5am Mester Scrum

#5amMesterScrum Show 1,015 Live - 3-2-1 3 Coaches, 2 Mentors and One Mastermind on Retro Thursday - Today's topics: (1) Listening to the Add Value 2 Entrepreneurs podcast with Robert Peterson and he had Micheal Silvers on and they talked about coaches.  I wanted to retrospect on what I have used in the past and what I'm doing now.. Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum.  Please send m...

#5amMesterScrum Show 1,014 Live - We Wednesday Where Story Size is not Key to short Sprints - Today's topics: (1) Many coaches emphasize smaller stories is key to a successful sprint, even myself at times.  But the Real Key is how the team is willing or available to help each other. Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum.  Please send me your topics.   You are are doing Great Please Ke...

#5amMesterScrum Show 1,013 Live - 2-4 Tuesday: Track Non-Dev Work - Today's topics: (1) Feeling overwhelmed or like you have no time to develop valuable product, then track the non-development work for a sprint.  Insist on it and self retro on results and share with team. It is about the data. Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum.  Please send me your topics.   You are are doing Grea...

#5amMesterScrum Show 1,012 Live - Metric Monday: 3 Timebox metrics from Getting Stronger, Faster, Higher - Today's topics: (1) This weekend while helping record Stronger, Faster, Higher metrics for my son's Webelos Scouting badge in scouting, I really appreciated the simple nature of the metrics they asked for. Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum.  Please send me your topics.   You...

#5amMesterScrum Personas y Fun Friday with ChatGPT for our 7th Show AI7 - Today's topics: (1) We try out ChatGPT and Bard with creating Personas, Coming up with fun activities since it was Fun Friday and trying to see if it could create a newsletter for the 5amMesterScrum show. Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum.  Please send me your topics.   You are are doing Great Please Keep on...

#5amMesterScrum Show 1,011 Live - Fun Friday Sunlight, Naps & Cookies - Today's topics: (1) Energizing yourself and your team with a little bit of sunlight and power naps and (2) Fortune Cookie Friday Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum.  Please send me your topics.   You are are doing Great Please Keep on Sharing. 5am Mester Scrum 5am Mester Scrum Show 1,011 went live on Youtube, L...

#5amMesterScrum Show 1,010 Live - Setting of Themes for the Show Content M, T, W, R, F, S - Today's topics: (1) Shaping and Evolving the Show Content: Metric Monday, Two for One Tuesday 10Xing stuff with agile mindset and Tech, We Team Wednesday, Retrospective Thursday, Fun Friday and Self Skills Evolution Saturday Sunday Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum.  Please send me your top...

#5amMesterScrum Show 1,009 Live - Saying No is Tough Let's Admit it - Today's topics: (1) So with this show being the 1009th show, I wanted to share a story of me saying NEIN, haha . About how I said No after proposing alternates to speaking on a new Podcast program on Transformation. Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum.  Please send me your topics.   You are are doing Great Please...

#5amMesterScrum Show 1,008 Live - Cat Puke and Kid teaching me about What I can Control - Today's topics: (1) Who would ever think a combo of cat puke and a kid would teach me so much about what I control and what I don't. How the heck does that apply to a team. Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum.  Please send me your topics.   You are are doing Great Please Keep on Sharing. 5am Me...

#5amMesterScrum Show 1,007 Live - What is a Refinement Meeting About - Today's topics: (1) Apparently there is a debate on What a Refinement meeting is.  In my opinion a refinement meeting is about is about wo thing things is the story Ready and does it meet INVEST?  Some might say it is about technical solutioning at a high level.  But could it be something else?. Please like and subscribe and sh...

#5amMesterScrum Show 1,006 Live - Over Commitment Test with Fun and Fortune Cookie Friday - Today's topics: (1) While thinking about Fun things to do on the show I was thinking about a recent Sprint Planning where the team has highly likely over committed.  And a simple test for over commitment came to mind. Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum.  Please send me your topics.   You are...

#5amMesterScrum Show 1,005 Live - What Agile is Really About, Hint is Not Saving Money - Today's topics: (1) Story of Time, Lateness and Missed Opportunity over saving money.  Keys are value and focus. Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum.  Please send me your topics.   You are are doing Great Please Keep on Sharing. 5am Mester Scrum 5am Mester Scrum Show 1,005 went live on Youtube,...

Details Continued from our Feb 15, 2023 sessions Kanban Conversations with Jennifer Steelman with Kanban activities. Bio: Jennifer Steelman is a coach, trainer, and facilitator. Her experience includes helping teams form and build trust and work toward high performing using agile and lean principles. Jennifer’s passion is helping others continue to grow their own knowledge as well as increase thei...

