In the previous versions of the Scrum Guide, one of the daily scrum 3 questions was “Any impediment”? The Scrum Master will sometimes have to remind the Development team…
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Estimating non- software user stories
Recently, a Scrum Mater asked me a question about estimation in Scrum. SM: Kemmy, my team is estimating but we need to start doing this consistently and also,…
Why a scrum master should not facilitate the daily scrum
The problem that I frequently see crop up is that people have a tendency to treat the Daily Stand-up as simply individual reporting. “I did this . . . I’ll…
The fear of being seen doing nothing Part 1
Statements such as “The goal of a Scrum Master/coach is to make themselves redundant” or “A scrum master does nothing except getting donuts for the team” are confusing and…
Daily scrum is a waste of time
Daily Scrum aka daily stand up, daily huddle is a 15mins time box, same time, same place, same people every day of the sprint. That should not be hard to…
Becoming a Scrum Coach
If I were to charge a cent for each time someone asked me how they can become a Scrum Master, I would be rich by now. A lot of times,…
Scrum Meetings
As a scrum coach, there is the need to revisit the basis of scrum to gain an understanding beyond simply the scrum guide. I have summarized below what I have…
Help! Our retrospective is killing us slowly
Sprint Retrospectives signals the end of a sprint. It is a ‘meeting’ for the scrum team to inspect and adapt what they did in the sprint. As defined by The…