#5amMesterScrum Show 734 Live - Retro: Timebox is Fixed, How can I be more productive? and Fortune Cookie Friday - Today's topics: (1) The Time box should be fixed, so how can I be more productive? We talk about retrospective on this with the team and (2) Fortune Cookie Friday: It takes courage to lead a life. Any life. #5amMesterScrum #agile #scrum #coaching #philadelphia #philly #productive #retro #retrospective #improvement #time #performance Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum...
Oct 17, 2021•11 min•Ep. 735
#5amMesterScrum Show 733 Live - New Daily Scrum Question, What Bugs You that you are going to fix today? - Today's topic: (1) I was watching UpFlip on youtube and they had someone talking kaizen. His small company's kaizen comes when people in his company fix things that bug them. They stop production and fix it then and there. #5amMesterScrum #agile #scrum #coaching #philadelphia #philly #kaizen #dailyscrum #standup #improvement #quality #perfromance Please like and subscribe and share 5amMeste...
Oct 16, 2021•12 min•Ep. 734
#5amMesterScrum Show 732 Live - Crazy Team Goal Week - Challenging the Mind is Fun - Today's topic: (1) Every self help book on the planet talks about setting Goals. I would like to suggest creating a crazy Goal Week along side OKRs and allow your team to create a really challenging goal to work in a quarter. Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum. Please send me your topics. You are are doing Great Please Keep on Sharing. 5am Mester Scrum 5am Mester Scrum Show 732 went live on Youtu...
Oct 15, 2021•7 min•Ep. 733
#5amMesterScrum Show 731 Live - Agile Career Sideways Moves, Top 5 - Today's topic: (1) I get a lot of Scrum Masters saying they would like to be an agile coach. Here are my 5 thoughts Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum. Please send me your topics. You are are doing Great Please Keep on Sharing. 5am Mester Scrum 5am Mester Scrum Show 731 went live on Youtube Tuesday 10/12/2021 from Philadelphia, PA Happy Scrumming, Social Media: - search 5amMesterScrum or #5amMesterScrum and you ...
Oct 14, 2021•10 min•Ep. 732
#5amMesterScrum Show 730 Live - Content Testing and the Forgotten Email Review - Today's topic: (1) I got an email from my bank over the weekend and it turns out to be one of the worst canned emails. Even when the help desk read it they said it was bad! Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum. Please send me your topics. You are are doing Great Please Keep on Sharing. 5am Mester Scrum #5amMesterScrum #agile #scrum #coaching #philadelphia #philly #content #value #customer #review #test...
Oct 13, 2021•8 min•Ep. 731
#5amMesterScrum Show 729 Live - Multi-purpose People, A #HR Good or Bad Idea, Talking Developer/Testers or Scrum Master/Just about Anything - Today's topic: (1) We went garage sale finding again the other day and we found a neat camping shovel and it made me think about the whole concept of Developers being Testers or Scrum Masters being multi-role. Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum. Please send me your topics. You are are doing Great Please Keep on Sharing. 5am Mester Scrum #5a...
Oct 12, 2021•15 min•Ep. 730
#5amMesterScrum Show 728 Live - Large vs. Small Sprint Backlogs and Fortune Cookie Friday - Today's topic: (1) I have seen large backlogs for sprints and small backlogs. Which one is better and why and (2) Fortune Cookie Friday: Many pleasurable and memorable adventures are in store for you! Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum. Please send me your topics. You are are doing Great Please Keep on Sharing. 5am Mester Scrum #5amMesterScrum #scrum #agile #business #scrummaster #agilecoa...
Oct 11, 2021•12 min•Ep. 729
#5amMesterScrum Show 727 Live - Calendar Week: Me Time - Today's topic: (1) So I found myself not waking up pre-5am this past week. So I needed a motivation item, which is now called "Me Time"! I use it to recharge and find items that make me passionate about stuff, so I'm motivated. Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum. Please send me your topics. You are are doing Great Please Keep on Sharing. 5am Mester Scrum #5amMesterScrum #scrum #agile #business #scrummaster #agilecoach #coac...
Oct 10, 2021•6 min•Ep. 728
#5amMesterScrum Show 726 Live - Calendar Week: Coaching Agendas (or the missed opportunity to coach) when meetings are missing agendas - Today's topic: (1) So many people I meet say they don't attend meetings that lack agendas. I counter to those people if they take that opportunity to coach about the value of agendas in meeting invites. Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum. Please send me your topics. You are are doing Great Please Keep on Sharing. 5am Mester Scrum #5amMesterScrum...
Oct 09, 2021•8 min•Ep. 727
#5amMesterScrum Show 725 Live - Calendar Week: Filling Up Time in our calendars- Today's topic: (1) A series of calendar and time manage topics with this being about blocking off time in our calendars, so people can't book them up. Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum. Please send me your topics. You are are doing Great Please Keep on Sharing. 5am Mester Scrum #5amMesterScrum #scrum #agile #business #scrummaster #agilecoach #coaching #philadelphia #philly #calendar #value #prioriti...
