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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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If you have a question you’d like to submit for an upcoming podcast, please send them to dave.prior@leadingagile.com
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/
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The Benefits of Volunteering w/ Julianne Jones
Getting Stakeholders to Attend Your Sprint Review w/ Sara McClintock
What is a Well-Formed Backlog? w/ Jeff Howey
Why You Need Empathy Maps w/ Scott Sehlhorst
Planning a System of Transformation w/ Mike Cottmeyer
Understanding the Problem You're Trying to Solve with Metrics w/ Jessica Wolfe
ScrumMaster Survival Tips w/ Sarah Smith
Maximizing Value in the Presence of Constraints w/ Mike Cottmeyer
How Does Sprint Planning Work?: A SoundNotes Tutorial
System of Delivery vs System of Transformation w/ Mike Cottmeyer
What is the Worth of a Good Product Owner? w/ Tim Wise
How Do I Use Scrum on Data Warehouse Projects w/ Dave Nicolette
Prioritizing Work to Maximize Return w/ Dennis Stevens
Coordinating Work with Agile & Waterfall Teams in a Mixed Environment w/ AJ Sanford
Designing an Organization that Manages Value w/ Mikkel Ladegaard
Letting Go of the Waterfall, Embracing Agile, and Mixed Martial Arts w/ Brandon Dudley
The Language of Loss and the Language of Gain w/ Mike Cottmeyer & Andrew Young
The Value of Improving Your Technical Practices w/ Rich Dammkoehler
Measuring the Impact of Change in Agile Transformation w/ Jeff Howey
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