10 Things That Drive ScrumMasters Crazy and How to Defend Against Them
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The document discusses 10 things that can drive a ScrumMaster crazy: 1) Doing tasks outside the sprint backlog, 2) Hiding impediments, 3) Not communicating with the product owner during sprints, 4) Ignoring the definition of done, 5) Claiming to have no work assigned when tasks remain open, 6) Last-minute sprint review preparation, 7) Not splitting large tasks, 8) Chronic tardiness, 9) Constantly asking what to work on next, and 10) Distracting meetings. The root causes are identified as fear, laziness, complacency, and apathy. Suggestions to address these issues include teaching the Scrum process, getting commitment from team members, and
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10 Things That Drive ScrumMasters Crazy and How to Defend Against Them
- 1. How to defend against the 10 things that drive your ScrumMaster crazy Marc Löffler (@scrumphony)
- 2. @scrumphony
- 4. Who ever heard about the 10 things?
- 5. Who already faced one or more of the 10 things?
- 6. Who was driven crazy by them?
- 12. They drove me crazy
- 14. What I found out...
- 17. Disturbances from outside of the team...
- 18. „ We always did it this way...“
- 21. The ScrumMaster is incapable...
- 23. PO is not available...
- 26. No one checks it...
- 27. This is your DoD!
- 30. Snugness...
- 33. Lazyness...
- 35. NOT
- 37. „ This task is not splittable...“
- 38. Don‘t want to be tracked...
- 41. „ The meeting doesn‘t matter to me...“
- 43. Used to push instead of pull...
- 50. Fear Face your fear to get stronger as you thought you could be.
- 53. What can we do about it?
- 54. Teach them...
- 55. How to kick off your new Scrum team...?
- 56. Kick them out of their comfort zone.... Fear Face your fear to get stronger as you thought you could be.
- 58. Step out of your comfort zone...
- 59. Involve them...
- 61. „ I‘ve been with this company long before you were born..“
- 64. Use Avatars...
- 65. Involve them...
- 66. Intrinsic motivation is the key...
- 67. Apathy is like cancer...
- 68. Build a product vision
- 69. Interview the team members...
- 70. Invite for a workshop...
- 71. Try 20% time...
- 73. These are the team members who really want to drive you crazy...
- 74. What can we do about them?
- 75. Fight!
- 76. Questions...?
- 77. Thanks for your attention Contact details Sybit GmbH Marc Löffler m [email_address] http://blog.scrumphony.com Twitter: @scrumphony http://blog.scrumphony.com/2010/10/how-to-defend-against-the-10-things-that-drive-your-scrummaster-crazy