#5amMesterScrum Show 674 Live - Post House Fire MVP, It is not the Solution that is MVP but the Need, That's a common mistake by organizations - Today's topic: (1) Walk through Four (4) MVP Needs from our post house fire event. Then the systems process of developing options, investigating and implementing solutions, plus learning from each solution option. Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum. Please send me your topics. You are are doing Great Please Keep on Sharing. 5am Mester Sc...
Aug 22, 2021•15 min•Ep. 675
#5amMesterScrum Show 673 Live - Value On Time Delivery vs. More Stuff - Today's topic: (1) The financial and budgetary impacts of over committing and the battle in valuing On-Time Delivery verse More Stuff (over Committing). 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 #backlog #sprint #performance #co...
Aug 21, 2021•8 min•Ep. 674
#5amMesterScrum Show 672 Live - Giant Done Issue Piles, Millions of old Done Issues Cluttering and slowing your systems down - Today's topic: (1) I have been to quite a few Big Companies that house Millions of PBIs in their agile systems. Those companies don't understand how their system were designed and built. They are not archiving systems nor should they be. Making available stuff done a year ago is a complete waste of money. It violates Agile Manifesto Value: Working software over comprehen...
Aug 20, 2021•10 min•Ep. 673
#5amMesterScrum Show 671 Live - Using Scrum on your Agile Marketing Team and Fortune Cookie Friday - Today's topics: (1) Using Scrum to get Good Marketing Content in a Time Box. Here is a secret most agile coaches don't know what marketing is and companies confuse marketing and sales and (2) Fortune Cookie Friday : Be patient, pleasant and open and you will see more truths. Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum. Please send me your topics. You are are doing Great Please Keep on Shar...
Aug 19, 2021•12 min•Ep. 672
#5amMesterScrum Show 670 Live - Basement Backlog Cleanup Getting Rid Old Stuff to make Space for New Fun Stuff - Today's topic: (1) My wife and I cleaned out our basement of 20 years of projects. Stuff we said were going to use, but never did. That same has to be applied to our work backlogs, if you have stuff over a year old, archive it and get it off your backlog. It drags down the velocity of teams and there is no room for fun stuff. Make room for new fun stuff for your team to work on. Pleas...
Aug 19, 2021•9 min•Ep. 671
#5amMesterScrum Show 669 Live - Automatic Processing Gone Bad and more t-shirts - Today's topics: (1) A new white t-shirt came yesterday XL fits nicely and (2) A Story of Automatic Processing Gone Bad a tale of how Product Owners and Developers need to use their own product to ensure what they are offering works as envisioned. 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 #ag...
Aug 18, 2021•12 min•Ep. 670
#5amMesterScrum Show 668 Live - Scrum Developer Role and New t-shirts - Today's topics: (1) We have t-shirts and Ed and I are trying some samples before we post them and (2) Scrum Guide talking Roles and today is the Developer Role I love the new sentence in 2020 of: Developers holding each other accountable as Professionals 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 #agil...
Aug 17, 2021•11 min•Ep. 669
#5amMesterScrum Show 667 Live - Adaptation Final Scrum Pillar and Fire in My House which just even more makes our Mission that much more important - Today's topics: (1) We we had a fire on the 3rd floor of my house and it made me realize the serious side of our mission statement to get you home to family and friends and (2) Adaptation Pillar: A scrum team is expected to adapt the moment it learns anything new through inspection. Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum. Please send me ...
Aug 17, 2021•13 min•Ep. 668
#5amMesterScrum Show 666 Live - Evil #Inspection #Scrum Pillar - Today's topic: (1) Inspection enables adaptation. Inspection without adaptation is considered pointless. Talking the 3 pillars of Scrum: Transparency, Inspection and Adaption. Maybe there is a reason why people don't see value in the Retrospection, because all they do is Inspections. 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...
