#5amMesterScrum Show #434 Live - Fire drill and Opportunity for answers or interactions for the team - Today's topics: (1) My personal pet peeve the fire drill that is not not needed when we can see it coming, and (2) Teams want the answer now, but isn't the Best answer in the form of the Team interacting with each other. Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum. Please send me your topics. You are are doing Great Please Keep on Sharing. #5amMesterScrum #scrum #agile #business #scrumma...
Jan 24, 2021•12 min•Ep. 435
#5amMesterScrum Show #433 Live - Over Testing Over Sensor A Reflection on All the Rocket Launch False Starts - Today's topics: (1) Over Testing causing us not to or Delay Delivery Product to the Customer, and (2) Over Sensoring our Delivery to the Customer thereby creating additional probabilities of failure that are not really critical. Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum. Please send me your topics. You are are doing Great Please Keep on Sharing. #5amMesterScrum #scrum #agile #b...
Jan 23, 2021•13 min•Ep. 434
#5amMesterScrum Show #432 Live - Sprint Goals to Help the Product Owner (PO) and Project Managers (PM) and Fortune Cookie Friday- Today's topics: (1) Using Sprint Goals to help guide the product owner in sprint story selections, (2) Using Sprint Goals to help you build a Gantt chart a manager asks for and (3) Fortune Cookie Friday Good bakers always make plenty of dough. Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum. Please send me your topics. You are are doing Great Please Keep on Sharing...
Jan 22, 2021•17 min•Ep. 433
#5amMesterScrum Show #431 Live - Let It Stew (Alchemy) and Audits Beware (5 Points)- Today's topics: (1) Letting Team establish their own way to conduct Code Reviews and Let it Stew. I only have 3 Enterprise Rules. Tobias Mayer's - Scrum As Alchemy meetup fit nicely with this thought, and (2) Over Documentation can get your organization into an Audit Nightmare, so I have 5 things I ask when documenting. Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum. Please send me your topics. You are are d...
Jan 22, 2021•16 min•Ep. 432
#5amMesterScrum Show #430 Live - Meetings, Meetings - Today's topics: (1) You have to say 'NO" to attending meetings and what to look out for or Muda and (2) Dangers of Transformation and the overlay of Scrum meetings on top of existing waterfall or reporting status meetings. FYI these next couple days could be a rocket festival. 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 ...
Jan 21, 2021•12 min•Ep. 431
#5amMesterScrum Show #429 Live - Making Goals Visual in COVID and Volunteering to be the Substitute Role - Today's topics: (1) There are always people rotating in or out of an organization and we as Coaches or Scrum Masters or anyone are asked to Substitute. What questions should you ask? and (2) Visuals for Goal achievement are so important to help keep us focused, but we have no office walls to see everyday. I had been failing because I stopped looking at my visual goal daily. Please like and ...
Jan 21, 2021•17 min•Ep. 430
#5amMesterScrum Show #428 Live - Temporary Experts on your Team - Today's topics: (1) Watch out for the so called Temporary expert added to your team, "It may NOT make sense to develop that knowledge on the team or it may only be needed for a short time". Be careful of that short term thinking. 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 #agile...
Jan 20, 2021•10 min•Ep. 429
#5amMesterScrum Show #427 Live - Drive the Team, Really? and Large Expectations - Today's topics: (1) I shared a LinkedIn post talking about Project or in my reframe Team Success and who is responsible? and (2) Manageable expectations unlike 1 person restoring an antique steam train by themselves in their free 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 #scrum #agile #busine...
Jan 20, 2021•15 min•Ep. 428
#5amMesterScrum Show #426 Live - PI Confidence Vote why Note Get Rid of It? & A few new Books people have recommended - Today's topics: (1) Shared two Books other coaches recommended and I got Today Agile Coaching by Rachel Davies and Liz Sedley and A Sense of Urgency by Kotter and (2) PI Confidence Voting why not get rid of it, well I experienced a handful of comments that never really got addressed during 2 days of planning, so I say keep it! Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterSc...
Jan 19, 2021•15 min•Ep. 427
#5amMesterScrum Show #425 Live - PI Planning with Surveys and Dependencies and of course Fortune Cookie Friday - Today's topics: (1) Chatting PI Planning with Dependency identification and using surveys to gather feedback and confidence voting, but don't waste (muda) a lot of time creating the surveys and (2) Fortune Cookie Friday: Soon you will find a competent assistant. Speaking of that I still have one spot left for free coaching. Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum. Please se...
