#5amMesterScrum Show 792 Live - Getting Started - Today's topic: (1) Something is Better than Nothing? Getting Started verse analysis paralysis. Local skate park, agile transformations and new shows 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 792 went live on Youtube Thursday 1/13/2022 from Philadelphia, PA Happy Scrumming, Social Media: - search 5amMesterScrum or #5amMester...
Jan 13, 2022•15 min•Ep. 795
#5amMesterScrum Show 791 Live - Prioritization in Dev and Everywhere - Today's topic: (1) Lots of prioritization today: do show, make room for plumber, save parking for demo team and life. The world of development needs prioritization. Sometimes it is Good to Step Back and Look around. 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 791 went live on Youtube Monday 1/10/2022 from...
Jan 11, 2022•10 min•Ep. 794
5 Interview Questions For Remote Scrum Master Job #5amMesterScrum Nigeria Agile Lean Coffee virtual meeting held on January 6, 2022. 5 Questions Burndown charts? Daily Scrum? Retro using Divergent and Convergent Systems Thinking A meeting and there is no Agenda, what do you do? Missing a Team Norm, Definition of Ready or Definition of Done Agreement. Classic Bonus Question 1 : Scrum Events Bonus Question 2 : Workflow Thanks to Learntor for the opportunity to share.
Jan 08, 2022•1 hr 16 min•Ep. 793
#5amMesterScrum Show 790 Live - Agile Does Not Apply - Today's topic: (1) A phrase I hear all the time and I just go Huh? 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 790 went live on Youtube Wednesday 1/5/2022 from Philadelphia, PA Happy Scrumming, Social Media: - search 5amMesterScrum or #5amMesterScrum and you should find us and if not please let us know LinkedIn, Youtube,...
Jan 05, 2022•11 min•Ep. 792
#5amMesterScrum Show 789 Live - Goals help with Focus in the New Year and last Fortune Cookie Friday for 2021 - Today's topic: (1) Happy New Year and looking over the river this morning I could see only so far, but Goals help teams and people focus and (2) Fortune Cookie Friday the last for 2021: Listen to what you know instead of what you fear Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum. Please send me your topics. You are are doing Great Please Keep on Sharing. 5am Mester Scrum #5amMest...
Dec 31, 2021•8 min•Ep. 791
#5amMesterScrum Show 788 Live - The Minimalist Less is Now Netflix Movie is now my Pre Read or Pre-watch for any Product Owner or Scrum Master Course I teach in the future - Today's topic: (1) So over the Holidays of course my wife had me watching the Minimalist Movie and I thought every agile team should watch this movie. It is all about workloads and old stale backlogs. here is a link to the trailer https://youtu.be/jn-xbOCZOiQ Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum. Please send me...
Dec 28, 2021•8 min•Ep. 790
#5amMesterScrum Show 787 Live - Perfect Time to Update LinkedIn & Resume and Fortune Cookie Friday - Today's topic: (1) This is a perfect time of the year to update resumes and LinkedIn profiles. Be prepared for the opportunities in the New Year 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 5am Mester Scrum Show 787 went live on Youtube Friday 12/24/2021 from Phila...
Dec 24, 2021•7 min•Ep. 789
#5amMesterScrum Show 786 Live - Deck the Halls with Certifications and Gain Some Freedom - Today's topic: (1) The year is ending and a new one is starting, the perfect time to get new certifications. How to wheel and deal and what to go for. 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 786 went live on Youtube Thursday 12/23/2021 from Philadelphia, PA Happy Scrumming, Social ...
Dec 23, 2021•12 min•Ep. 788
#5amMesterScrum Show 785 Live - New Scrum Event Happy Time - Today's topic: (1) Scrum needs to relax a bit and it is sad to say that I think we need a new event "Happy Time". I was listening to a podcast with Nada Buhendi on the Happy Engineer and it made me really realize how much happiness is missing. 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 785 went live on Youtube Wed...
Dec 22, 2021•13 min•Ep. 787
OKRs, Agile, Scrum and Scaling Working Together For Radical Change & Minimizing OKR Mistakes & Documentation. A brief look into OKRs and how Scrum and Scaling are a perfect fit for an Agile Organization. Presented at the #AgilePA User Group on December 20, 2021 by Greg Mester Happy Scrumming, Social Media: - search 5amMesterScrum or #5amMesterScrum and you should find us and if not please let us know LinkedIn, Youtube, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok Podcasts: (search 5amMesterScrum...
