5am Mester Scrum

#5amMesterScrum Show #423 Live - Shark Teeth Velocity History and the Dangers of those 1/2 Point Stories (agile accountants beware) - Today's topics:  (1) Started with the 1/2 point stories and how they add no value and start your journey to a factory, and (2) Seeing Shark Teeth profile in your Velocity History graph and questions to ask the team..

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#5amMesterScrum Show #422 Live - Pony Sprint watching Polo Tournament this weekend and Waterfall take years to change and only Change Course with an Outside action like a Storm - Today's topics:  (1) Attending a Polo Tournament at a local park and I watched how the Horses ran in Sprints like in Scrum , and (2) Reflecting on another trip watch the waterfalls and river cut their way, but without an outside force they will never change course much like most IT shops if it was not for COVID sad to say..

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#5amMesterScrum Show #421 Live - Thank you for 13K Subscribers y 13M Views, Velocity Up or Down What I use it to Ask and Empirical Data on Support Functions - Today's topics:  (1) Using Velocity to share with other teams and ask are they really Retrospecting?, and (2) Having empirical data on how much time is spent on support and then leaning it to lesser impact.

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#5amMesterScrum Show #420 Live - Agile Marketing Team, What is Velocity Not and Fortune Cookie Friday - Today's topics:  (1) How Might an Agile Marketing Scrum Team shape their Sprint and Stories, (2) Velocity is Not how long it takes work to get Features or Epics Done.  It is how much work can be Done in a Time-Box, and (3) Fortune Cookie Friday : You would get a prize in luck draw in new year.

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#5amMesterScrum Show #419 Live - Dealing with Micro Managers and having your Agile Coach also be your Direct Manager - Today's topics:  (1) How to deal with micromanagers soft and hard approach explored and (2) Is it good to have your own Agile Coach also be your Manager?  The answer is No! but....

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#5amMesterScrum Show #418 Live - Scrumming Up or Coaching the Organization and a Little Virtual Fun Ideas for your next Daily Scrum - Today's topics:  (1) Someone asked about Scrum Masters coaching up to the Executives and I suggested the Elevator Speech and (2) Attended Lean Coffee in Tampa Bay and got some new fun ideas for those virtual meetings: virtual background or t-shirt competitions. Next Sprint rocket or coke and mentos.

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#5amMesterScrum Show #417 Live - Test Case vs. Acceptance Criteria - Today's topics:  (1) Just chatting a little about how Test Cases are Not Acceptance Criteria and (2) Lots of Meetups out there to join.

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#5amMesterScrum Show #416 Live - Epics and Features 1st then Stories and Laughing at oneself - Today's topics:  (1) Starting to manage backlog at the Feature or Epic level is a better place to start than the story level and (2) Being able to laugh at one's mistakes and not take everything, so serious is important.

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#5amMesterScrum Show #415 Live - Waiting for a Teammate before Decision and Breakdown Work and Time - Today's topics:  (1) It is so easy to make a Decision without a Teammate present but is it the right Thing to Do? and (2) Breading down Time as well as work,

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#5amMesterScrum Show #414 Live - Team Share the Fun Stuff as well as the Failures - Today's topics:  (1) Too Many Organizations are set up so an elite team/person gets to explore the fun stuff in coding, we got to let the Team do it also , (2) My screw up / failure saved by realizing my Sprint Team should pick the next project for our Sprint and (3) Let the team fail, don't be a Mom. Your job is to bring issues to light (in a good way / not a jerk) and not hide failure,

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