#5amMesterScrum Show #403 Live -  Big Backlogs are a Mistake, Muscle Memory, Fortune Cookie  and a Big Bell - Today's topics:  (1) Big Backlogs more than 6 to 7 Sprints is too Long, as things change even in this little show, (2) Muscle Memory needs to be worked in Scrum and in anything you do, as once you stop it get harder to start again and (3) Fortune Cookie Friday on a Tuesday since we missed last week: Don't spend your time stringing and tuning your instrument. Start making music now!.

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#5amMesterScrum Show #402 Live -  Some Documentation Needed for Software to Work - Today's topics:  (1) Got a new camera but apparently it does not work occasionally if you use the wrong memory chip.  Sometime Documentation is critical to have software work. 

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#5amMesterScrum Show #401 Live -  More To A Problem than a Simple Answer - Today's topics:  (1) Reflecting Solution and Business Diversity where so many default to the simple solution causing more issues and Diversity of Business and Competition to keep us on our toes. 

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#5amMesterScrum Show #400 Live -  Agile Leaders Don't Control - Today's topics:  (1) Reflecting on our Balloon ride today about Agile Leaders and how the should not try to control people and teams.  They should only help the up and over or even through obstacles.  Once an agile team is prepared and free the agile leader should just enjoy the ride and watch them produce wonders. 

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#5amMesterScrum Show #399 Live -  Environment Down and Rushing Fake Deadlines - Today's topics:  (1) Attempted Ballooning yesterday and the environment was literally down (rain) and we should give ourselves room and (2) Rush Fake Deadlines like Sprint timebox close or fake release dates that are not critical and putting our customers at risk. 

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#5amMesterScrum Show #398 Live -  Agile Pasta, Ballooning and Giving yourself and Team Time - Today's topics:  (1) Using Agile to sell pasta during COVID Close down with options for customer, but don't stop there keep being agile and improve and (2) Going Ballooning and giving yourself and team time before the last day.  So many teams wait for the last minute to deliver product in a sprint, leaving themselves no time for flexibility. 

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#5amMesterScrum Show #397 Live -  Agile Sunflowers, Strawberries and Business Marketing Mindset - Today's topics:  (1) Stepping away from the software world and going Agile Business Mindset talking Sunflowers and Strawberries in hydroponics. 

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#5amMesterScrum Show #396 Live -  In the Dark talking Agile, Space and MVP - Today's topics:  (1) Keeping the show brief and talking how Space uses rental cranes vs. large finished building to deliver Spacecraft to the customer. They are really using MVP and prioritizing work to get product to the customer.

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#5amMesterScrum Show #395 Live -  Virtual Agile Networking, Project Management Trigger words  and Fortune Cookie Friday - Today's topics:  (1) Sharing a bunch of virtual agile groups on meetup, (2) Project Management trigger words I hear from agile coaches and scrum masters like Status, and (3) Fortune Cookie Friday: Big fortunes falls from the sky. Small fortunes comes from saving..

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#5amMesterScrum Show #394 Live -  Marketing Team, What might One Look Like and  Sprint Reviews, more than Demo - Today's topics:  (1) Reflecting on what a Agile Marketing team would like like, hint it is not traditional, and (2) Sprint Review is not talked about enough and what and who should participate.

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