5am Mester Scrum

#5amMesterScrum Show 668 Live - Scrum Developer Role and New t-shirts  - Today's topics: (1) We have t-shirts and Ed and I are trying some samples before we post them and (2) Scrum Guide talking Roles and today is the Developer Role   I love the new sentence in 2020 of: Developers holding each other accountable as Professionals Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum.  Please send me yo...

#5amMesterScrum Show 667 Live - Adaptation Final Scrum Pillar and Fire in My House which just even more makes our Mission that much more important - Today's topics: (1) We we had a fire on the 3rd floor of my house and it made me realize the serious side of our mission statement to get you home to family and friends and (2) Adaptation Pillar: A scrum team is expected to adapt the moment it learns...

#5amMesterScrum Show 666 Live - Evil #Inspection #Scrum Pillar - Today's topic: (1) Inspection enables adaptation. Inspection without adaptation is considered pointless. Talking the 3 pillars of Scrum: Transparency, Inspection and Adaption.  Maybe there is a reason why people don't see value in the Retrospection, because all they do is Inspections. Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScru...

#5amMesterScrum Show 665 Live - Naked Transparency Pillar, People Fear Transparency - Today's topic: (1) Transparency enables inspection. Inspection without transparency is misleading and wasteful. Talking the 3 pillars of Scrum: Transparency, Inspection and Adaption.  Sharing visuals in this virtual world. Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum.  Please send me your topics.   You are...

#5amMesterScrum Show 664 Live - Scrum Value of Respect and how it helps with Conflict - Today's topic: (1) The Scrum Value of Respect takes many forms but I personally it is about #diversity in thought.  Diversity in dev and test perspectives, diversity in front end and back end and diversity in culture and what people bring to the team from outside the job. Respecting diverse thought allow confli...

#5amMesterScrum Show 663 Live - Scrum Value of Courage and how it helps with Conflict - Today's topic: (1) The Scrum Value of Courage - The courage to ask why or questions for understanding.  Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum.  Please send me your topics.   You are are doing Great Please Keep on Sharing. 5am Mester Scrum #5amMesterScrum #scrum #agile #business #scrummaster #agilec...

#5amMesterScrum Show 662 Live - Scrum Value of Openness and how it helps with Conflict - Today's topic: (1) The Scrum Value of Openness to be honest will create conflict but then also help accelerate past the conflict and accelerate.  Openness is key to working as a team and getting help.  Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum.  Please send me your topics.   You are are doing Great Pl...

#5amMesterScrum Show 661 Live - Scrum Value of Focus and how it helps with Conflict and Fortune Cookie Friday - Today's topics: (1) Using the scrum value of Focus to help with complex problem solving and minimizing conflict of time and priorities and (2) Fortune Cookie Friday : Love is a present that can be given every day you live. Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum.  Please send...

#5amMesterScrum Show 660 Live - Boyz Night Arcade Fun at Dave and Buster's Showing off our winnings - Today's topic: (1) Boyz night out while the girlz are at Girl Scout camp, so Ed and I had some fun in support of our Mission.  The dogs especially Jerry wanted to get at Ed's winnings. Lots of Bloopers on this live show Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum.  Please send me your topic...

#5amMesterScrum Show 659 Live - Scrum #Value of #Commitment and how it helps with #Conflict - Today's topic: (1) This week we are talking Scrum Values ( Commitment, Focus, Openness, Respect and Courage) and how they help with Conflict. Today is all about Commitment and its impact on conflicts. Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum.  Please send me your topics.   You are are doing Grea...

#5amMesterScrum Show 658 Live - Performance and Conflict - Today's topic: (1) High Performing Teams are ready to accept that Conflict will happen but these teams find a way to utilize conflict as an enhancement. The scrum values help in this matter. Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum.  Please send me your topics.   You are are doing Great Please Keep on Sharing. 5am Mester Scrum #5...

#5amMesterScrum Show 657 Live - Five Signs of a Fear Driven Organization Resulting in Low Performance - Today's topic: (1) Psychological safety and I wanted to share 5 signs of a fear based organization or really the Muda that it produces. Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum.  Please send me your topics.   You are are doing Great Please Keep on Sharing. 5am Mester Scrum #5amMesterSc...

