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Download the 60 Questions for the New Scrum Master Questionnaire

by Stefan Wolpers | 2021-07-05 Downloads

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Congratulations on your new Scrum Master position! Now what?

What has served me well over the years is a combination of observation and asking questions. The following 60 Questions for a New Scrum Master may support you in learning more about the Scrum team’s way of working and the organization’s culture.

60 Questions for the New Scrum Master — Take them to the Team! By Age-of-Product.com

Get Started and Inspect and Adapt along the Way

The following set of questions is intended as a starter to get a new Scrum Master airborne in a short period. Depending on how familiar your team is with Scrum, the kind of the team’s organization and its culture, and the market your Scrum team is serving, this set of questions may require change.

The questions have proven helpful in 1-on-1 conversation, in group discussion, and the form of an anonymous survey. But, no matter the format, the questions pave the way for a new Scrum Master to gather insight into the Scrum team’s way of working and the organization’s culture they need to start to support the team.

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60 Questions for the New Scrum Master — Take them to the Team!

by Stefan Wolpers | Agile and ScrumAgile Transition

TL; DR: 60 Questions for the New Scrum Master

Congratulations on your new Scrum Master position! Now what?

Evidence-based Interventions — Agile Camp Berlin 2021

by Stefan Wolpers | 2021-06-23 Agile and ScrumAgile Transition

TL; DR: Evidence-based Interventions w/ Viktor Cessan — ACB21

In this highly engaging speaker session from the Agile Camp Berlin 2021, Viktor Cessan shares lessons learned as an agile coach when working with systems, resulting in evidence-based interventions.

Evidence-based Interventions with Viktor Cessan — Agile Camp Berlin 2021

Scrum Master Skills: Visualizing the Cost of Team Building with the Tuckman Model

by Stefan Wolpers | 2021-06-21 Agile and ScrumAgile Transition

Scrum Master Skills: Visualizing the Tuckman Model

“A picture is worth a thousand words.” Probably, we have all heard that piece of wisdom before. In my experience, having some — even rudimentary — sketching or drawing capabilities is an essential Scrum Master skill. Visualizing a tricky issue while explaining the background to a stakeholder, someone from the management or a teammate helps to pave the way to have a meaningful discussion.

Let me introduce you to an example sketch based on the Tuckman model of group dynamics I use in my Professional Scrum Master training classes to make the effort and cost of creating a Scrum team easier understandable.

Scrum Master Skills: Visualizing the Cost of Team Building with the Tuckman Model — Age-of-Product.com

When the Scrum Master Fails by Being Overly Protective — Making Your Scrum Work #13

by Stefan Wolpers | 2021-06-09 Agile and ScrumAgile Transition

TL; DR: When Scrum Masters Fail — Making Your Scrum Work #13

There are plenty of failure possibilities with Scrum. Given that Scrum is a framework with a reasonable yet short “manual,” this effect should not surprise anyone. Scrum thrives when the Scrum teams are self-managing while Scrum Masters embrace their role as servant-leaders. However, this also implies that Scrum Masters fail when they are overly protective.

📺 Join me and explore the consequences of the overly protective Scrum Master and what you can do about it in less than three minutes.

When the Scrum Master Fails by Being Overly Protective — Making Your Scrum Work #13 — Age-of-Product.com

Update: I am running a poll on LinkedIn—join the voting: “How can Scrum Masters fail their team by being overly protective or supportive?”

The Frustrated Scrum Master — When all the Effort Leads Nowhere

by Stefan Wolpers | 2021-05-26 Agile and ScrumAgile Transition

TL; DR: The Frustrated Scrum Master — When all the Effort Leads Nowhere

There are plenty of failure possibilities with Scrum. Given that Scrum is a framework with a reasonable yet short “manual,” this effect should not surprise anyone. One failure symptom of a botched agile transformation is the frustrated Scrum Master.

📺 Join me and explore the consequences of a Scrum Master who has thrown in the towel in 92 seconds.

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