Aug 16, 2021•6 min•Ep. 667
#5amMesterScrum Show 665 Live - Naked Transparency Pillar, People Fear Transparency - Today's topic: (1) Transparency enables inspection. Inspection without transparency is misleading and wasteful. Talking the 3 pillars of Scrum: Transparency, Inspection and Adaption. Sharing visuals in this virtual world. 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 #scrumm...
Aug 15, 2021•13 min•Ep. 666
#5amMesterScrum Show 664 Live - Scrum Value of Respect and how it helps with Conflict - Today's topic: (1) The Scrum Value of Respect takes many forms but I personally it is about #diversity in thought. Diversity in dev and test perspectives, diversity in front end and back end and diversity in culture and what people bring to the team from outside the job. Respecting diverse thought allow conflict to be come something that will 10x your product. Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScru...
Aug 14, 2021•11 min•Ep. 665
#5amMesterScrum Show 663 Live - Scrum Value of Courage and how it helps with Conflict - Today's topic: (1) The Scrum Value of Courage - The courage to ask why or questions for understanding. 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 #values #scrumguide #conflict #problem #team #courage 5am Me...
Aug 13, 2021•9 min•Ep. 664
#5amMesterScrum Show 662 Live - Scrum Value of Openness and how it helps with Conflict - Today's topic: (1) The Scrum Value of Openness to be honest will create conflict but then also help accelerate past the conflict and accelerate. Openness is key to working as a team and getting 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 #5amMesterScrum #scrum #agile #business #scrummaster #agilecoach #...
Aug 12, 2021•10 min•Ep. 663
#5amMesterScrum Show 661 Live - Scrum Value of Focus and how it helps with Conflict and Fortune Cookie Friday - Today's topics: (1) Using the scrum value of Focus to help with complex problem solving and minimizing conflict of time and priorities and (2) Fortune Cookie Friday : Love is a present that can be given every day you live. 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 #scr...
Aug 12, 2021•14 min•Ep. 662
#5amMesterScrum Show 660 Live - Boyz Night Arcade Fun at Dave and Buster's Showing off our winnings - Today's topic: (1) Boyz night out while the girlz are at Girl Scout camp, so Ed and I had some fun in support of our Mission. The dogs especially Jerry wanted to get at Ed's winnings. Lots of Bloopers on this live show 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...
Aug 11, 2021•6 min•Ep. 661
#5amMesterScrum Show 659 Live - Scrum #Value of #Commitment and how it helps with #Conflict - Today's topic: (1) This week we are talking Scrum Values ( Commitment, Focus, Openness, Respect and Courage) and how they help with Conflict. Today is all about Commitment and its impact on conflicts. 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 #agilec...
Aug 10, 2021•6 min•Ep. 660
#5amMesterScrum Show 658 Live - Performance and Conflict - Today's topic: (1) High Performing Teams are ready to accept that Conflict will happen but these teams find a way to utilize conflict as an enhancement. The scrum values help in this matter. 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 #psychol...
Aug 10, 2021•7 min•Ep. 659
#5amMesterScrum Show 657 Live - Five Signs of a Fear Driven Organization Resulting in Low Performance - Today's topic: (1) Psychological safety and I wanted to share 5 signs of a fear based organization or really the Muda that it produces. 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 #psychological #sa...
Aug 09, 2021•8 min•Ep. 658
#5amMesterScrum Show 656 Live - Old Bugs explained by Manager and Haircut and Why as explained by 8 year old - Today's topics: (1) On a dashboard a year old bug appeared in a sprint as something to work in a Sprint and I'm like why? And why the response was not of an agile or value mindset and (2) I needed a haircut and forgot to tell my son why I wanted it in the morning, just like when PO's forget to say why the story is important. Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum. Please sen...
Aug 08, 2021•9 min•Ep. 657
#5amMesterScrum Show 655 Live - Managers encouraging Time Off after a Big Push and Fortune Cookie Saturday - Today's topics: (1) In just about every organization I have worked with pre-Agile Mindset in the company, managers push the team to work extra hard to meet a deadline or new release and then many of those managers encourage people to take vacation. I have to say this is not sustainable and managers may think they are doing favors for the people but they are really not and in fact hurting ...
