Hiring a good Scrum master isn’t a walk in the park. And not because demand exceeds supply. Competitive salaries combined with affordable certifications are drawing more than enough creative and driven people toward a promising career in Scrum mastery. Your problem isn’t going to be finding people with credentials. It’s recognizing who’s going to be… (more) The Only 7 Scrum Master Interview Questions You Need to Ask
The original version of the Scrum Guide didn’t contain a section on Scrum values. But now it does, because the authors listened to feedback on the Scrum Guide User Voice forum. Adding a Scrum values section was the most popular request, so they wrote it into the latest version of the Scrum Guide. Why was… (more) The 5 Scrum Values and Why They Matter
Once a project gets big enough to need multiple Scrum teams on deck, many companies choose to start running Scrum of Scrums (SoS). Think of it like daily Scrum, but for multiple teams, where cross-team issues are identified and accounted for. As intuitive as it seems to run Scrum of Scrums—it really is a simple… (more) How and Why to Build a Scrum of Scrums
Sometimes it can feel as though we’ve got more to remember than ever before. Fortunately, we have more tools to help us remember everything than ever before, too. Evernote is one of the oldest and most popular note-taking apps available today. First released in 2004, Evernote was the undisputed king of personal productivity tools for… (more) Why I Switched from Evernote to Bear
Thinking about becoming a Scrum master? Wondering how to get the experience? The first thing to know: it takes broad knowledge of both the technical and human side of running sprints to reach Scrum mastery. There’s a lot to learn. This post breaks this complex mass of knowledge down to its basic building blocks. First,… (more) How to Become a Scrum Master
The core Evernote product has changed quite a bit since it was originally launched in 2004. It mostly looks the same, but Evernote can do a lot more now than it could in the past. One thing that hasn’t changed is the fact that Evernote becomes increasingly useful the more you use it. Unfortunately, Evernote… (more) 19 Tips on How to Use Evernote for Beginners
If you or the team are asking yourselves this, then it sounds like something is wrong. When the team doesn’t see value in daily Scrum, the meeting isn’t doing what it needs to. But the answer to the problem doesn’t lie in simply skipping daily Scrum. I can say that for sure. I’ll make my… (more) Should the Daily Scrum Really Be Every Day?
The first thing you’ll notice from a cursory search for Scrum software is the hundreds of options available. How do you know what you really need among all these bells, whistles, and customizations? Testing. And lots of it. Luckily most subscription software tools these days come with free trials, so you can test them obligation-free.… (more) The Best Scrum Software of 2020
Is all Scrum agile? Is all agile Scrum? Are all squares rectangles? Yes, all squares are also rectangles. But when it comes to Scrum vs agile and agile vs Scrum, it’s a little more complicated. You can’t really pit one against the other at all. To get to the bottom of this distinction, I’ll give… (more) Agile vs Scrum: Everything You Need to Know
Building your first Scrum team is like doing anything for the first time: it gets easier the more you do it, but if you screw up the first time, you might never give it another shot. I’d say it’s worth persevering, though. It all starts with your readiness to adopt Scrum itself. By transitioning into… (more) How to Build Your First Scrum Team
