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Why Do New Scrum Teams Need a Scrum Master?

Why Do New Scrum Teams Need a Scrum Master?

As organization’s begin playing scrum, staffing a new team with full-time, fully-dedicated people can be challenging.  One of the key roles you’ll want to get right, is the scrum master. This article will discuss why a full-time, fully-dedicated scrum master role is critical for a new team. 

Ask Mr. Agile®: What is the career path for the scrum master?

Ask Mr. Agile®: What is the career path for the scrum master?

What are your agile questions? Whether it’s transitioning from traditional project management, managing vendor contracts, estimation and more, Mr. Agile® has answers. Today’s blog post answers the question: “What is the career path for the scrum master?” Mr. Agile® says, “The career path of the scrum master isn’t necessarily that different than…”

Ask Mr. Agile®: What is the best way to utilize a small team with oversight of multiple products?

Ask Mr. Agile®: What is the best way to utilize a small team with oversight of multiple products?

What are your agile questions? Whether it’s transitioning from traditional project management, managing vendor contracts, estimation and more, Mr. Agile® has answers. Today’s blog post answers the question: “What is the best way to utilize a small team with oversight of multiple products?” Mr. Agile® says, “This is a very common challenge. The main thing that we’re looking for…”

The State of Scrum in Sacramento  

The State of Scrum in Sacramento  

Spurring this unprecedented growth are benefits from scrum — an agile framework designed to help team members adapt to creative challenges while delivering top-notch value. Today, we’re sharing a scrum overview, focusing our attention on how it’s updating and transforming the city of Sacramento into far more than the state capital.

Invest in Certified Scrum Product Owner Training. Here’s Why.

Invest in Certified Scrum Product Owner Training. Here’s Why.

The most successful product deliveries involve customer-focused business and technical people working together daily throughout the discovery and development of the product. Strong product ownership is what drives this. Scrum is an effective framework for aligning what we traditionally have referred to as the “two sides of the organization–IT and the business.” 

Ask Mr. Agile®: Where does a business analyst fit on a scrum team?

Ask Mr. Agile®: Where does a business analyst fit on a scrum team?

What are your agile questions? Whether it’s transitioning from traditional project management, managing vendor contracts, estimation and more, Mr. Agile® has answers. Today’s blog post answers the question: “Where does a business analyst fit on a scrum team?” Mr. Agile® says, “There is no role called business analyst on a scrum team. There’s a…”

Ask Mr. Agile®: Do defects exist for scrum teams?

Ask Mr. Agile®: Do defects exist for scrum teams?

What are your agile questions? Whether it’s transitioning from traditional project management, managing vendor contracts, estimation and more, Mr. Agile® has answers. Today’s blog post answers the question: “Do defects exist for scrum teams?” Mr. Agile® says, “Defects exist for scrum teams. The difference under a scrum model is that we’re going to fully build…”

Ask Mr. Agile®: How do you include manual testing in scrum?

Ask Mr. Agile®: How do you include manual testing in scrum?

What are your agile questions? Whether it’s transitioning from traditional project management, managing vendor contracts, estimation and more, Mr. Agile® has answers. Today’s blog post answers the question: “How do you include manual testing in scrum?” Mr. Agile® says, “The first question I would ask is: Why are you doing the manual testing?…”

Ask Mr. Agile®: Can scrum teams change their sprint length?

Ask Mr. Agile®: Can scrum teams change their sprint length?

What are your agile questions? Whether it’s transitioning from traditional project management, managing vendor contracts, estimation and more, Mr. Agile® has answers. Today’s blog post answers the question: “Can scrum teams change their sprint length?” Mr. Agile® says, “They can but it isn’t free…”

Ask Mr. Agile®: How do Gantt charts work with scrum?

Ask Mr. Agile®: How do Gantt charts work with scrum?

What are your agile questions? Whether it’s transitioning from traditional project management, managing vendor contracts, estimation and more, Mr. Agile® has answers. Today’s blog post answers the question: “How do Gantt charts work with scrum?” Mr. Agile® says, “Gantt charts are just a visualization, so I think many times people think that…”

Not Getting to “Done”? How To Define Success in a Sprint

Not Getting to “Done”? How To Define Success in a Sprint

Scrum teams should be purpose-driven in their development. Rather than focusing on how many items get completed during a sprint, the focus should be more on achieving overarching business goals for delivering value to the customer. Scrum is also all about getting to done. There’s no partial credit. Shippable work is either done, or it isn’t.

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