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Toxic practices within Scrum team

September 26, 2017 / Leave a Comment

Within Scrum and Agile teams, somethings are very toxic and will annihilate your Agile team if not addressed quickly.  These things have more effect on the Agile teams than non-Agile teams. In this article, I will try to provide bit more clarity on why these are so devastating to Scrum and Agile teams. Fear: Fear … [Read more…]

Posted in: Article Tagged: Agile, Agile methodology, Agile teams, Bad Product owner, Compulsory Overtime, Ego, Fear, overinflated Ego, poor Scrum Master, Product owner, Product Owners role, Scrum Master, Scrum Team, toxic practices, Weak Scrum Master

How to motivate your Scrum Team

September 14, 2017 / Leave a Comment
Team celebrating success

As a Scrum Master, you don’t have the power to give your team pay rise and bonuses, but you are still responsible for motivating them to do their best. So, what tools does the Scrum Master have in his toolbox to deliver this? Money? Before we look at the tools in Scrum Master toolkit, I … [Read more…]

Posted in: Article Tagged: Agile, Agile methodology, certified Scrum Master, motivate a Scrum Team, motivation, Scrum, Scrum Team, Self Organising Team, self-development

Why limit the work in progress (WIP)

May 9, 2017 / Leave a Comment
Traffic Jam

At first glance, it seems productive to start loads of things and work on them at once, but the impact of this is very harmful. Limiting the work in progress (WIP), in the beginning, can feel painful so for this reason, in this article, I will discuss why we should limit work in progress (WIP).  … [Read more…]

Posted in: Article Tagged: Agile, Agile methodology, continued self-development, Kanban, Ken Schrabber, Scrum framework, Scrum Master, Scrum Team, Self Organising Teams

Does the Role of Scrum Master ever go away?

May 2, 2017 / Leave a Comment

The role of a Scrum Master is to educate and coach the team into using Agile methodology and industry best practice. Scrum master will also train the team to work together to deliver on the team commitments and to be self-organizing. So, a successful scrum master will make the team into a fantastic self-organizing team … [Read more…]

Posted in: Article Tagged: Agile, Agile methodology, certified Scrum Master, continued self-development, Role of Leader in Agile, Role of Scrum Master, Scrum, Scrum Team, Self Organising Team, self-development

How to win Friends and Influence people

March 11, 2017 / 1 Comment

How to win Friends and Influence people One of my all time favourite book is the “How to Win Friends and Influence People” by Dale Carnegie. I found this book in one of the HBR articles as a must-read for all business leaders, so I picked this up on my way to work, and I … [Read more…]

Posted in: Book Review Tagged: Agile, Dale Carnegie, How to win Friends and Influence people, Jeff Sutherland, Ken Schrabber, Scrum, Scrum Master, Scrum Team

Dealing with difficult team members in Scrum Team

March 1, 2017 / 3 Comments

Introduction Wherever you work, you will regularly find people who make your job hard, and you all know the sort of people I am talking about? These are the people who are just either real negative, offensive, or unwilling to take part in team activities. As Scrum Master, you don’t have any formal authority, so … [Read more…]

Posted in: Article Tagged: Agile, Dealing with difficult people, Dealing with difficult team members, Scrum, Scrum Master, Scrum Team

Removing waste in Scrum Team

March 1, 2017 / Leave a Comment

As a Scrum Master, you should take it as your duty to inspect every single process to see what value it delivers. You will find that many processes only produce no / limited benefit or value and as a Scrum Master, you should eliminate these. Pareto principle (80/20) states that on average 80% of value … [Read more…]

Posted in: Article Tagged: Agile, removing Waste, Scrum, Scrum Master, Scrum Team

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Mohammad Aziz

Mohammad Aziz is an experienced Scrum Master and Agile coach who started his career as a programmer then moved into traditional software project management. Mohammad has spent last 8 years working within the Agile project management. He is certified, Scrum Master, Product Owner, AgilePM, Prince 2, SAFe practitioner and in Nexus.

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