Jan 19, 2021•13 min•Ep. 426
#5amMesterScrum Show #424 Live - Coaching Offer Give Back to the Community and PI Planning Event SoS Questions and charts virtually - Today's topics: (1) Offering 5 spots for Agile Coaching 6 months 1 per week about 30minutes for Free as a give back to the community, and (2) PI Planning Scrum of Scrum (SoS) questions to see how the teams are progressing and how to chart it on a wiki page in this virtual world. Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum. Please send me your topics. You ar...
Jan 18, 2021•14 min•Ep. 425
#5amMesterScrum Show #423 Live - Shark Teeth Velocity History and the Dangers of those 1/2 Point Stories (agile accountants beware) - Today's topics: (1) Started with the 1/2 point stories and how they add no value and start your journey to a factory, and (2) Seeing Shark Teeth profile in your Velocity History graph and questions to ask the team.. Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum. Please send me your topics. You are are doing Great Please Keep on Sharing. 5am Mester Scrum #5amM...
Jan 18, 2021•14 min•Ep. 424
#5amMesterScrum Show #422 Live - Pony Sprint watching Polo Tournament this weekend and Waterfall take years to change and only Change Course with an Outside action like a Storm - Today's topics: (1) Attending a Polo Tournament at a local park and I watched how the Horses ran in Sprints like in Scrum , and (2) Reflecting on another trip watch the waterfalls and river cut their way, but without an outside force they will never change course much like most IT shops if it was not for COVID sad to sa...
Jan 17, 2021•13 min•Ep. 423
#5amMesterScrum Show #421 Live - Thank you for 13K Subscribers y 13M Views, Velocity Up or Down What I use it to Ask and Empirical Data on Support Functions - Today's topics: (1) Using Velocity to share with other teams and ask are they really Retrospecting?, and (2) Having empirical data on how much time is spent on support and then leaning it to lesser impact. Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum. Please send me your topics. You are are doing Great Please Keep on Sharing. 5am Mes...
Jan 16, 2021•16 min•Ep. 422
#5amMesterScrum Show #420 Live - Agile Marketing Team, What is Velocity Not and Fortune Cookie Friday - Today's topics: (1) How Might an Agile Marketing Scrum Team shape their Sprint and Stories, (2) Velocity is Not how long it takes work to get Features or Epics Done. It is how much work can be Done in a Time-Box, and (3) Fortune Cookie Friday : You would get a prize in luck draw in new year. Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum. Please send me your topics. You are are doing Great...
Jan 15, 2021•11 min•Ep. 421
#5amMesterScrum Show #419 Live - Dealing with Micro Managers and having your Agile Coach also be your Direct Manager - Today's topics: (1) How to deal with micromanagers soft and hard approach explored and (2) Is it good to have your own Agile Coach also be your Manager? The answer is No! but.... 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 #agi...
Jan 13, 2021•10 min•Ep. 420
#5amMesterScrum Show #418 Live - Scrumming Up or Coaching the Organization and a Little Virtual Fun Ideas for your next Daily Scrum - Today's topics: (1) Someone asked about Scrum Masters coaching up to the Executives and I suggested the Elevator Speech and (2) Attended Lean Coffee in Tampa Bay and got some new fun ideas for those virtual meetings: virtual background or t-shirt competitions. Next Sprint rocket or coke and mentos. Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum. Please send me...
Jan 13, 2021•13 min•Ep. 419
#5amMesterScrum Show #417 Live - Test Case vs. Acceptance Criteria - Today's topics: (1) Just chatting a little about how Test Cases are Not Acceptance Criteria and (2) Lots of Meetups out there to join. 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 #test #testing #stories #acceptance #meetup #networkin...
Jan 12, 2021•10 min•Ep. 418
#5amMesterScrum Show #416 Live - Epics and Features 1st then Stories and Laughing at oneself - Today's topics: (1) Starting to manage backlog at the Feature or Epic level is a better place to start than the story level and (2) Being able to laugh at one's mistakes and not take everything, so serious is important. 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 ...
Jan 12, 2021•9 min•Ep. 417
#5amMesterScrum Show #415 Live - Waiting for a Teammate before Decision and Breakdown Work and Time - Today's topics: (1) It is so easy to make a Decision without a Teammate present but is it the right Thing to Do? and (2) Breading down Time as well as work, 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...
