scrum master
Sept 2023
Been meaning to write this blog post for a month but put if off till I had more free time to look back and reflect on what I have learnt over the past month. For those who may not know, I have moved to another company in a new industry that I am unfamiliar with […]
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Chronicles of a Scrum master #20 : The end of a journey and the start of another
Being a scrum master for the past few years, I am extremely grateful to be given the opportunity to guide, educate and motivate several product teams. This has allowed me to be a better servant leader. In my previous journey, as a first time line manager with direct reports, there were long hours and many […]
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Chronicles of a Scrum master #19 : User stories guide to better development and further refinement
In the world of agile, requirements come in the form of user stories and it is important to understand that the details contained in the stories are needed to absolute clarity for anyone who is going to be working to get this stories done. Consequently, here are several practices which can be adapted to organizations […]
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Chronicles of a Scrum master #17 : Technical debt and Support tickets
In agile way of working, technical debt is still present as the team goes about completing stories based on definition of done. What then exactly is technical debt ? This is the accumulation of previous known anomalies, which were not discovered previously before release. It can be in the form of bugs, design changes, code […]
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Chronicles of a Scrum master #16 : Definition of Done (DoD) Part 2
Note : This is a continuation of my Definition of Done (DoD) Part 1 here. 3. Quality The important assessment of a story after its development or work that needs be done is completed (may not be Done yet) is the quality of the work that is produced. This is usually performed by the QA […]
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Chronicles of a Scrum master #14 : 5 Values – Courage, Focus, Commitment, Respect, Openness
This has been a post which I wanted to write for some time but struggled till now to find the right words. Its not that its hard to describe but in an agile environment, there are turbulence and winds of change as well as sometimes thunderstorms, hurricanes and typhoons. To maintain the standards of the […]
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Chronicles of a Scrum master #13 : Empiricism and its 3 Pillars (Transparency, Inspection, Adaptation)
What is Empiricism in the agile scrum context ? One thing it is not is about building empires in your product roadmap 🙂 According to the official Scrum guide , “Empiricism asserts that knowledge comes from experience and making decisions based on what is observed”. In other words, empiricism is about fact-based, experience and evidence […]
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Chronicles of a Scrum master #12 : Planning ahead, sprint goals, and tracking stories
Planning ahead Planning the stories and roadmap is usually prepared by the product owner and presented to the team to prep everyone on coming deliverables. Planning ahead means being able to anticipate some of the coming overheads such as holidays and company events that may affect the deliverable timeline. Hence, having a roadmap of features […]
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Chronicles of a Scrum master #10 : Knowledge management and retention
In my previous blog post, there was mention that communication and collaboration is important to agile teams. Not only its because work can get simplified and done faster, but knowledge is also one of the essential components in an effective agile team. Knowledge management and retention is one of the most important part of any […]
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Sept 2021 Post
All about Sept events and learnings on my life long journey in my latest blog post 🙂
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