5am Mester Scrum

#5amMesterScrum Lightning Talk 1,214 Live - Why Ask These 3 Question? More than just an ice breaker and Fortune Cookie (Fun Friday) - Today's topics: (1) I love to ask these 3 questions What Fun did you have last?, What Fun do you have planned next and What is Blocking you from having Fun?  There is a deeper reason than just an ice breaker and (2) it's Fortune Cookie Friday Please like and subscri...

#5amMesterScrum Lightning Talk 1,213 Live - Natural Retros Do Occur (4R Thursdays) - Today's topics: (1) Facilitating a Sprint Review yesterday and a natural retro started up.  We cancelled the retro the day before because half the team was busy with a release and did reschedule for the following Tuesday.  What did I do and how I handled it. Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum.  Ple...

#5amMesterScrum Lightning Talk 1,212 Live - Metric Averages are Better Than Single Points (Metric Monday) - Today's topics: (1) Metric averages or trends are so much better that single point measures that lead to multipoint failures.  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...

#5amMesterScrum Lightning Talk 1,211 Live - How I Got $11 1st Class one way Airline tickets (2-4-1 10X Tuesdays) - Today's topics: (1) Some might say that has nothing to do with agile but I will argue it does.  Focusing on a limited number of avenues of work and flexible with delivery times. Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum.  Please send me your topics.   You are doing Great Plea...

#5amMesterScrum Lightning Talk 1,210 Live - Why Metrics At All? Because they Work! (Metric Monday) - Today's topics: (1) Why metrics at all is an argument that you will here from now to forever.  The answer is they work.  How many track steps or calories?  I know when I do track those I do much better on my health goals. Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum.  Please send me your topi...

#5amMesterScrum Lightning Talk 1,209 Live - My Top 3 Favorite Metrics to Start a Team with (Metric Monday) - Today's topics: (1) There are lots of questions out their about 3 favorite metrics to start with.  I'm curious how many think of  the backlog as one?  Love to hear your top 3 or even 5. Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum.  Please send me your topics.   You are are doing Grea...

Thursday Night Interview Program with Rachelle Williams Agile Coach and Business Woman, who recently posted about her journey to land that new agile coaching opportunity and I was eager to get her on the show.  Rachelle who brings years of experience from scrum master and agile coaching to the table for our Interview No. 24.  Rachelle Williams Methodology Agnostic Agile Coach & Consultant | Ob...

#5amMesterScrum Lightning Talk 1,208 Live - Business Crashing your Sprint, then get a Cadence  (4R Thursdays) - Today's topics: (1) Get a cadence where the Requirement Refinement session is on the same day as Sprint Review/Planning.  If you hold Sprint Review or Planning on Wednesdays then hold Refinements on Wednesday.  Make life as simple as possible for Business Stakeholder.  Get into the habit...

#5amMesterScrum Lightning Talk 1,207 Live - Thankfulness Practice, Who wants to work with un-Happy people? (2-4-1 10X Tuesdays) - Today's topics: (1) Who wants to be Unhappy or let alone work with unhappy people.  I was listening to a podcast Expert Edge and they had Jon Gordon talking about a positive mindset.  And I was like yeah I'm out of practice and needed to get back in my morning habit of...

#5amMesterScrum Lightning Talk 1,206 Live - Helping Others Out and HR Interview Scenario for future Scrum Team Hire (We Team & HR Wednesdays) - Today's topics: (1) My son is starting a new business at age 11 and he asked if I would pitch in.  I said yes, but I'm really not sure what I signed up for as of yet.  Anyway it made me think, what question would I ask for a new hire on a scrum team, s...

#5amMesterScrum Lightning Talk 1,205 Live - Its Not Too Late.  Oh by the way 30K download for the podcast today (2-4-1 10X Tuesdays) - Today's topics: (1) Today was full of distractions about 18K steps worth. I was listening to Ed Mylett during some of those steps and he was talking about putting in the extra learning or getting those reps in.  It reminded me that we should definitely not miss a t...

#5amMesterScrum Lightning Talk 1,204 Live - Blindly checking off Report can Lead to total Mistrust and Lost Customer (Metric Monday) - Today's topics: (1) Last week my wife asked me to take her car to the dealership for a scheduled service check. I asked the service manager if they could do a diagnostics as I was worried about traction and also the A/C unit because it would turn off when it was on...