Jan 12, 2021•10 min•Ep. 416
#5amMesterScrum Show #414 Live - Team Share the Fun Stuff as well as the Failures - Today's topics: (1) Too Many Organizations are set up so an elite team/person gets to explore the fun stuff in coding, we got to let the Team do it also , (2) My screw up / failure saved by realizing my Sprint Team should pick the next project for our Sprint and (3) Let the team fail, don't be a Mom. Your job is to bring issues to light (in a good way / not a jerk) and not hide failure, Please like and subscribe ...
Jan 10, 2021•12 min•Ep. 415
#5amMesterScrum Show #413 Live - Remembering 911 and the Police and Fire people who risked their Lives, Adjusting Past Point Estimates and Fortune Cookie Friday - Today's topics: (1) Adjusting Story Point Estimates, Did you get more Work Done?, (2) Working on a 5 point story took less time so you want to lower points. Alternative ideas: refactor, automation, peer review to build a better sustainable and valuable product and (3) Fortune Cookie Friday: Your kinship will help you a lot in business,...
Jan 09, 2021•15 min•Ep. 414
#5amMesterScrum Show #412 Live - You Picked It and Pride Lost - Today's topics: (1) Lost Pride? I Attend an Auckland NZ Agile Coffee and talked about separate teams doing the customer interface, and (2) You picked it so I don't own it. Teams that have stories and work picked for them, they start making excuses or redirecting responsibility. 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...
Jan 08, 2021•10 min•Ep. 413
#5amMesterScrum Show #411 Live - Self-Empowerment is it Missing and Being Your Own Customer - Today's topics: (1) Yesterday I spoke about a missing login and you know what it was not the Team's fault. They have been beaten down so much that no one is self empowered anymore to say wait a minute this is a wrong design, and (2) Being your own customer and have companies outsourced so far away from their customer base that the teams have no idea how the product is used. Please like and subscribe and...
Jan 08, 2021•13 min•Ep. 412
#5amMesterScrum Show #410 Live - Product Owner Commitment and No Login - Today's topics: (1) It is not all about the Commitment from the Team as there is also Commitment need from the PO and (2) Someone really blew a software update and removed the login link from their website. How the heck did that make it passed QA? 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...
Jan 07, 2021•13 min•Ep. 411
#5amMesterScrum Show #409 Live - Scrum Simple from 9yr Old and having Fun on Labor Day - Today's topics: (1) 9 yrs old and i quote "You can't add to a Deal, when a Deal is already Done," and (2) Do Scrum and Agile, so we can deliver to the customer and have fun along the way. 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 #ph...
Jan 07, 2021•8 min•Ep. 410
#5amMesterScrum Show #408 Live - Rocket Sprint MVP and Reviews & Retrospective - Today's topics: (1) Summarizing the lessons learned (Retrospective) from our Review 3 Launches and 1 Live and (2) MVP Minimum Viable Product examination of the rocket engine holder. 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...
Jan 06, 2021•10 min•Ep. 409
#5amMesterScrum Show #407 Live - Sprint Reviews, Package Delivery y Rocket Sprint 1 is a Go - Today's topics: (1) If your team or organization hesitates about doing Sprint reviews ask them how the customer would feel if they never received information on a package they ordered and (2) Family Rocket Sprint No. 1 is a Go for tomorrow and we will post videos post event or maybe even live? Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum. Please send me your topics. You are are doing Great Please ...
Jan 06, 2021•9 min•Ep. 408
#5amMesterScrum Show #406 Live - Meetings, 100 year old Documentation and Fortune Cookie Friday - Today's topics: (1) Moving meetings around is very wasteful and does not allow people to plan their days, (2) Documentation in Comments and Fun Documentation in the form of 111 year old post cards for the Museum and (3) Agile Fortune Cookie Friday: in the new year, staying at home may get some little fun with the family. I know some one was working 12 days. I said he was going to pop and he did. Ple...
Jan 05, 2021•14 min•Ep. 407
#5amMesterScrum Show #405 Live - Super Fans, Buying a Car with our YouTube money, Windows crashing just after going Live yesterday, Rocket Project Sprint 1 and Fortune Cookie Special- Today's topics: (1) Live an crazy show with the whole gang even Bubbles crashed the show. Special guest star Olivia who made our tie dye t-shirt for Fortune Cookie Fridays, (2) Eddie shows off our car and plane purchase from our youtube money, (3) Crashing Windows, (4) Our new Pocket Project Sprint Starting this We...
Jan 05, 2021•8 min•Ep. 406