Dec 21, 2021•46 min•Ep. 786
#5amMesterScrum Show 784 Live - Trash Can Cadence - Today's topic: (1) Cadence is worthless! Actual No it is very useful in many ways. 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 784 went live on Youtube Saturday 12/18/2021 from Philadelphia, PA Happy Scrumming, Social Media: - search 5amMesterScrum or #5amMesterScrum and you should find us and if not please let us know Link...
Dec 18, 2021•6 min•Ep. 785
#5amMesterScrum Show 783 Live - Respecting Other People's Time and Fortune Cookie Friday - Today's topics: (1) Canceling or moving around meetings can cause your team and people to be disrespected. Which leads to sooner or later people stop coming to your meetings or double book them and (2) Fortune Cookie Friday: Love 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 783 went liv...
Dec 17, 2021•11 min•Ep. 784
#5amMesterScrum Show 782 Live - Chaos or Cadence Everywhere - Today's topic: (1) Is your calendar full of cancellations, reschedules and unexpected meetings? I would like to propose an Enterprise cadence might lessen the impact. 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 782 went live on Youtube Thursday 12/16/2021 from Philadelphia, PA Happy Scrumming, Social Media: - sear...
Dec 16, 2021•10 min•Ep. 783
#5amMesterScrum Show 781 Live - Meeting Fail - Dashboards can help? Transitioning from Waterfall - Today's topic: (1) Another example of waterfall failure, during a transition to scrum and 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 5am Mester Scrum Show 781 went live on Youtube Wednesday 12/15/2021 from Philadelphia, PA Happy Scrumming, Social Media: - search 5amMesterScrum or #5amMesterS...
Dec 15, 2021•10 min•Ep. 782
#5amMesterScrum Show 780 Live - Gotcha Day - Today's topic: (1) Just Celebrating the dog's Gotcha Day to day. 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 780 went live on Youtube Monday 12/13/2021 from Philadelphia, PA Happy Scrumming, Social Media: - search 5amMesterScrum or #5amMesterScrum and you should find us and if not please let us know LinkedIn, Youtube, Facebook, In...
Dec 13, 2021•7 min•Ep. 781
#5amMesterScrum Show 779 Live - Scrum 3 Commitments - Today's topic: (1) Looking at the Scrum Guide and I like the 3 Commitments in Scrum: Product Goal, Sprint Goal and Definition of Done. 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 779 went live on Youtube Thursday 12/9/2021 from Philadelphia, PA Happy Scrumming, Social Media: - search 5amMesterScrum or #5amMesterScrum and ...
Dec 09, 2021•8 min•Ep. 780
#5amMesterScrum Show 778 Live - Shaping Up Backlogs - Today's topic: (1) Rotten bloated Backlogs need shaping up to help team focus and the work at hand. I like to train teams, product owners and scrum masters into using what I call buckets for both scrum and kanban. 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 778 went live on Youtube Wednesday 12/8/2021 from Philadelphia, P...
Dec 08, 2021•10 min•Ep. 779
#5amMesterScrum Show 777 Live - People will Change? But only if they change for themselves - Today's topic: (1) I was listening to Bob Proctor from the secret and he said in his presentation that People Resist Change if they are being Changed by someone else, but they will Change if they (truly) want the Change. Now how does that affect coaching? 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 Me...
Dec 07, 2021•10 min•Ep. 778
#5amMesterScrum Show 776 Live - Sprints Expose Issues, The shorter the Better - Today's topics: (1) Reflecting on the Delaware River low tide where all the trash and muck is exposed, made me think of the release discussion in show 775. Sprints if done well help 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 776 went live on Youtube Sunday 12/5/2021 from Philadelphia, PA Happy S...
Dec 05, 2021•7 min•Ep. 777
#5amMesterScrum Show 775 Live - Release Panic y Fire drills - Today's topics: (1) One can tell how good the integrations work at a company by chatter and making excuses not to do 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 5am Mester Scrum Show 775 went live on Youtube Saturday 12/4/2021 from Philadelphia, PA Happy Scrumming, Social Media: - search 5amMesterScrum or #5amMesterScrum and y...
