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The Professional ScrumMaster's Handbook

By : Stacia Viscardi
Book Image

The Professional ScrumMaster's Handbook

By: Stacia Viscardi

Overview of this book

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.
Table of Contents (22 chapters)
The Professional ScrumMaster's Handbook
Credits
Foreword
About the Author
Acknowledgment
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Self-actualizing individuals create an Agile organization


Self-actualizing is the result of a person fulfilling his own individual potential. It was coined by Kurt Goldstein and utilized in the familiar Hierarchy of Needs by Abraham Maslow. According to Maslow, in order for an individual to self-actualize, a person's physiological, safety, love, and esteem needs must be met first.

In his studies Maslow found that self-actualizers had the following common traits [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-actualization#Maslow.27s_hierarchy_of_needs]:

  • Efficient perceptions of reality—that is, the ability to judge a situation fairly and honestly. Self-actualizers can readily identify dishonesty.

  • Comfortable acceptance of self, others, nature—shortcomings in self and others are accepted.

  • Spontaneity—bringing creativity and energy into daily life.

  • Task centering—having a problem to solve or a mission to fulfill.

  • Autonomy—ability to work and solve problems independently.

  • Continued freshness of appreciation—constant...