#5amMesterScrum Show 1,004 Live - Scrum vs. Kanban Tool UI - Today's topics: (1) We have our Meetup tonight with Jennifer Steelman talking kanban and this morning my neighbor was talking how an agile coach did things to the backlog to go from kanban to scrum.  I'm like yeah no, not a good way of doing it. Because the tool is a simple UI change. Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum.  ...

#5amMesterScrum Show 1,003 Live - Being Early Does Not Add Value and Rocket Review Day - Today's topics: (1) Its the Day Before Tax Day here in the United States and a prime example where being early does not get you anything.  Plus SpaceX is launching the Biggest Rocket Ever Today.  Best Wishes to the Engineers at SpaceX. Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum.  Please send me your to...

#5amMesterScrum Show 1,002 Live - Do Something Different - Today's topics: (1) I was listening to Amy Porterfield and she was talking about Doing Something Different and I thought let's apply that to our teams. Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum.  Please send me your topics.   You are are doing Great Please Keep on Sharing. 5am Mester Scrum 5am Mester Scrum Show 1,002 went live on...

#5amMesterScrum Show 1,001 Live - Scrum Exposes Life - Today's topics: (1) Scrum is Great at Exposing all the Bad Habits of Life on a Team.  The opportunity to transition will never be perfect.  It is just a smart thing to do. Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum.  Please send me your topics.   You are are doing Great Please Keep on Sharing. 5am Mester Scrum 5am Mester Scrum Show 1,0...

#5amMesterScrum Show 1,000 Live - 1,000th Show Crazy - Today's topics: (1) An all Day of Shorts Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum.  Please send me your topics.   You are are doing Great Please Keep on Sharing. 5am Mester Scrum 5am Mester Scrum Show 1,000 went live on Youtube, LinkedIn and Facebook Wednesday 4/12/2023 from Philadelphia, PA  Happy Scrumming, video version: https://y...

#5amMesterScrum Show 999 Live - Entrepreneur Is It Real Confession - Today's topics: (1) Wow 999 show and I have to confess I did not follow yesterday's advice to a point.  The Entrepreneur mental battle is it a hobby or is it Real?  Scaling and allowing you idea out of the barn.  What is the worst thing that could happen or should you worry about that? Please like and subscribe and share 5amMeste...

#5amMesterScrum Show 998 Live - Real Priority - Today's topics: (1) I shared a video from Alex Hormozi about anti-routine and he really got me to really think about priorities.  Real Priorities and the bad part of multi-tasking. Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum.  Please send me your topics.   You are are doing Great Please Keep on Sharing. 5am Mester Scrum 5am Mester Scrum Show 9...

#5amMesterScrum Bard vs. ChatGPT for our 6th Show AI6 - Today's topics: (1) We try some agile knowledge areas to see how they perform against one another. Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum.  Please send me your topics.   You are are doing Great Please Keep on Sharing. 5am Mester Scrum 5am Mester Scrum Show AI6 was recorded on 4/72023 and published on Youtube, LinkedIn and Facebook...

#5amMesterScrum Show 997 Live - Fun Friday Pet Holiday Fun - Today's topics: (1) Fun with Guest Hosts Ed and Jerry.  So it is a Holiday for many today and we decided Jerry has been good and deserved a duck toy.  Go bring some fun with your pet today or a neighbor's pet. Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum.  Please send me your topics.   You are are doing Great Please Keep on Sharing...

Our 31st Show on our experiment for a Tuesday Night Show with Tech 932pm EST 4/6/23, with a special treat. If you have any topics, cities, companies or countries you would like us to start reporting on for jobs and agile business news,  Topics: Rolling reporting, Jobs up and down? Please send us a message or comment below. Cheers & Happy Scrumming. Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScru...

#5amMesterScrum Show 996 Live - To Solve Blockers or To NOT Solve Blockers for the Team, Scrum Master choose wisely - Today's topics: (1) The chant from all the scrum classes is that it is the scrum master's job to solve blocker, but is it always.  Let's chat on this.. Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum.  Please send me your topics.   You are are doing Great Please Keep on Sharing....

#5amMesterScrum Show 995 Live - Resume Tasks vs. Win the debate of what to place in your resume - Today's topics: (1) Again from the Meta Cast show with Bob and Josh and they debated about putting in tasks vs. accomplishments in the resume.  Well there are positives and negatives to both. Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum.  Please send me your topics.   You are are doing Great Ple...