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I like these tips. Thank you Stefan Wolpers Can we make it more personal with 2 more questions? - What is your personal strengths and how do you apply in the your role? - What’s your past failures and what have you learned and changed from those experiences?
Very solid. I agree that a lot of people looking from the outside believe the SM role is an easy role, but it is a different ball game when you step foot inside of these organizations. Please provide the link for the book. I think another Idea is a book that helps Scrum Masters deal with real life situations such as dealing with command and control organizations, politics etc and how to still keep the needle moving in the right direction
Thank you Stefan Wolpers, concise and meaningful! I’m sure you are aware that many “sitting scrum masters” would not pass this interview, and many others will pass it just theoretically. In several teams I’ve introduced the concept of Sprint Monitoring (a sort of MRI of what happens in a sprint, filled in by the Scrum Masters and metrics based), where the anti-patterns and the Scrum Masters’ coverup actions are exposed. With the Sprint Monitoring, Scrum Masters’ actions and application of the framework, as well as teams working behavior are transparent, so that Empiricism can thoroughly be applied.
I love the #8! It normally comes with some experience or, if inexperienced, with quick thinking to say the inverse of what's the correct way to act as a Scrum Master. Either way, it can generate cool insights.
Great job Stefan Wolpers! Very solid stuff 😍 Just a lil question : are pages 7 to 10 at their intended place in the deck? 😊
That's a powerful opening question with #1!!
First question. "How did you get that the Scrum Master is an enforcer for anything? The Scum Master's job is to uphold the pillars and values of Scrum. None of these need enforcing. They might need teaching, coaching or mentoring to achieve, but enforcing is not on that list."
There are no more roles in the current version of the Scrum Guide. They are now accountabilities.
Thanks for posting. I love your content. It brings more clarity in the scope
Product Manager | Automation and transformation
12moThis is a solid guide. I'm very familiar with the anti-patterns, particularly turning a blind eye to micromanagement and focusing on team harmony. I see this with traditional PMs who convert to Scrum Master roles. How do we get our Scrum Masters to be Scrum Masters and not project managers?