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This week Jessica Wolfe and Dave Prior respond to a question about how to be an effective ScrumMaster when you are not in the same location as your team. To complicate matters even more, try stepping into the ScrumMaster role in place of an SM who was colocated with part of the team. If that doesn’t seem challenging enough—try two Product Qwners working with the team.
Here is the question:
My Scrum team consists of 4 devs in San Diego and 3 devs and 2 POs remotely (I know, breaking a rule right there having 2 POs and multiple projects assigned to one team) The previous scrum master for our team was located in San Diego and was able to have actual facetime with the portion of the team 2 times a week on average. Tuesday for Daily Scrum and Wednesdays for Sprint Review, Sprint Retrospective and Sprint Planning (and then off week's Daily Scrum and Backlog Refinement). While we do everything virtually (Sprint backlog, Product Backlog, screenshare ceremonies encouraging video (but not required)), it was something the team welcomed, it was a rallying day, and I believe allowed the SM a better check on the morale/heartbeat of over half the team - seeing them in person, having easier one on one time available if needed. I have now taken over as SM for this team and another team (other team is all remote and they never met in person regularly), so I'm wondering if you might have any suggestions to foster that same closeness, continue to keep a close pulse on the team and provide a safe environment for openness and collaboration while serving the team from across the country.
Links from the PodcastIf you are curious about Jason Kelce’s speech at the Eagles parade, here you go:
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Upcoming ClassesAnd if you are interested in taking one of our upcoming Certified Scrum Master or Certified Scrum Product Owner classes, you can find all the details at https://www.leadingagile.com/our-gear/training/
What's the Difference Between Scrum and Kanban? w/ Jessica Wolfe and Derek Huether
Is Culture Really the Issue? w/ Mike Cottmeyer
Business Intelligence Report Creation in Scrum w/ Derek Huether and Jessica Wolfe
The Importance of Empathy in Agile w/ Tim Wise
Why You Need a Vision Statement w/ Dave Prior
Introduction to Leading and Lagging Indicators w/ Derek Huether
Transforming a Long-Standing Traditional Organization to Agile w/ Derek Huether
The Evolving Role of an Agile Coach w/ Mike Cottmeyer
Who Should be a ScrumMaster? Who Should be a Product Owner? w/ Dave Prior
Sprint Report Basics: What Should You Be Tracking? w/ Jessica Wolfe
What do you do when you can’t finish the work in a Sprint? Student Q&A w/ Derek Huether:
Team-Based New Year's Resolutions w/ Jessica Wolfe
Student Q&A: How PBIs get into the Product Backlog & Tips for Moving from Waterfall to Agile w/ Jim Hayden and Tim Wise
Agile in a Few Weeks and Correcting Developer Behavior w/ Tom Churchwell
CSP Deadline 12/31/17: How to Earn SEU's Fast! w/ Special Guests: Erika Massie and Cody Winberg.
Creating Empathy Maps w/ Scott Sehlhorst
Student Q&A: Dealing with Performance Issues and Stakeholder Expectations w/ Jessica Wolfe
The Trust and Influence Loop w/ Mike Cottmeyer
Q&A: Estimation and Meeting Sprint Commitments w/ Derek Huether
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