Oct 08, 2021•10 min•Ep. 726
#5amMesterScrum Show 724 Live - Yard Sale Picking and Work Backlogs I bet you never thought they mixed, alternate title: Is your Product Owner a Hoarder? - Today's topic: (1) So in the late edition of our show, my son and I went yard sale picking at 7am. It was a fun father and son outing that made me really think about product backlog and value. Your backlog is a big flipping business. Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum. Please send me your topics. You are are doing Great Please...
Oct 07, 2021•16 min•Ep. 725
#5amMesterScrum Show 723 Live - Dreaded 1 Hr Daily Scrum and fortune cookie Friday- Today's topic: (1) I many companies I have met over the years I find the Dreaded 1 Hr Daily Scrum calendar bookings. So what they say well it was funny people ask and (2) Fortune Cookie Friday. Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum. Please send me your topics. You are are doing Great Please Keep on Sharing. 5am Mester Scrum #5amMesterScrum #scrum #agile #business #scrummaster #agilecoach #coaching #p...
Oct 06, 2021•8 min•Ep. 724
#5amMesterScrum Show 722 Live - Facilitating Virtual Meeting a Story of Mistakes - Today's topic: (1) The other day I was hosting a virtual training session and was going to record it as a part of my final Expert Coaching Certification for ICAgile. Well I made a few mistakes that I would like to share so anyone can learn from them including myself. Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum. Please send me your topics. You are are doing Great Please Keep on Sharing. 5am Mester Scrum #5am...
Oct 05, 2021•6 min•Ep. 723
#5amMesterScrum Show 721 Live - Lunch and Learns, aka Brown Bag Sessions, a Terrible Idea - Today's topic: (1) In the days when companies would buy lunch for a lunch and learn they were useful tools. Now Scrum Masters and Agile Coaches your stuff is not that Great to ask for people to listen to you during lunch breaks. You are being cheap and not respecting your teams. Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum. Please send me your topics. You are are doing Great Please Keep on Sharing. ...
Oct 04, 2021•10 min•Ep. 722
#5amMesterScrum Show 720 Live - Retro: Opportunity for Radical Change - Today's topic: (1) I have come to the realization that after 4-6 sprints we are doing Retrospectives Wrong! Why? We should be looking for radical change! Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum. Please send me your topics. You are are doing Great Please Keep on Sharing. 5am Mester Scrum #5amMesterScrum #scrum #agile #business #scrummaster #agilecoach #coaching #philadelphia #philly #growth #retro #velocity #retros...
Oct 03, 2021•11 min•Ep. 721
#5amMesterScrum Show 719 Live - Everyday Become Better - Today's topic: (1) Doing some reading and learning over my camping retreat weekend, All the Billionaires do it: They become better at what they do verse doing more which is a mistake most teams make. Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum. Please send me your topics. You are are doing Great Please Keep on Sharing. 5am Mester Scrum #5amMesterScrum #scrum #agile #business #scrummaster #agilecoach #coaching #philadelphia #philly #...
Oct 02, 2021•8 min•Ep. 720
#5amMesterScrum Show 718 Live - Mountain Cabin Good Value sharing a sunrise - Today's topic: (1) Exploring the rising sun from the mountain top during our mini vacation. Noticing the minimization of gold plating in how the chairs are set on the deck. Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum. Please send me your topics. You are are doing Great Please Keep on Sharing. 5am Mester Scrum #5amMesterScrum #scrum #agile #business #scrummaster #agilecoach #coaching #philadelphia #philly #value ...
Oct 01, 2021•5 min•Ep. 719
#5amMesterScrum Show 717 Live - Mountain Cabin Good Value verse hotel where do we get most value - Today's topic: (1) Day two of the mini vacation and we are in time for sunset at the cabin in the hills of the Skyline Mountains (Blue Ridge Mountains VA) . Just like a business has to figure out where to spend the money and get the most value. Enjoy the view. Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum. Please send me your topics. You are are doing Great Please Keep on Sharing. 5am Mester S...
Sep 30, 2021•1 min•Ep. 718
#5amMesterScrum Show 716 Live - Spending money on what really returns value - Today's topic: (1) This is a a real quick show from my mini-vacation 1st night from Luray Caverns VA. Where we stayed in a cheap motel vs. an expensive hotel because we wanted to save our money for the next couple of nights in a cabin in the hills of the Skyline Mountains (Blue Ridge Mountains VA) . Just like a business has to figure out where to spend the money Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum. Pleas...
Sep 29, 2021•3 min•Ep. 717
#5amMesterScrum Show 715 Live - Agile in Movie Production and I mean the real movie set production - Today's topic: (1) So they are filming an Adam Sandler movie on my block, lterally out my door today. Watching the movie production operations it is so Agile Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum. Please send me your topics. You are are doing Great Please Keep on Sharing. 5am Mester Scrum #5amMesterScrum #scrum #agile #business #scrummaster #agilecoach #coaching #philadelphia #philly...
