Re: Re: Scrum Master Job Description
"Scott Griffin [email protected] [SCRUMDEVELOPMENT]" <[email protected]> Wed, 20 Dec 2017 18:07:52 +0000 (UTC)
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I've been doing likewise for the past 4 months with devs in India, onsite r=
eps in Denver, and me in Virginia.=C2=A0 We're making it work.=C2=A0 Having=
additional PM support on my team to directly interface with the team and c=
lient on a daily basis so I can do more executive-level work in the backgro=
und is a thing.=C2=A0 Communication is the key.=C2=A0 I may not be doing mu=
ch mentoring as my role evolves, but it doesn't change the agility level of=
the project.=C2=A0=C2=A0
And no, I've never called myself a SCRUM master.=
=C2=A0 Especially not with a client who, up until I showed him how it worke=
d, couldn't read a burndown chart.=C2=A0 To him, Agile just means he gets t=
o tell me to completely change everything in the middle of the project and =
still expect the same delivery deadline and costs.
On Wednesday, Dece=
mber 20, 2017 12:52 PM, "[email protected] [SCRUMDEVELOPMENT]" <SCRUMDEVELOPM=
[email protected]> wrote:
=C2=A0 Alan - can you tell us where in th=
e Agile Manifesto, the Agile Principles or the Scrum Guide, it says that th=
e team have to be in the same room?
I think you=C2=A0 may find that this 's=
ame room' mentality=C2=A0comes from the early days of XP but the Agile move=
ment has moved on (forgive the pun!).
I have regularly coached and mentored=
successful Agile teams with global distribution; daily stand-ups with team=
, stakeholder and management members in Tokyo, Beijing, San Diego and Helsi=
nki.=C2=A0
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span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1513786396168_25648"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1513786396168_25649">And no, I've never called myself a SCRUM master. Especially not with a client who, up until I showed him how it worked, couldn't read a burndown chart. To him, Agile just means he gets to tell me to completely change everything in the middle of the project and still expect the same delivery deadline and costs.</span></div> <div class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" style="display: block;"> <div style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div dir="ltr"><font size=
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<div></div><div>Alan - can you tell us where in the Agile Manifesto, the Agile Principles or the Scrum Guide, it says that the team have to be in the same room?</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>I think you may find that this 'same room' mentality comes from the early days of XP but the Agile movement has moved on (forgive the pun!)..</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>I have regularly coached and mentored successful Agile teams with global distribution; daily stand-ups with team, stakeholder and management members in Tokyo, Beijing, San Diego and Helsinki. <br clear="none" class="yiv0989368079yui-cursor"></div>
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