On this episode, Brian Orlando and Om Patel are joined by our favorite Special Mystery Guest to ponder an important question that does not get asked enough - does a Scrum Master really need to attend every single Scrum event (and every non-scrum event) that involves their team?

0:00 Intro & Topic Intro
0:32 What Else Are You Doing?
3:58 Scrum Events without the Scrum Master
6:12 Scrum Master and Refinements
11:07 Three Teams is Two Too Many
13:33 Can You Skip Sprint Review?
16:35 Fact Checking Time
18:08 Essential Scrum Master Event
19:59 Tangent on Taking Advantage of Commitments
26:06 Scaling without Scaling
30:21 Not Doing Three Question Stand-Ups
35:38 PO Protecting Psychological Safety
36:20 Brian as a Scrum Master
38:06 Different Ways into Product Manager/Owner
43:10 Communicating and Importance of the SM
46:44 Hold Leadership Accountable with Kanban
49:25 Positive Influence through Visualization
53:57 Wrap-Up
54:15 Blooper Reel

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