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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

Why change? What blocks?


When I ask people what blocks them, their answers imply the elements of their own unhappiness at work. People want the benefits that make their lives easier, better, happier at work, and they want the obstacles removed that directly affect them. The QA person who raises his hand and says, "We want higher quality" is really saying, "I want my ideas about quality to be heard, finally." The product owner who says, "Deliver faster to customers" really wants to justify his pay, and probably wants to satisfy the customers, too. Sometimes people say, "Our managers block us"; the people are tired of their corporations, which are so steeped in command and control. Those who want a process that emphasizes visibility are probably tired of projects gone awry. People couch their own personal desires behind purported benefits of Agile. Don't get me wrong—I do believe that people also want their respective companies to be successful—but intertwined in there are some of their own...