#5amMesterScrum Lightning Talk 1,203 Live - Getting that Extra Base in Baseball Agility (2-4-1 10X Tuesdays) - Today's topics: (1) Getting that extra base in baseball as I watched my son grab that extra base because he was aware and practiced for it.  Applying a little baseball agility to business and operations. Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum.  Please send me your topics.   Yo...

#5amMesterScrum Lightning Talk 1,201 Live - Don't Need All the Metrics At Once (Metric Monday) - Today's topics: (1) Bring in Metrics as they make sense or could be helpful. 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 Lightning Talk 1,201 went live on Youtube, LinkedIn and Faceb...

#5amMesterScrum Lightning Talk 1,201 Live - Fun Pirate Friday and Fortune Cookie (Fun Friday) - Today's topics: (1) Reflecting on the fun our co-host Eddie had at the recent home run derby and him winning the championship for his baseball team I wanted to revisit the idea of a baseball retro.  Plus I think the MLB All-star game is coming up next month.  So why not get a head of the game. and (2) i...

5amMesterScrum Meetup Handy SW Tools For Studies, Product Mgr & Health Topic: the tools I use that helped me with Masters degree, my job as a product manager and with my fitness goals. Rob Jackson Product Manager - As an information technology professional, I am passionate about helping users operate more efficiently and seamlessly. I have extensive experience in healthcare operations, data an...

#5amMesterScrum Lightning Talk 1,200 Live - Requirements Follow-Up sometimes Writing them down is not Enough (4R Thursdays) - Today's topics: (1) Reflecting on my year of teaching and during the semesters I created a pretty simple requirement for each grades.  At 1st I verbally shared, then written shared with the students and then in the end I had to share it with both parents and students with s...

#5amMesterScrum Lightning Talk 1,199 Live - Hybrid or Remote jobs - Virtual Commute Time, what are you doing with it? (2-4-1 10X Tuesdays) - Today's topics: (1) So I had a few days that I had to go into the office that were cancelled and it made e think how are people using their "virtual commute time"?  My recommendation is to use it to grow yourself and plan it out.  Please like and subscribe an...

#5amMesterScrum Lightning Talk 1,198 Live - One Review or Two (4R Thursdays) - Today's topics: (1) Lots of teams think all they should do is a story review with the PO or Stakeholder and then they don't need to do a Sprint Review.  Its redundant!  Well there are three sets of stakeholders that should be a part of any review besides the PO: Other stakeholders invested in the team the manager and th...

#5amMesterScrum Lightning Talk 1,197 Live -Scrum Framework Built to Optimize both Individual and Team team Time (We Team & HR Wednesdays) - Today's topics: (1) Finding that balance between team and individual time and Scrum tries to frame that balance Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum.  Please send me your topics.   You are are doing Great Please Keep on Sharing. 5am Mester Sc...

#5amMesterScrum Lightning Talk 1,196 Live - Being Thankful During Your Job Search (2-4-1 10X Tuesdays) - Today's topics: (1) Just reflecting on all the competition out there for jobs or career promotions and I realized that a practice of being Thankful might go a long way.  Practicing Thankfulness for all the applications, the new connections and even rejections. Is it the extra edge you could use...

Thursday Night Interview Program with Viktoriia Kondratova Business Analyst and World Traveler from the USA to Ukraine and back again to the USA Interview No. 23.  Viktoriia Kondratova business Analyst and ServiceNow experience BA   successfully combines technical knowledge & ability to quickly grasp the core of business challenges organizations are facing, when trying to bring new IT products...

#5amMesterScrum Lightning Talk 1,195 Live -Onboarding New People with pre setups and if Onboarding is not documented then make it a part of their tasks during onboarding (We Team & HR Wednesdays) - Today's topics: (1) So many companies waste time not getting new hires up to speed with a good onboarding system.  I would like to share documentation and setup ideas, that I use all the time or at...

#5amMesterScrum Lightning Talk 1,194 Live - Your Growth Journey Let Look at this Snake Skin  (2-4-1 10X Tuesdays) - Today's topics: (1) Found this snake skin while getting my miles per day in.  It made me think about your journey on your career path.  Growing to a point, feeling restricted in your growth, finally deciding it was time to break through, struggling in the process to let go of restric...

Big Dreams Made From Smaller Pieces, Turning No's into Yes's to Help along our Career Journey, Based on Greg Mester's new co-Authored Book "The Change: Insight's Into Self Empowerment" Sharing the audio portion of my seminar share at the Zip-inar online meeting held on May 29, 2024.   The presentation seems to adjust little by little every time I give it and if you are interested in having me shar...