Aug 07, 2021•14 min•Ep. 656
#5amMesterScrum Show 654 Live - Courage in Scrum Events +1 (plus one being Backlog Refinement - Today's topic: (1) The Scrum Values are Commitment, Focus, Openness, Respect, and Courage and in this episode we talk about COURAGE inside each Scrum Event plus Refinement and how the team roles need courage. 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 #scrummast...
Aug 06, 2021•9 min•Ep. 655
#5amMesterScrum Show 653 Live - Customer Access No. 1, Status is not Value! - Today's topic: (1) The other day I was with a group and the manager was describing a system they built to capture feedback and provide visibility in Feature status. In the back of my mind is they needed more courage to allow the customer access to the existing systems they have and not waste money. Status is not Value! Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum. Please send me your topics. You are are doing Gre...
Aug 05, 2021•10 min•Ep. 654
#5amMesterScrum Show 652 Live - Switching #Jobs, Last Day for Old Job and Monday New #Job - Today's topic: (1) I'm switching jobs and I wanted to share what it is like and some of the Agile Attitude that I use to help with my transition 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 #job #change #HR #tra...
Aug 05, 2021•14 min•Ep. 653
#5amMesterScrum Show 651 Live - Sprint Review is UAT Change your Paradigm - Today's topic: (1) User acceptance testing UAT should be either your Sprint Review or during the Sprint. I was coaching a PO the other day and the PO took on this challenge to make the goal of using the Sprint Review and get the UAT feedback in the Sprint and not a month later. I challenge anyone to tell me why it can't be. Hey if you are making software that takes more than two hours for the customer to use then you are...
Aug 04, 2021•7 min•Ep. 652
#5amMesterScrum Show 650 Live - Four (4) Sprint Magic, 5 Things needed to Get There - Today's topic: (1) There are lots of people out there complaining about the Scrum Ceremonies, story points etc.. but in reality it should only take 4 Sprints to get it solid. But there are 5 Things needed to allow it to happen. 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 #...
Aug 03, 2021•12 min•Ep. 651
#5amMesterScrum Show 649 Live - Scrum is Design to move people from Thinking to Doing - Today's topic: (1) Changing from a waterfall way of Thinking a lot and Doing Little to using Timeboxes and Scrum Ceremonies to get people into "Doing" 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 #waterfall #doing #...
Aug 03, 2021•8 min•Ep. 650
#5amMesterScrum Show 648 Live - People and Interactions but I think many companies are forgetting the people - Today's topic: (1) With all the talk of returning to the office, I think there are many companies rushing in without building a plan to gradually get people ready. They forgot the people part of the agile manifesto. 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 #agil...
Aug 02, 2021•8 min•Ep. 649
#5amMesterScrum Show 647 Live - When I See It I will Know It and Fortune Cookie Saturday - Today's topics: (1) How many times do we hear "I will know when I see it" and people question the value behind a Sprint Review? The other day I saw a box load of telegraph glass insulators real cheap and then I came up with an entire interactive display idea for our museum. But if I did not see the box I don't think I would have thought of it and (2) Fortune Cookie Saturday: One minute of time worth more t...
Aug 01, 2021•10 min•Ep. 648
#5amMesterScrum Show 646 Live - New 5amMesterScrum Merch and OKRs & Management question What do I do with a self organizing Team? - Today's topic: (1) OKRs is a great tool for any Agile coach or Scrum Master when they get the question What do I do from managers. Managers can share objectives based on the senior meeting they attend and where the company is going in the next few quarters. Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum. Please send me your topics. You are are doing Great Pl...
Jul 31, 2021•9 min•Ep. 647
#5amMesterScrum Show 645 Live - Working Together to Solve Problems Countering the Dreaded Dev and Test Sprints - Today's topic: (1) Companies that focus on utilization vs. "Good" product love the dev and test sprint make up, however, when people work together they are so much more productive and happy plus bug fixing is so much cheaper to get 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...
Jul 30, 2021•11 min•Ep. 646
