How Should a Scrum Team Handle Defects in a Sprint? #AskArtisan
Even ScrumMasters who follow #AskArtisan videos will encounter Unplanned Defects, which are critical to address immediately and can be challenging to deal with!
How Do I Choose Sprint Length? #AskArtisan
How do ScrumMasters set the length of a Sprint? It’s a trick question - Sprint length is determined by the entire Scrum Team! Why and how? Glad you asked!
How Many Teams Should a Product Owner Have? #AskArtisan
How many Scrum Teams should a Product Owner (CSPO) work with at once? The Scrum Guide is very clear, so in this #AskArtisan video, let's sort it out!
How Many Teams Should a ScrumMaster Have? #AskArtisan
ScrumMasters with more than one Scrum Team have a few things to look out for to ensure their multi-tasking isn't affecting the team's effectiveness.
Leverage Team Values to Guarantee Successful Outcomes
As a leader of one or more teams, you may not see any purpose in holding team members accountable to agreed-upon values—but you’d be making a huge mistake.
How Scrum Masters Can Make Team Values Real
The Scrum framework has five values: commitment, courage, focus, openness, and respect -- but, like many organizational values, Scrum values are frequently written off as an interesting side note in the executive summary of Scrum, but are rarely understood or properly used. In my nearly 20 years of coaching teams and organizations, most failures
Do Scrum Team Members have to be Full Time? #AskArtisan
Scrum Team members CAN be part-time, but this week’s #AskArtisan video shares insight on helping them maximize their time, and pitfalls to look out for.
How Many People Should be on One Scrum Team? #AskArtisan
I'm often asked about the ideal number of people on one Scrum Team, but maybe a better question is why and how any number becomes too many?
Can QAers be on a Scrum Team? #AskArtisan
When you set up a Scrum team, what do you do with your QAers? In this video, I'll explain why they should definitely be part of the team.
Can One Person Have Multiple Scrum Team Roles? #AskArtisan
Can multiple Scrum roles go to one person? Why or why not? Let's break it down to understand the pros and cons to having Scrum team members with multiple roles.
Adapting Your Communication Style
Guest blogger Kristie Santana, founder of the National Coach Academy, discusses communication styles for the Process Communication Model's 6 main personality types.
What is Scrum?
The most popular Agile Development framework, Scrum, can be explained in many ways. If you're just trying to understand what Scrum is, this post is for you.