#5amMesterScrum Show 656 Live - Old Bugs explained by Manager and Haircut and Why as explained by 8 year old - Today's topics: (1) On a dashboard a year old bug appeared in a sprint as something to work in a Sprint and I'm like why? And why the response was not of an agile or value mindset  and (2) I needed a haircut and forgot to tell my son why I wanted it in the morning, just like when PO's for...

#5amMesterScrum Show 655 Live - Managers encouraging Time Off after a Big Push and Fortune Cookie Saturday - Today's topics: (1) In just about every organization I have worked with pre-Agile Mindset in the company, managers push the team to work extra hard to meet a deadline or new release and then many of those managers encourage people to take vacation.  I have to say this is not sustainable and...

#5amMesterScrum Show 654 Live - Courage in Scrum Events +1 (plus one being Backlog Refinement - Today's topic: (1) The Scrum Values are Commitment, Focus, Openness, Respect, and Courage and in this episode we talk about COURAGE inside each Scrum Event plus Refinement and how the team roles need courage. Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum.  Please send me your topics.   You are are...

#5amMesterScrum Show 653 Live - Customer Access No. 1, Status is not Value! - Today's topic: (1) The other day I was with a group and the manager was describing a system they built to capture feedback and provide visibility in Feature status.  In the back of my mind is they needed more courage to allow the customer access to the existing systems they have and not waste money.  Status is not Value!...

#5amMesterScrum Show 652 Live - Switching #Jobs, Last Day for Old Job and Monday New #Job - Today's topic: (1) I'm switching jobs and I wanted to share what it is like and some of the Agile Attitude that I use to help with my transition Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum.  Please send me your topics.   You are are doing Great Please Keep on Sharing. 5am Mester Scrum #5amMesterScrum...

#5amMesterScrum Show 651 Live - Sprint Review is UAT Change your Paradigm - Today's topic: (1) User acceptance testing UAT should be either your Sprint Review or during the Sprint.  I was coaching a PO the other day and the PO took on this challenge to make the goal of using the Sprint Review and get the UAT feedback in the Sprint and not a month later.  I challenge anyone to tell me why it can't...

#5amMesterScrum Show 650 Live - Four (4) Sprint Magic, 5 Things needed to Get There - Today's topic: (1) There are lots of people out there complaining about the Scrum Ceremonies, story points etc.. but in reality it should only take 4 Sprints to get it solid.  But there are 5 Things needed to allow it to happen. Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum.  Please send me your topics.   Yo...

#5amMesterScrum Show 649 Live - Scrum is Design to move people from Thinking to Doing - Today's topic: (1) Changing from a waterfall way of Thinking a lot and Doing Little to using Timeboxes and Scrum Ceremonies to get people into "Doing" Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum.  Please send me your topics.   You are are doing Great Please Keep on Sharing. 5am Mester Scrum #5amMesterScr...

#5amMesterScrum Show 648 Live - People and Interactions but I think many companies are forgetting the people - Today's topic: (1) With all the talk of returning to the office, I think there are many companies rushing in without building a plan to gradually get people ready.  They forgot the people part of the agile manifesto. Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum.  Please send me your...

#5amMesterScrum Show 647 Live - When I See It I will Know It and  Fortune Cookie Saturday - Today's topics: (1) How many times do we hear "I will know when I see it" and people question the value behind a Sprint Review?  The other day I saw a box load of telegraph glass insulators real cheap and then I came up with an entire interactive display idea for our museum.  But if I did not see the box I...

#5amMesterScrum Show 646 Live - New 5amMesterScrum Merch and OKRs & Management question What do I do with a self organizing Team? - Today's topic: (1) OKRs is a great tool for any Agile coach or Scrum Master when they get the question What do I do from managers.  Managers can share objectives based on the senior meeting they attend and where the company is going in the next few quarters. Please li...

#5amMesterScrum Show 645 Live - Working Together to Solve Problems Countering the Dreaded Dev and Test Sprints - Today's topic: (1) Companies that focus on utilization vs. "Good" product love the dev and test sprint make up, however, when people work together they are so much more productive and happy plus bug fixing is so much cheaper to get done. Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScru...

#5amMesterScrum Show 644 Live - Goals Keys to Enjoyment - Today's topic: (1) Goals are keys to enjoying what we do from a personal, team and corporate perspective.  Goals based on metrics are not Goals and they do not create passion and enjoyment.  Sprint Goals help create product to review with the customer, increase velocity is not a goal.  OKRs help build goals for the future, like automating o...