When the Professional Scrum Master as a Teacher Becomes a Preacher

About five years ago I published the paper “The 8 Stances of a Scrum Master”. Although it definitely needs an update, the core of the paper is still relevant. In the paper, I describe the misunderstood and preferred stances of a Scrum Master. One of the misunderstood stances is the teacher. It often gets fulfilled in such a way the Scrum Master becomes Scrum police. A recent meet up in The Liberators Network triggered an interesting conversation...

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It's Time to Rethink "Coaching" in Certified Agile Coach

In January 2020, I had a phone interview for an agile transformation project with a leader from a Barcelona-based company who was interested in agile coaching. The interviewer asked me if I would like to launch into a coaching conversation and I accepted. For the next few minutes, I did my best to put on a professional coach hat, although in the end, my attempt did not demonstrate the capabilities that the transformation leader was looking for....

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Product Goal Is A Commitment! Learn By Agile Product Owner Certification in Bangalore

There have been a few changes in Scrum Guide 2020, and I am really excited. These changes focus on ‘Values’ within the framework of Scrum. Commitment, among all kinds of values, builds trust. Since the beginning days of my SCRUM workshops, I have been bombarded with questions, asking about commitment definition and perspectives. I have a simple view. The entire Scrum team, with all its members, commits to embodying Scrum values. After the recent...

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