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Investigate Paul's perspective on what defines success for Scrum Masters, from the smooth running of refinement sessions to the collaborative maintenance of the Product Backlog. This episode provides practical tips for Scrum Masters to assess their impact, emphasizing the importance of team collaboration, effective backlog management, and the ease of sprint planning. Discover how to assess success in the Agile world through a blend of team dynamics, process efficiency, and shared responsibility.
Featured Retrospective Format for the Week: The Sailboat Retrospective and Other FormatsPaul emphasizes the critical role of retrospectives in enabling relentless improvement, highlighting formats like the Sailboat retrospective, Celebration Grid, and the high-performance tree to encourage experimentation and self-assessment within teams. These retrospective formats are not just reflective exercises but strategic tools that prompt teams to align their values with their Agile practices, ensuring continuous growth and alignment with business goals.
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About Paul Jarvis
Paul is a seasoned Enterprise Lean Agile Coach, Trainer, RTE, and Scrum Master with a decade of experience in the FinTech sector, focusing on banking, payments, and e-commerce. Recently, he completed a 3.5-year tenure at a key player in investment banking.
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BONUS: Transitioning from Non-Tech to Tech Roles with Mariana Trigo, A Guide For Scrum Masters, and Agile Coaches
How a Product Owner Can Foster Agile Team Success with Collaboration and Inspiration | Peter Müller
From Guidance to Self-Governance, Cultivating Autonomous Decision-Making in Agile Teams | Peter Müller
Fostering Future Agile Leaders, An Inside Look at the Apprentice Program for Agile Coaches and Scrum Masters | Peter Müller
The Complacency Trap, And How Positive Disruptions Can Rekindle Agile Team Growth | Peter Müller
Improving Scrum Daily Stand-Ups That Have Lost Focus And Become Long And Cluttered | Peter Müller
When Technical Knowledge is an Impediment to Great Product Ownership in Scrum | Mike Lyons
Guiding Agile Teams to Independence, Tips For Scrum Masters | Mike Lyons
Agile Beyond Teams, Leading Organizational Change | Mike Lyons
Slipping Back, When Agile Teams Drift Back Toward Waterfall | Mike Lyons
The Humility to Listen, A Sprint Planning Turnaround Story | Mike Lyons
BONUS: The Art of Slicing Work | Anton Skornyakov
Leading with Trust, The Product Owner’s Guide | Mike Richards
The Scrum Master Feedback Loop, Measuring What Really Matters For Scrum Masters | Mike Richards
Managing Agile Teams Under Tight Deadlines, The Remote Team Edition | Mike Richards
Beyond Lip Service, True Stories of Agile Transformation | Mike Richards
Rethinking Project Priorities As a Way to Overcome The Project Iron Triangle | Mike Richards
The Enthusiastic Product Owner, and How it Affects Agile Team Performance | Paul Jarvis
Embracing the Stretch Zone, Tools for Personal and Agile Team Growth | Paul Jarvis
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