scrummaster - beyond the basics

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:,– Lonnie@Lwjsolutions.com,– @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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