Yes, I'll say it, in a book for the whole world to see: in a large program, with matrix organization, there may be a need for skills that we might dub project coordination. Imagine a program of 300 plus people. replace with "Who is responsible to facilitate the creation of teams?" For organizing teams cross-functionally? Who is responsible for communicating with vendors to plan and track deliverables? Who works with HR and finance to budget for and procure resources? Who facilitates the Scrum of Scrums meeting? In other words, when the group is larger than three teams, someone should be in charge of keeping all the dogs pulling the sled in the same direction. Not responsible for the product's success in the market (I believe that responsibility lies with the product owner no matter the size of the program) but responsible for coordination, for getting the whole thing rolling to some cadence, some sort of schedule, and promoting and allowing for change...
The Professional ScrumMaster's Handbook
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A natural and difficult tension exists between a project team (supply) and its customer (demand); a professional ScrumMaster relaxes this tension using the Scrum framework so that the team arrives at the best possible outcome."The Professional ScrumMaster's Handbook" is a practical, no-nonsense guide to helping you become an inspiring and effective ScrumMaster known for getting results.This book goes into great detail about why it seems like you're fighting traditional management culture every step of the way. You will explore the three roles of Scrum and how, working in harmony, they can deliver a product in the leanest way possible. You'll understand that even though there is no room for a project manager in Scrum, there are certain “management” aspects you should be familiar with to help you along the way. Getting a team to manage itself and take responsibility is no easy feat; this book will show you how to earn trust by displaying it and inspiring courage in a team every day."The Professional ScrumMaster's Handbook" will challenge you to dig deep within yourself to improve your mindset, practices, and values in order to build and support the very best agile teams.
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Table of Contents (22 chapters)
The Professional ScrumMaster's Handbook
Credits
Foreword
About the Author
Acknowledgment
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Free Chapter
Scrum – A Brief Review of the Basics (and a Few Interesting Tidbits)
Release Planning – Tuning Product Development
Sprint Planning – Fine-tune the Sprint Commitment
Sprint! Visible, Collaborative, and Meaningful Work
The End? Improving Product and Process One Bite at a Time
The Criticality of Real-time Information
Scrum Values Expose Fear, Dysfunction, and Waste
Everyday Leadership for the ScrumMaster and Team
Shaping the Agile Organization
Scrum – Large and Small
Scrum and the Future
The ScrumMaster's Responsibilities
ScrumMaster's Workshop
Index
Customer Reviews