Practicing Scrum In The Real World When Implementing Scrum

Tips To Create Effective Scrum Teams When Practicing Scrum In Your Organization

An effective practicing scrum team is made up of three primary roles accountabilities.  And. An effective practicing scrum team keeps things simple. The entire Scrum Team needs to Focus and #deliver the highest priority work while keeping it simple and not try to put “lipstick on a pig” (see the Scrum Cartoon below).

​Remember:  

You — or your boss and organization — cannot [continue] “Managing Scrum“.  

You can change the conversation by Leading Scrum.

​Here are a few role “accountability” specific professional tips to remember when practicing Scrum:

Practicing Scrum: Product Owner Role Accountability

• An effective Agile Scrum Product Owner is:

  • Available: 100% with no multi-tasking

  • Knowledgeable: Understand the needs of your end users

  • Authority: to say “NO”.

• If you do not have all three of these attributes, work with your Agile Scrum Team — and stakeholders in your organization — in order to have all three.

• Any one of the three missing is a disservice to the organization. Really.

Practicing Scrum: Development Team Member Role Developer Accountability

• This does not just mean being a “geeky” person who writes code.

• You are responsible for committing to the work.

• Negotiate “done” with the Product Owner.

• Focus and deliver a working product at the end of each Sprint.

Practicing Scrum: Scrum Master Role Accountability

• You have zero authority.

• You are not accountable for delivery of the project.

• Learn more about effective facilitation and negotiation skills.

• Become a servant true leader.

Bonus Video Links

The following external video links are five great videos for Agile Scrum Product Owners, Developers, and Scrum Masters in order to become a more effective practicing scrum team.

You can share these short videos with your team (during a Sprint Retrospective!) to discuss how to become an even more effective Agile Scrum team.

1. Susan Cain: The Power of Introverts

2. Brene Brown: The Power of Vulnerability

3. David Marquet: “Greatness“

4. Daniel Pink: Drive: The surprising truth about what motivates us

5. Simon Sinek: How Great Leaders Inspire Action

Practicing Scrum: How to become an effective Agile Scrum Team Member

• Review the AgileManifesto. This is where it all began.

• View the Interactive Scrum Guide.

• Listen to the the Scrum Guide Audio Book.

• Watch the Scrum Guide YouTube Playlist.

• KISS Scrum (Keep it Simple Stupid).

• Read the fictional story of someone Considering Scrum.

• Re-read “The New New Product Development Game” (1986, Harvard Business Review).

• Review your free Implementing Scrum Resources.

• See the riveting (smile) story: Origin of the Scrum Chicken and Pig Cartoons.

• Check out the Scrum Fundamentals.

• Investigate your Certified Scrum Training options.

• Learn about your options to hire Michael Vizdos for a Consulting Engagement today.

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