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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

Chapter 1: Scrum – A Brief Review of the Basics (and a Few Interesting Tidbits)


  1. Explain the four pillars of Scrum and how they are interrelated.

  2. Describe an empirical process. How do the Scrum meetings, artifacts, and roles support empiricism?

  3. What happens when a Scrum meeting is dropped? What are the consequences or impacts when an artifact like the sprint backlog is missing?

  4. What makes your organization, your project, and your team complex?

  5. Which of the five Scrum core values (commitment, openness, respect, focus, courage) will be most challenging for you to personally adopt? Why?

  6. Which Scrum core value will your team be particularly challenged by? Why?

  7. Which Scrum core value will your organization be particularly challenged by? Why?

  8. Why should a sprint length, once determined, never be changed?

  9. Why is it so important that team members are not interrupted during a sprint?

  10. Is your team ready for Scrum? Why or why not?