
Scrum Master Toolbox Podcast: Agile storytelling from the trenches
Vasco Duarte, Agile Coach, Certified Scrum Master, Certified Product Owner
Every week day, Certified Scrum Master, Agile Coach and business consultant Vasco Duarte interviews Scrum Masters and Agile Coaches from all over the world to get you actionable advice, new tips and tricks, improve your craft as a Scrum Master with daily doses of inspiring conversations with Scrum Masters from the all over the world. Stay tuned for BONUS episodes when we interview Agile gurus and other thought leaders in the business space to bring you the Agile Business perspective you need to succeed as a Scrum Master. Some of the topics we discuss include: Agile Business, Agile Strategy, Retrospectives, Team motivation, Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint Review, Backlog Refinement, Scaling Scrum, Lean Startup, Test Driven Development (TDD), Behavior Driven Development (BDD), Paper Prototyping, QA in Scrum, the role of agile managers, servant leadership, agile coaching, and more!
Kategorier: Nyheder og politik
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Meena Venkataraman: Knowing When to Step Back, a Scrum Master superpower
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In this segment, Meena shares how, as a scrum master, she strives to step back once the team is self-sufficient.
Meena mentions that it is important to make sure that there is no unhealthy dependency between the team and the scrum master. To do this, the scrum master needs to ensure that they are not the only one who can resolve conflicts and that the team is communicating effectively with stakeholders.
The success of a scrum master is also measured by whether the team is delivering a quality product. Meena provides several tips for scrum masters, including making sure that it's not about them, and observing the behaviors of the team to determine if they can self-manage.
Featured Retrospective Format for the Week: Simple and effective conversation focused formatsIn this segment, Meena shares that when it comes to retrospectives, she prefers to focus on simplicity and creating conversations with the team. She emphasizes the importance of creating insights and actions with the team, rather than just generating data. Meena shares a tip to ask questions that crystallize insights and anchor them in the agile principles.
She also shares a story about observing a retro led by someone else where there was a lot of data but no actionable insights. Meena emphasizes that retros are great places for scrum masters to coach and that it's not about the format, but rather about anchoring questions in the agile principles.
In this segment, we refer to a shared whiteboard tool named MURAL.
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About Meena Venkataraman
Meena is an Agile & Lean coach who helps organizations and teams transition to Agile ways of working. She is passionate about the neuroscience behind team dynamics and is interested in organizational design and the application of Agile principles across different business domains. Meena enjoys speaking at conferences and is an avid learner.
You can link with Meena Venkataraman on LinkedIn.
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2159 - Knowing When to Step Back, a Scrum Master superpower | Meena Venkataraman Thu, 30 Mar 2023 - 0h
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2158 - Coaching Stakeholders and product owners, a critical aspect of the Scrum Master role | Meena Venkataraman Wed, 29 Mar 2023 - 0h
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2157 - Building Psychological Safety, lessons from helping an Agile team to share interpersonal feedback | Meena Venkataraman Tue, 28 Mar 2023 - 0h
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2156 - Dealing with Dysfunctions in the Wider System, a story of Agile adoption | Meena Venkataraman Mon, 27 Mar 2023 - 0h
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2155 - The ex-developer skills that help Product Owners excel with Agile software development | Mike Salogub Fri, 24 Mar 2023 - 0h
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2154 - Learning to measure success as a Scrum Master, focusing on team behaviors | Mike Salogub Thu, 23 Mar 2023 - 0h
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2153 - How to help a team go from waterfall to Scrum in 3 sprints, the challenges to expect | Mike Salogub Wed, 22 Mar 2023 - 0h
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2152 - Overcoming Team Conflict in Remote Work Environments, lessons learned as a Scrum Master | Mike Salogub Tue, 21 Mar 2023 - 0h
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2151 - Overcoming Dysfunction and Harnessing Constructive Conflict in Agile Teams | Mike Salogub Mon, 20 Mar 2023 - 0h
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2150 - BONUS: Mastering the Product Backlog, lessons for Product Owners | Jeff Bubolz and Chad Beier Sat, 18 Mar 2023 - 0h
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2149 - The Phantom Product Owner, How Lack of Decision-Making Impacts the Team and Kills Innovation | Caterina Palmiotto Fri, 17 Mar 2023 - 0h
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2148 - Autonomy and Accountability, Key Team Skills That Make You A Successful Scrum Master | Caterina Palmiotto Thu, 16 Mar 2023 - 0h
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2147 - Lessons from an Agile Transformation in a Manufacturing Company | Caterina Palmiotto Wed, 15 Mar 2023 - 0h
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2146 - Address conflicts in your Agile Team, or else… | Caterina Palmiotto Tue, 14 Mar 2023 - 0h
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2145 - A Scrum Master anti-pattern, introducing Agile in a “bubble” | Caterina Palmiotto Mon, 13 Mar 2023 - 0h
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2144 - The Pitfalls of a Project Management Mindset in the Product Owner role | Kirill Golubev Fri, 10 Mar 2023 - 0h
