How Do You Deal with Managers in Daily Scrum?
A Scrum Master in the community was struggling with a new manager attending the Daily Scrum.
A Scrum Master in the community was struggling with a new manager attending the Daily Scrum.
Before agile, certain inconspicuous team members were able to stay hidden behind a computer screen, but with this new found transparency, it may become clear that you have someone on your team that’s sinking the ship.
A newer Scrum Master from India quickly noticed that his team was more focused on the development manager’s desire for productivity and individual capacity than for the team to work on completing items in the sprint.
We recently asked our Agile Mentors community members, “What’s the biggest agile myth you’ve heard?” and we got some pretty funny responses! Here’s what a few of our members had to say.
We recently asked our Agile Mentors community members, “What famous person would you want as your agile mentor?” We got everything from famous agilists to entrepreneurs, government officials and sports heroes.
We recently asked the members of the Agile Mentors Community about cultural readiness for starting an agile transformation.
A member from the United Kingdom recently asked the community, “When’s it a good idea to scale agile, and when is it a bad idea?”
We recently asked AgileMentors community members their stance on the topic of remote work. The question, “Should teams continue working remotely after the pandemic?” generated a lot of responses from many different perspectives.
We didn’t event Scrum, but what if we could reinvent Scrum? We recently asked our AgileMentors Community.
When the pandemic caused a shutdown during the spring of 2020, some agile teams were well-equipped to work remotely while others struggled. While we thought remote working would be a temporary solution, it appears it's going to be the new norm for quite some time.
An Agile Mentors Community (AMC) member from London, United Kingdom, recently asked the question, “Should my Scrum team have a design sprint?”
He added, “I’m trying to keep an open mind about them, but I am instinctively suspicious of a sprint that does not result in a potentially shippable increment. Having said that, you could argue that the sprint delivers understanding and knowledge. What do you think of this concept?”
This spring COVID-19 caused companies around the world to close offices and have all employees working online. While for many of you, working online is business as usual, a lot of people have never had to work this way before.
A member from Scotland recently asked the Agile Mentors Community the thought-provoking question, “How much teaching should an agile coach do?”
The Agile Mentors Community (AMC) is all about mentoring each other. We have so many great mentors in the AMC, so we decided one day to make our discussion all about peer-to-peer mentoring. We asked the community:
A member from Kansas City, Kansas recently asked when is the best time to review the team’s work—just-in-time or during the sprint review?
We recently asked Agile Mentors Community Members if they think project managers make good Scrum Masters.
A member from California recently asked the community what they think about unbranded agility, meaning not teaching a specific method such as Scrum.
Agile, especially Scrum, is all about working on a team. For many people, teamwork can be rewarding and a great way to learn from others. However, some people find teamwork excruciating and would rather fly solo.