Sep 28, 2021•5 min•Ep. 716
#5amMesterScrum Show 714 Live - PI Planning Walking the Digital Room - Today's topic: (1) I realized that there are many people participating in PI Planning this year that have never attended on in person or it might have been years ago. They forgot about walking the room! Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum. Please send me your topics. You are are doing Great Please Keep on Sharing. 5am Mester Scrum #5amMesterScrum #scrum #agile #business #scrummaster #agilecoach #coaching #phila...
Sep 27, 2021•12 min•Ep. 715
#5amMesterScrum Show 713 Live - Setting Bad Habits and Fortune Cookie Saturday - Today's topics: (1) We talked the other dat about good habits and scrum events, but we should also talk about the pitfalls of setting bad habits and (2) Fortune Cookie Saturday: Hope is the Best Stimulant of life Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum. Please send me your topics. You are are doing Great Please Keep on Sharing. 5am Mester Scrum #5amMesterScrum #scrum #agile #business #scrummaster #agileco...
Sep 26, 2021•9 min•Ep. 714
#5amMesterScrum Show 712 Live - Sprint Review: Scared of Customer, a Cure? - Today's topic: (1) Missing deadlines or scared to meet with the customer? Sprint Reviews are a Great way to get over the barrier. Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum. Please send me your topics. You are are doing Great Please Keep on Sharing. 5am Mester Scrum #5amMesterScrum #scrum #agile #business #scrummaster #agilecoach #coaching #philadelphia #philly #customer #review #feedback #fear 5am Mester Scrum ...
Sep 25, 2021•6 min•Ep. 713
#5amMesterScrum Show 711 Live - The Hammer Scrum Master or the fluffy dog toy insides? - Today's topic: (1) There is a delicate balance between being a hammer on a team to get there work done and being way too fluffy. Being a Scrum Master can be a difficult position. Are you the Hammer, The Pick or Fluffy Doggie Toy or somewhere in between? Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum. Please send me your topics. You are are doing Great Please Keep on Sharing. 5am Mester Scrum #5amMesterSc...
Sep 24, 2021•10 min•Ep. 712
#5amMesterScrum Show 710 Live - Scrum All About Good Habits - Today's topic: (1) Dive into the Good Habits of Scrum. If you read any self help book they are all about establishing Good Habits Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum. Please send me your topics. You are are doing Great Please Keep on Sharing. 5am Mester Scrum #5amMesterScrum #scrum #agile #business #scrummaster #agilecoach #coaching #philadelphia #philly #framework #habits #cadence 5am Mester Scrum Show 710 went live on...
Sep 23, 2021•7 min•Ep. 711
#5amMesterScrum Show 709 Live - One Person Did the Job for the past 3 years, A School Year Start Story - Today's topic: (1) Back to those team of 1 stories and in this case a friend of mine, almost didn't make the bus home from school because one teacher did the job of getting the kids on the bus for the past 3 years and now she left Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum. Please send me your topics. You are are doing Great Please Keep on Sharing. 5am Mester Scrum #5amMesterScrum #sc...
Sep 22, 2021•7 min•Ep. 710
#5amMesterScrum Show 708 Live - Story Points using Definition of Ready DoR to help size stories - Today's topic: (1) Story pointing or sizing is always a hard to do topic and I would like to explore using your team's Definition of Ready to help size and other things Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum. Please send me your topics. You are are doing Great Please Keep on Sharing. 5am Mester Scrum #5amMesterScrum #scrum #agile #business #scrummaster #agilecoach #coaching #philadelphia...
Sep 21, 2021•10 min•Ep. 709
#5amMesterScrum Show 707 Live - Story Points are Never Arbitrary, but are also never really comparable with other teams - Today's topic: (1) I was listening to another coach at a seminar and the coach kept referring to story pointing as arbitrary, which is essentially wrong! Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum. Please send me your topics. You are are doing Great Please Keep on Sharing. 5am Mester Scrum #5amMesterScrum #scrum #agile #business #scrummaster #agilecoach #coaching #phi...
Sep 20, 2021•11 min•Ep. 708
#5amMesterScrum Show 706 Live - Bringing Home the Bacon in Baseball and Work plus Fortune Cookie Friday - Today's topic: (1) Went to Iron Pigs minor league baseball and there was no bacon but they committed to tons of the stuff and Bringing home the bacon at work reflecting on post by Allen Holub about salary and (2) Fortune Cookie Friday: Empty Commitments Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum. Please send me your topics. You are are doing Great Please Keep on Sharing. 5am Mester S...
Sep 19, 2021•9 min•Ep. 707
#5amMesterScrum Show 705 Live - Camping Recon Spike Example with Value and People and their I will stay in My Little Bubble - Today's topic: (1) Went on a Recon mission to check out a camping site for the girl scout, spikes with value and (2) People staying in their little bubble and not looking at the team as a whole. Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum. Please send me your topics. You are are doing Great Please Keep on Sharing. 5am Mester Scrum #5amMesterScrum #scrum #agile #bus...
Sep 18, 2021•8 min•Ep. 706
