what is a scrum master?
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What is a Scrum Master?
@ivopeksensAgile Tour Vilnius 2015
Who has been a Scrum Master in the past or still is?
Who plans to be a Scrum Master in the future?
Who has issues being or with a Scrum Master?
Scrum
Other Masters?
Scrum Scrum Master, Developer, Product Owner
XP Coach, Customer, Programmer, Tracker
Lean Sw Dev. Customer, Development team
FDDProject manager, Chief architect, Development manager, Chief programmer, Class owner, Domain expert, Tester, Deployer, Technical writer
AUP No roles - least Agile, process centric
Crystal Clear: Sponsor, Senior designer, Programmer
DSDM Atern: Many + Atern Coach
Kanban No roles (Change Agent / Agile Coach)
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is responsible for ensuring Scrum isunderstood and enacted.
ensures that the Scrum Team adheres toScrum theory, practices, and rules.
scrumguides.org
Scrum Master
ProductOwner
Development Team Organization
The Scrum Master isa servant leader
Servant Leader
greenleaf.org
...growth and well-being of people...
...helps people develop andperform as highly as possible….
What is a Scrum Master?
Likesserving others
(not PM)
What the world says
is a Scrum Master?https://www.linkedin.com/grp/post/52030-5995666453381074945#commentID_discussion%3A5995666453381074945%3Agroup%3A52030
A Scrum Master is NOT the team lead! I had to repeat this at least once a day.
A Scrum Master is NOT the communicator for the team. Any team member can talk to
any stakeholder if they desire. A Scrum Master is NOT the decision
maker for the team.
New York, USA
Scrum Master is the one who drives the Agility within team and creates a sense of trust and transparency. He is like a Sheep dog or a servant leader acting as a wall to prevent the team from any deviation or interference.
Gurgaon, India
Anju Gahlawat
San Francisco Bay Area, USA
Karen Fernandez
Seattle, USA
arbitercheerleader
coachfacilitatorteacher
servant leaderstandup comedian
Timothy Mickol
Monitoring and nudging the team towards teamspirit and collaboration, functioning
software and team self management.
Central Region, Denmark
Thomas AC Kofoed
Greater Boston Area, USA
Dennis Lindenberg
...people relax and tell their truth.......large audience simpler than grooming...
When I've played the role, I have played it as one who is responsible for continuous
improvement.So there is the dull bits of calling meetings and
the more material contribution of removing obstacles and identifying non-value-adding
wastes. It's partly practical work and partly culture work. It even gets into personal
interaction coaching sometimes. But all-in-all, about helping the team improve value/effort
ratio.
Greater Chicago Area, USA
Tim Ottinger
Scrum Master’s checklistAll stakeholders needs in backlog?Is backlog visible to everybody?Is it in manageable size?Does PO know what is technical debt?...
Focus and concentrationLike each other?Challenge each other?Variation in Retrospectives?Is focus on Sprint Goal stable?Is board up-to-date?...
Do you have automated tests?Pair programming?Constant refactoring?...
Inter-team communication?Org.impediments at director’s office door? Dead=UselessIs your organization recognized as one of the best places to work?...SM
http://www.scrummasterchecklist.org/pdf/ScrumMaster_Checklist_12_unbranded.pdf
PO
Team
Org
Engineering
What is a Scrum Master?
Likesserving others
(not PM)
My wayto aScrum Master
1990s
2000s
2010s
Process invisibleTeams scatteredMany toolsBacklogs
Scrum
Scrum
Software Development Unit
Trying to manage quality
Agile Manifesto
2013 → Scrum Master
Scrum
New project started...
Visual Studio Scrum
Process Template
What happened next ?
Backlog
R1- 3 teams in 3 countries - component based (backend)- 1 Scrum Master- Scrum events - not all, people frustrated, too short cycle- Poor groomings- Reviews just with PO- Huge amount of impediments (infra)- Me and couple of PMs to CSM course (met fantastic
CST!)
R2
- Invited Agile Coach. Backlog improved, Teams re-structured
- 1.5 Scrum Masters (PM in transition)- Scrum events - all. (Delivery of Scrum workshop)- Groomings appear to be better- Pipeline, automation, infra - improves- Emphasis on Retrospectives- Reviews expand- Impediments analyzed- Frontend starts shining
R3- 2 teams in 3 countries - almost independent- Almost 2 Scrum Masters- Management support in Scrum, UI mockups
beforehand- Monitoring, conflicts, coaching, Retrospective
variations- Reviews better- Teamspirit. Co-location- Feels like we start flowing...
I just wanted to comment from product management point of view that I saw the demo of configuration UI last week for the
first time and I was positively impressed where we are at the moment. In my
mind this company is now closer than ever in the history to run the product
and implement the customer how those supposed to be implemented in 21st
century (regarding one of our core historic product) – thanks for that. You have gone a long way and I am sure you will be able to
deliver continuing like that.
Where we are (May)?
What is a Scrum Master?
Likesserving others
(not PM)
Cares&
doesn’tgive up
(transformer)
Tips for a Scrum MasterMission, not a position - trust, respect, listen & empathize
Dedicated Scrum MasterIt’s PO, Team and
OrganizationGet feedback from people you work with - your Review
Learn from somebody cooler than you Learn coaching - it helps in growing
others
Mentor someoneRead books, blogs, articles, LinkedIn
discussions...
Pay attention to how you communicate &your emotional intelligence
Since I am a Scrum Master
A business that makes nothing, but money is a
poor businessHenry Ford
Poor Rich
What about your business?
Ačiū
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