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2143 - How the Scrum Master's Role Contributes to Team Success | Kirill Golubev Thu, 09 Mar 2023 - 0h
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2142 - A Scrum Master's Insights on Being a Change Agent in the Pharmaceutical Industry | Kirill Golubev Wed, 08 Mar 2023 - 0h
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2141 - When Conflicts Escalate, Lessons Learned from a Scrum Master's Story of an Agile Team’s Self-Destruction | Kirill Golubev Tue, 07 Mar 2023 - 0h
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2140 - The Challenges with Scaling and Product Ownership for a Growing Scrum Team | Kirill Golubev Mon, 06 Mar 2023 - 0h
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2139 - BONUS: The Collaboration Equation, Fostering Effective Collaboration in Agile Software Development | Jim Benson Sat, 04 Mar 2023 - 0h
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2138 - Key Traits of an Exceptional Product Owner in Agile Teams | Alina Thapliyal Fri, 03 Mar 2023 - 0h
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2137 - Finding Scrum Master Success in Empowering Teams through Personal Connection | Alina Thapliyal Thu, 02 Mar 2023 - 0h
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2136 - A new Scrum Master’s journey to agility, a real-life story | Alina Thapliyal Wed, 01 Mar 2023 - 0h
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2135 - From Frustration to Faster Document Creation, The Journey of a Scrum Master in an Infrastructure Team | Alina Thapliyal Tue, 28 Feb 2023 - 0h
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2134 - Mastering the Art of Facilitating Daily Meetings, A New Scrum Master’s Journey | Alina Thapliyal Mon, 27 Feb 2023 - 0h
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2133 - The Key to Successful Agile Product Ownership, The Value-driven Product Owner | Gemma Murray Fri, 24 Feb 2023 - 0h
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2132 - Maximizing Impact of Agile Coaching at Moo, Feedback and Measurement Strategies | Gemma Murray Thu, 23 Feb 2023 - 0h
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2131 - Small Commitments for Large Organizational Change, A Practical Approach for Scrum Masters and Agile Coaches | Gemma Murray Wed, 22 Feb 2023 - 0h
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2130 - Avoiding Burnout in Agile Teams, The Importance of Seeking Outside Perspectives as a Scrum Master | Gemma Murray Tue, 21 Feb 2023 - 0h
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2129 - Agile Coaching for Scrum Masters and The Importance of Building Strong Relationships with Product Owners | Gemma Murray Mon, 20 Feb 2023 - 0h
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2128 - BONUS: Navigating the Path to SRE, A Guide to Adopting Site Reliability Engineering in Your Enterprise | Vlad Ukis and Philipp Gündisch Sat, 18 Feb 2023 - 0h
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2127 - The key to an awesome Agile team, the hands-on and insightful Product Owner | Tinatin Tabidze Fri, 17 Feb 2023 - 0h
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2126 - Maximizing Agile Team Success, A Scrum Master's Guide to Self-Organizing Teams | Tinatin Tabidze Thu, 16 Feb 2023 - 0h
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2125 - Scaling Agile Teams, a Proactive Change Management approach | Tinatin Tabidze Wed, 15 Feb 2023 - 0h
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2124 - Building Trust in Agile Teams, Insights from a Scrum Master | Tinatin Tabidze Tue, 14 Feb 2023 - 0h
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2123 - Mastering Agile as a Non-Technical Scrum Master - Insights and Tips for Success | Tinatin Tabidze Mon, 13 Feb 2023 - 0h
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2122 - Working with great Technical Product Owners, and how they use their technical expertise to help the team | Bram De Block Fri, 10 Feb 2023 - 0h
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2121 - Aligning agile team and company goals for Scrum Master success | Bram De Block Thu, 09 Feb 2023 - 0h
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2120 - Agile Evolution, Overcoming Dependencies, and Improving Team Collaboration through Product Domains | Bram De Block Wed, 08 Feb 2023 - 0h
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2119 - Overcoming fear of failure and embracing experimentation in Agile teams | Bram De Block Tue, 07 Feb 2023 - 0h
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2118 - Discover how to break free from the trap of thinking you know it all and bring agile success to your team | Bram De Block Mon, 06 Feb 2023 - 0h
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2117 - BONUS: Embracing Self-Awareness and Empathy in the Agile Change Process, Insights from Dustin Thostenson | Dustin Thostenson Sat, 04 Feb 2023 - 0h
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2116 - The Product Owner committee, a serious anti-pattern | Pino Decandia Fri, 03 Feb 2023 - 0h
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2115 - Why do Scrum teams cancel Scrum meetings, and other reflections on success for Scrum Masters | Pino Decandia Thu, 02 Feb 2023 - 0h
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2114 - How to create a self-organized maturity assessment for Agile teams, and provide Agile adoption metrics | Pino Decandia Wed, 01 Feb 2023 - 0h
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2113 - How company policies can destroy collaboration in Agile teams | Pino Decandia Tue, 31 Jan 2023 - 0h
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2112 - A problem we all have with the “traditional” Scrum Master role vision | Pino Decandia Mon, 30 Jan 2023 - 0h
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2111 - The core value of the User Story format for Scrum teams and Product Owners | Peter Janssens Fri, 27 Jan 2023 - 0h
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2110 - Scrum Master success is similar to CEO success. Here’s why… | Peter Janssens Thu, 26 Jan 2023 - 0h