by Merle | Oct 8, 2021 | Coaching
I am often asked how to conduct a Scrum Retro meeting correctly so that people would be happy to participate next time as well. And this is a very correct question, because if you conduct a Retro meeting in an incompetent way, it will most likely go wrong and people will have a traumatic experience instead of the expected benefit. However, a successful Retro meeting is extremely useful. Here you will find a detailed step-by-step description of how to carry out your first Retro or, if you have already done them before, you may find new useful tips.
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by Merle | May 27, 2021 | Coaching
How do you know that the Scrum Master of the development team does his job well? The success of a Scrum Master’s work cannot be judged on the basis of a few numerical values, but I will give you 5 main success criteria to follow.
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by Merle | Oct 27, 2020 | Software Development
Quite often, I see the following scheme in Estonian software development projects: the development company describes in its offer in eloquent terms that they develop agilely and use the Scrum methodology. The team’s description states that the role of Scrum Master is performed by the project manager. Looks okay?
But this is where the fundamental problems begin. I myself have been in the role of a project manager and a Scrum Master at the same time, and I have lived through all the painful personality split problems that such an arrangement has caused.
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