Dec 04, 2021•9 min•Ep. 776
#5amMesterScrum Show 774 Live - Adaptive Agile Mindset and Fortune Cookie Friday - Today's topics: (1) Adaptive Agile Mindset is NOT Adapting Agile to how your company operates. 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 5am Mester Scrum Show 774 went live on Youtube Friday 12/3/2021 from Philadelphia, PA Happy Scrumming, Social Media: - search 5amMesterScrum or #5...
Dec 03, 2021•11 min•Ep. 775
#5amMesterScrum Show 773 Live - Coding w/Partners is Good and so much Better - Today's topic: (1) So I have been dabbling in the code base for my 5amMesterScrum website. It was nice to work alongside my old partner on trouble shooting out of the box code. 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 #coding #team #pairprogramming #quali...
Dec 02, 2021•13 min•Ep. 774
#5amMesterScrum Show 772 Live - OKR Lost Time - Today's topic: (1) I was doing some research on OKRs and this one Big Consulting company supports 3 weeks to get OKR out to the organization, but catch this it is for the quarter. They definitely never really worked bfore to say that. That is lost time! 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...
Nov 30, 2021•11 min•Ep. 773
#5amMesterScrum Show 771 Live - Agile Assessments - Today's topic: (1) Some times I think we go overboard with these assessments. Reflecting on agile assessments vs. my kid's hockey assessments. 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 #retrospective #assessments #checkins #growth #appliedlearning 5am Mester Scrum Show 771 went live...
Nov 29, 2021•8 min•Ep. 772
#5amMesterScrum Show 770 Live - Everything is Priority, We have all Heard that Before - Today's topic: (1) There was a post the other day about what was the best about Thanksgiving? Food, Family, vacation, football, etc.. A comment back was why can't we pick more than one? Every company i have ever been to have said to me everything is a priority and then I walk, repeat walk, the through the process. Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum. Please send me your topics. You are are doin...
Nov 28, 2021•10 min•Ep. 771
#5amMesterScrum Show 769 Live - Building on Bad Code, TikTok videos from earlier - Today's topic: (1) I was removing old drywall from my house and there were all these nails still in the wall. Do I count it as "Done" because the drywall is down? Do I leave it for the next group to find and fix? 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 #phil...
Nov 27, 2021•9 min•Ep. 770
#5amMesterScrum Show 768 Live - Retro Pretzel Day - Today's topic: (1) The one thing I really miss is the excuse to bring real hot soft Philly pretzels into the office. Let's talk ice breaker with thought experiments via Thanksgiving Dinner. 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 #retro #retrospective #food #fun #perspective 5am M...
Nov 24, 2021•10 min•Ep. 769
#5amMesterScrum Show 767 Live - Retro Template Failure - Today's topic: (1) The standard template people use in retrospectives is poor retro template. The What was Good? What was Bad? What can we improve lack discussion. Spaces still available: I'm offering 6 months of coaching for five (5) US Veterans. Maybe they want to transition into the agile world or would just like to sharpen their skills. It is open for the 1st five (5) veterans. Typically once a week for 30 minutes and capped at 6 month...
Nov 23, 2021•9 min•Ep. 768
#5amMesterScrum Show 766 Live - Autoshop Work In Progress (WIP) Failure - Today's topic: (1) A story about work in progress failure from when I took my car into the autoshop to get inspected. Spaces still available: I'm offering 6 months of coaching for five (5) US Veterans. Maybe they want to transition into the agile world or would just like to sharpen their skills. It is open for the 1st five (5) veterans. Typically once a week for 30 minutes and capped at 6 months Please like and subscribe a...
Nov 23, 2021•10 min•Ep. 767
#5amMesterScrum Show 765 Live - #Kanban Day 2, How did we do and what popped into the backlog - Today's topic: (1) A continuation of our Kanban adventures with priority changes, kaizen and new tasks along the way. Just like in the office. I think the Kanban board is helping me focus. I did post a few tiktoks and IG posts. Spaces still available: I'm offering 6 months of coaching for five (5) US Veterans. Maybe they want to transition into the agile world or would just like to sharpen their skill...
Nov 21, 2021•13 min•Ep. 766
