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…]
Scrum is a light framework to manage a product development. It does not govern the technical aspect of the project. If you want to build a robust product, then you will have to look at software development best practices, and the best resource for that is The Extreme Programming (XP) camp. Whenever I am coaching … [Read more…]
Kanban is a system that was developed by Toyota to streamline and manage its manufacturing process. It was then updated in recent years and used in software development. However, with the spread of lean start-ups, Kanban is getting employed by all business departments including HR and marketing. The core concepts of Kanban are: Make the … [Read more…]
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…]
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…]
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…]
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…]