘩!

When might the Scrum Master have to act?

While in most circumstances, the job of the Scrum Master is to support the team, there are circumstances when they can stand idly by and let the team decide!

What sort of circumstances would you expect the Scrum Master to take action?

#Scrum #ProfessionalScrum #ScrumMaster

An Agile Coach is a Scrum Master with delusions of grandeur!

The Scrum Master is a lean-agile practitioner with business, technical, and organisational mastery. They need these skills

#ScrumMaster #AgileCoach #Agile #Scrum

𝘐𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘰𝘳 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘢 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱, 𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘻𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘩𝘺𝘨𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘦, 𝘰𝘳 𝘉𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘊𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘹 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘰𝘳 𝘘𝘙 𝘤𝘰𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘢 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯!

Although you may see Scrum Master & Product Owner as job titles in organisations, that was never the intent of the Scrum Framework. It is the result of 25 years of accumulated misunderstandings.

These are the accountabilities that are required for Scrum to function and can be picked up by anyone of any job title.

#Scrum #ScrumFramework #ProfessionalScrum #ScrumMaster #ProductOwner #ScrumMyths

𝘐𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘐 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘵. 𝘗𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘮𝘦.