Part 22 in our #scrummaster #interviewquestions series where John McFadyen answers common questions asked of #scrummasters and #agilecoaches in interviews and client engagements.  

This interview question is designed to illicit practical examples of where your past expertise and experience as a scrum master translated into success for the organization or team you served.  

Some interviewers will ask the question to understand whether you have a solid track performance as a scrum masters whilst others may be trying to understand how you perceive success in a #scrum environment and how you have measured that success in the past.  

It is a great opportunity to demonstrate your capabilities by highlighting how you have helped teams achieve their business objectives in the past and help them understand why you are a great fit for the organization.  

In this short video, John McFadyen explains how you can approach this question and what kind of offer will best serve you in the interview.  If you are interested in becoming an agile coach and value mentored, coach-driven skills development in your journey to mastery, visit our Growing Scrum Masters page on https://www.growingscrummasters.com/  

If you like the idea of becoming a scrum master and want to achieve internationally recognised and certified accreditation as a scrum master, visit our Certified Scrum Master (CSM) course page on https://www.agilecentre.com/courses/scrum-master/certified-scrummaster/.  

If you are already a scrum master and want to upskill to a more advanced level of knowledge and agile coaching capability, visit our Advanced Certified Scrum Master (A-CSM) course page on https://www.agilecentre.com/courses/scrum-master/advanced-certified-scrummaster/.  

If you have several years’ experience as a scrum master and want to validate and certify your professional skills, visit our Certified Scrum Professional Scrum Master (CSP-SM) course page on https://www.agilecentre.com/courses/scrum-master/certified-scrum-professional-scrum-master/  

For more information on John McFadyen, connect with John on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnmcfadyen/.   

#agile #agilecoach #agilecoaching #agileprojectmanagement #agileproductdevelopment #agility #businessagility #scrum #scrummaster #scrumtraining #scrumcertification #scrumalliance #agilecentre #johnmcfadyen #coach #coaching #certifiedscrummaster

Part 21 in our #scrummaster #interviewquestions series where John McFadyen answers some of the common questions asked of #scrummasters and #agilecoaches in interviews and client engagements.  

In a waterfall-style #projectmanagement environment, a #projectmanager is often the person who chases team members to deliver tasks in alignment with a predetermined schedule.  

In #agile environments, such as a #scrum team, many people expect that the #scrummaster plays a similar role and your interviewer may be trying to understand how you are going to ensure that items which are flagged for follow up are actioned.  

In this short video, John McFadyen explains why a scrum master is not directly involved in chasing developers for updates on items actioned and how they can use their influence and capabilities to help the team be held accountable for actioning items agreed in the sprint retrospective or review.  

If you are interested in becoming an agile coach and value mentored, coach-driven skills development in your journey to mastery, visit our Growing Scrum Masters page on https://www.growingscrummasters.com/ 

If you like the idea of becoming a scrum master and want to achieve internationally recognised and certified accreditation as a scrum master, visit our Certified Scrum Master (CSM) course page on https://www.agilecentre.com/courses/scrum-master/certified-scrummaster/.  

If you are already a scrum master and want to upskill to a more advanced level of knowledge and agile coaching capability, visit our Advanced Certified Scrum Master (A-CSM) course page on https://www.agilecentre.com/courses/scrum-master/advanced-certified-scrummaster/.  

If you have several years’ experience as a scrum master and want to validate and certify your professional skills, visit our Certified Scrum Professional Scrum Master (CSP-SM) course page on https://www.agilecentre.com/courses/scrum-master/certified-scrum-professional-scrum-master/ 

For more information on John McFadyen, connect with John on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnmcfadyen/.   

#agile #agilecoach #agilecoaching #agileprojectmanagement #agileproductdevelopment #agility #businessagility #scrum #scrummaster #scrumtraining #scrumcertification #scrumalliance #agilecentre #johnmcfadyen #coach #coaching #certifiedscrummaster

Part 20 in our #scrummaster #interviewquestions series where John McFadyen answers common questions asked of #scrummasters and #agilecoaches in interviews and client engagements.  

The #sprintretrospective is a #scrum event where the developers, #scrummaster and #productowner come together to evaluate the team's performance during the #sprint and have conversations about where the team can improve in the next sprint.  

It is considered one of the most valuable events in the #scrumframework because it actively engages the whole team around the concept of current performance and continuous improvement.  

In this interview question, the interviewer is trying to get a feel from you, as the scrum master or agile coach, how you would structure sprint retrospectives and who you feel would contribute value to the event.  

In this short video, John McFadyen explains who he would invite to the sprint retrospective and why they should be there.  

If you are interested in becoming an agile coach and value mentored, coach-driven skills development in your journey to mastery, visit our Growing Scrum Masters page on https://www.growingscrummasters.com/ 

If you like the idea of becoming a scrum master and want to achieve internationally recognised and certified accreditation as a scrum master, visit our Certified Scrum Master (CSM) course page on https://www.agilecentre.com/courses/scrum-master/certified-scrummaster/.  

If you are already a scrum master and want to upskill to a more advanced level of knowledge and agile coaching capability, visit our Advanced Certified Scrum Master (A-CSM) course page on https://www.agilecentre.com/courses/scrum-master/advanced-certified-scrummaster/.  

If you have several years’ experience as a scrum master and want to validate and certify your professional skills, visit our Certified Scrum Professional Scrum Master (CSP-SM) course page on https://www.agilecentre.com/courses/scrum-master/certified-scrum-professional-scrum-master/ 

For more information on John McFadyen, connect with John on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnmcfadyen/.   

#agile #agilecoach #agilecoaching #agileprojectmanagement #agileproductdevelopment #agility #businessagility #scrum #scrummaster #scrumtraining #scrumcertification #scrumalliance #agilecentre #johnmcfadyen #coach #coaching #certifiedscrummaster

Part 18 in our #scrummaster #interviewquestions series where John McFadyen answers common questions asked of #scrummasters and #agilecoaches in interviews and client engagements.  

A #dailyscrum is intended for the developers to spend roughly 15 minutes talking about what is planned for the day ahead, what has been achieved, and to raise any potential impediments to progress.  

It isn't intended to be a long meeting nor does it exist for the team to discuss problems on a granular level. 

It is a short, sharp meeting that makes sure the team are aligned and that any impediments can be escalated to the correct person for resolution.  

For that reason, the #scrummaster generally would not invite #productstakeholders to the meeting; however, there may be circumstances where it may be valuable for them to be there.  

In this short video, John McFadyen walks us through the purpose of the #dailyscrum and under which circumstances it may make sense to invite people outside of the development team into the meeting.  

If you are interested in becoming an agile coach and value mentored, coach-driven skills development in your journey to mastery, visit our Growing Scrum Masters page on https://www.growingscrummasters.com/ .

If you like the idea of becoming a scrum master and want to achieve internationally recognised and certified accreditation as a scrum master, visit our Certified Scrum Master (CSM) course page on https://www.agilecentre.com/courses/scrum-master/certified-scrummaster/.  

If you are already a scrum master and want to upskill to a more advanced level of knowledge and agile coaching capability, visit our Advanced Certified Scrum Master (A-CSM) course page on https://www.agilecentre.com/courses/scrum-master/advanced-certified-scrummaster/.  

If you have several years’ experience as a scrum master and want to validate and certify your professional skills, visit our Certified Scrum Professional Scrum Master (CSP-SM) course page on https://www.agilecentre.com/courses/scrum-master/certified-scrum-professional-scrum-master/ 

For more information on John McFadyen, connect with John on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnmcfadyen/.   

#agile #agilecoach #agilecoaching #agileprojectmanagement #agileproductdevelopment #agility #businessagility #scrum #scrummaster #scrumtraining #scrumcertification #scrumalliance #agilecentre #johnmcfadyen #coach #coaching #certifiedscrummaster

Full article available at https://www.growingscrummasters.com/deploy-improve-scrum/how-do-you-develop-influence-and-have-an-impact-outside-of-the-scrum-team/

Part 18 in our #scrummaster #interviewquestions series where John McFadyen answers common questions asked of #scrummasters and #agilecoaches in interviews and client engagements.  

A #dailyscrum is intended for the developers to spend roughly 15 minutes talking about what is planned for the day ahead, what has been achieved, and to raise any potential impediments to progress.  

It isn't intended to be a long meeting nor does it exist for the team to discuss problems on a granular level. It is a short, sharp meeting that makes sure the team are aligned and that any impediments can be escalated to the correct person for resolution.  

For that reason, the #scrummaster generally would not invite #productstakeholders to the meeting, however, there may be circumstances where it may be valuable for them to be there.  

In this short video, John McFadyen walks us through the purpose of the #dailyscrum and under which circumstances it may make sense to invite people outside of the development team into the meeting.  

If you are interested in becoming an agile coach and value mentored, coach-driven skills development in your journey to mastery, visit our Growing Scrum Masters page on https://www.growingscrummasters.com/ 

If you like the idea of becoming a scrum master and want to achieve internationally recognised and certified accreditation as a scrum master, visit our Certified Scrum Master (CSM) course page on https://www.agilecentre.com/courses/scrum-master/certified-scrummaster/.  

If you are already a scrum master and want to upskill to a more advanced level of knowledge and agile coaching capability, visit our Advanced Certified Scrum Master (A-CSM) course page on https://www.agilecentre.com/courses/scrum-master/advanced-certified-scrummaster/.  

If you have several years’ experience as a scrum master and want to validate and certify your professional skills, visit our Certified Scrum Professional Scrum Master (CSP-SM) course page on https://www.agilecentre.com/courses/scrum-master/certified-scrum-professional-scrum-master/ 

For more information on John McFadyen, connect with John on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnmcfadyen/.   

#agile #agilecoach #agilecoaching #agileprojectmanagement #agileproductdevelopment #agility #businessagility #scrum #scrummaster #scrumtraining #scrumcertification #scrumalliance #agilecentre #johnmcfadyen #coach #coaching #certifiedscrummaster

Part 17 in our series of #scrummaster #interviewquestions where John McFadyen answers some of the more common questions asked of #scrummasters and #agilecoaches in interviews and client engagements.  

Vision and purpose are incredibly important elements of growing and nurturing great #scrumteams. 

If the team understand why something is important and how that will contribute value to the customer or end-user, they are better positioned to solve the problem effectively or create the product or feature that best serves the customer.  

#userstories were invented with the purpose of explaining why something matters, how it matters, and to who it matters. 

A brief explanation that provides the developers with context and informs them of how the new feature or product will solve a real problem for a customer.  

In #scrum, writing user stories is usually associated with the #productowner but that isn't always the case. 

Nor should it be.  

In this short video, John McFadyen walks us through the concept of user stories and who should be writing them, how they should be writing them, and how to make this process as effective as possible.  

If you are interested in becoming an agile coach and value mentored, coach-driven skills development in your journey to mastery, visit our Growing Scrum Masters page on https://www.growingscrummasters.com/ 

If you like the idea of becoming a scrum master and want to achieve internationally recognised and certified accreditation as a scrum master, visit our Certified Scrum Master (CSM) course page on https://www.agilecentre.com/courses/scrum-master/certified-scrummaster/.  

If you are already a scrum master and want to upskill to a more advanced level of knowledge and agile coaching capability, visit our Advanced Certified Scrum Master (A-CSM) course page on https://www.agilecentre.com/courses/scrum-master/advanced-certified-scrummaster/.  

If you have several years’ experience as a scrum master and want to validate and certify your professional skills, visit our Certified Scrum Professional Scrum Master (CSP-SM) course page on https://www.agilecentre.com/courses/scrum-master/certified-scrum-professional-scrum-master/ 

For more information on John McFadyen, connect with John on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnmcfadyen/.   

#agile #agilecoach #agilecoaching #agileprojectmanagement #agileproductdevelopment #agility #businessagility #scrum #scrummaster #scrumtraining #scrumcertification #scrumalliance #agilecentre #johnmcfadyen #coach #coaching #certifiedscrummaster

Part 17 in our series of #scrummaster #interviewquestions where John McFadyen answers some of the more common questions asked of #scrummasters and #agilecoaches in interviews and client engagements.  

Vision and purpose are incredibly important elements of growing and nurturing great #scrumteams. If the team understand why something is important and how that will contribute value to the customer or end-user, they are better positioned to solve the problem effectively or create the product or feature that best serves the customer.  

#userstories were invented with the purpose of explaining why something matters, how it matters, and to who it matters. A brief explanation that provides the developers with context and informs them of how the new feature or product will solve a real problem for a customer.  

In #scrum, writing user stories is usually associated with the #productowner but that isn't always the case. Nor should it be.  

In this short video, John McFadyen walks us through the concept of user stories and who should be writing them, how they should be writing them, and how to make this process as effective as possible.  

If you are interested in becoming an agile coach and value mentored, coach-driven skills development in your journey to mastery, visit our Growing Scrum Masters page on https://www.growingscrummasters.com/ 

If you like the idea of becoming a scrum master and want to achieve internationally recognised and certified accreditation as a scrum master, visit our Certified Scrum Master (CSM) course page on https://www.agilecentre.com/courses/scrum-master/certified-scrummaster/.  

If you are already a scrum master and want to upskill to a more advanced level of knowledge and agile coaching capability, visit our Advanced Certified Scrum Master (A-CSM) course page on https://www.agilecentre.com/courses/scrum-master/advanced-certified-scrummaster/.  

If you have several years’ experience as a scrum master and want to validate and certify your professional skills, visit our Certified Scrum Professional Scrum Master (CSP-SM) course page on https://www.agilecentre.com/courses/scrum-master/certified-scrum-professional-scrum-master/ 

For more information on John McFadyen, connect with John on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnmcfadyen/.   

#agile #agilecoach #agilecoaching #agileprojectmanagement #agileproductdevelopment #agility #businessagility #scrum #scrummaster #scrumtraining #scrumcertification #scrumalliance #agilecentre #johnmcfadyen #coach #coaching #certifiedscrummaster

Part 16 in our series of #coaching #interviewquestions where John McFadyen answers common questions asked of #scrummasters and #agilecoaches in interviews and client engagements.  

In traditional #projectmanagement, a #projectmanager will attempt to scope a project upfront and determine everything from budget to deadlines for delivery.   

In a complicated environment, like civil engineering for example, heaps of bridges have been built before and the project manager will have a fair idea of how long each element of that bridge will take to complete and what a reasonable time frame for delivery is.  

That deadline will usually be committed in terms of days, weeks or months. Sometimes even years depending on the size of the project.  

In complex working environments where the variables are unknown and the problem has never been solved before, it becomes trickier to estimate in terms of time and so #agile teams rarely use time as an accurate measure of estimation.  

They use effort instead.  

In this short video, John McFadyen explains why #scrum estimates in terms of effort rather than hours or days. 

If you are interested in becoming an agile coach and value mentored, coach-driven skills development in your journey to mastery, visit our Growing Scrum Masters page on https://www.growingscrummasters.com/ 

If you like the idea of becoming a scrum master and want to achieve internationally recognised and certified accreditation as a scrum master, visit our Certified Scrum Master (CSM) course page on https://www.agilecentre.com/courses/scrum-master/certified-scrummaster/.  

If you are already a scrum master and want to upskill to a more advanced level of knowledge and agile coaching capability, visit our Advanced Certified Scrum Master (A-CSM) course page on https://www.agilecentre.com/courses/scrum-master/advanced-certified-scrummaster/.  

If you have several years’ experience as a scrum master and want to validate and certify your professional skills, visit our Certified Scrum Professional Scrum Master (CSP-SM) course page on https://www.agilecentre.com/courses/scrum-master/certified-scrum-professional-scrum-master/ 

For more information on John McFadyen, connect with John on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnmcfadyen/.   

#agile #agilecoach #agilecoaching #agileprojectmanagement #agileproductdevelopment #agility #businessagility #scrum #scrummaster #scrumtraining #scrumcertification #scrumalliance #agilecentre #johnmcfadyen #coach #coaching #certifiedscrummaster

Part 16 in our series of #coaching #interviewquestions where John McFadyen answers common questions asked of #scrummasters and #agilecoaches in interviews and client engagements.  

In traditional #projectmanagement, a #projectmanager will attempt to scope a project upfront and determine everything from budget to deadlines for delivery.   

In a complicated environment, like civil engineering for example, heaps of bridges have been built before and the project manager will have a fair idea of how long each element of that bridge will take to complete and what a reasonable time frame for delivery is.  That deadline will usually be committed in terms of days, weeks or months. Sometimes even years depending on the size of the project.  

In complex working environments where the variables are unknown and the problem has never been solved before, it becomes trickier to estimate in terms of time and so #agile teams rarely use time as an accurate measure of estimation.  

They use effort instead. 

In this short video, John McFadyen explains why #scrum estimates in terms of effort rather than hours or days.  

If you are interested in becoming an agile coach and value mentored, coach-driven skills development in your journey to mastery, visit our Growing Scrum Masters page on https://www.growingscrummasters.com/ 

If you like the idea of becoming a scrum master and want to achieve internationally recognised and certified accreditation as a scrum master, visit our Certified Scrum Master (CSM) course page on https://www.agilecentre.com/courses/scrum-master/certified-scrummaster/.  

If you are already a scrum master and want to upskill to a more advanced level of knowledge and agile coaching capability, visit our Advanced Certified Scrum Master (A-CSM) course page on https://www.agilecentre.com/courses/scrum-master/advanced-certified-scrummaster/.  

If you have several years’ experience as a scrum master and want to validate and certify your professional skills, visit our Certified Scrum Professional Scrum Master (CSP-SM) course page on https://www.agilecentre.com/courses/scrum-master/certified-scrum-professional-scrum-master/ 

For more information on John McFadyen, connect with John on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnmcfadyen/.   

#agile #agilecoach #agilecoaching #agileprojectmanagement #agileproductdevelopment #agility #businessagility #scrum #scrummaster #scrumtraining #scrumcertification #scrumalliance #agilecentre #johnmcfadyen #coach #coaching #certifiedscrummaster

Part 15 in our series of #scrummaster #interviewquestions where John McFadyen answers some of the more common questions asked of #scrummasters and #agilecoaches in interviews and client engagements.  

This one produced a bit of a laugh from John initially because a #scrummaster does generally not get involved in selecting and delegating work for developers.  

The developers work closely with the #productowner and product stakeholders to understand what work needs doing, why it needs doing, and in what priority it needs to be tackled.  

A scrum master can facilitate that process or coach the team to identify the most valuable work but it generally isn't their sphere of expertise or responsibility to be selecting backlog items for the developers.  

That said, you may find yourself in a situation where the team are battling to identify and select high-value work, so what would you do in that situation as a scrum master?  

In this short video, John McFadyen walks you through what you can do in a circumstance where the team may need help in estimating and selecting work for the upcoming sprint.  

If you are interested in becoming an agile coach and value mentored, coach-driven skills development in your journey to mastery, visit our Growing Scrum Masters page on https://www.growingscrummasters.com/ 

If you like the idea of becoming a scrum master and want to achieve internationally recognised and certified accreditation as a scrum master, visit our Certified Scrum Master (CSM) course page on https://www.agilecentre.com/courses/scrum-master/certified-scrummaster/.  

If you are already a scrum master and want to upskill to a more advanced level of knowledge and agile coaching capability, visit our Advanced Certified Scrum Master (A-CSM) course page on https://www.agilecentre.com/courses/scrum-master/advanced-certified-scrummaster/.  

If you have several years’ experience as a scrum master and want to validate and certify your professional skills, visit our Certified Scrum Professional Scrum Master (CSP-SM) course page on https://www.agilecentre.com/courses/scrum-master/certified-scrum-professional-scrum-master/ 

For more information on John McFadyen, connect with John on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnmcfadyen/.   

#agile #agilecoach #agilecoaching #agileprojectmanagement #agileproductdevelopment #agility #businessagility #scrum #scrummaster #scrumtraining #scrumcertification #scrumalliance #agilecentre #johnmcfadyen #coach #coaching #certifiedscrummaster