Scrum Master Toolbox Podcast: Agile storytelling from the trenches
This podcast features daily interviews with Scrum Masters and Agile Coaches from around the world, offering actionable advice, tips, and tricks to improve your craft. Hosted by Certified Scrum Master Vasco Duarte, it covers topics like Agile Business, Retrospectives, Sprint Planning, and more. Bonus episodes include conversations with Agile gurus and thought leaders.
Episodes
Helping Agile Managers Move from Control to Enablement | Joseph Osei-Kusi
Joseph Osei-Kusi: Helping Agile Managers Move from Control to Enablement Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on Agile and Scrum directly on the Scrum Master Toolbox Podcast website: http://bit.ly/SMTP_ShowNotes. "Their value is not knowing every ticket status. It is creating the conditions where the team can deliver without friction." - Joseph Ose
How Artificial Harmony Silences Agile Teams Before the Real Problems Surface | Joseph Osei-Kusi
Joseph Osei-Kusi: How Artificial Harmony Silences Agile Teams Before the Real Problems Surface Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on Agile and Scrum directly on the Scrum Master Toolbox Podcast website: http://bit.ly/SMTP_ShowNotes. "Silence can be more dangerous than conflict, because at least with conflict something is being expressed." - Josep
When the Jira Board Looked Fine but the Agile Team Was Drained | Joseph Osei-Kusi
Joseph Osei-Kusi: When the Jira Board Looked Fine but the Agile Team Was Drained Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on Agile and Scrum directly on the Scrum Master Toolbox Podcast website: http://bit.ly/SMTP_ShowNotes. "Metrics are conversation starters, not the full truth." - Joseph Osei-Kusi Joseph Osei-Kusi joins us from New York to share
BONUS AI Changes Management, Not Leadership With Mateo Bervejillo
BONUS: AI Changes Management, Not Leadership In this BONUS episode, we explore what AI changes for software leaders, and what it leaves firmly in human hands. Mateo Bervejillo, CEO of Xseed Solutions and author of Back to Basics, brings the view of a manager of managers: AI can help us process information faster, but leadership still happens through clarity, judgment, and relationships. Fro
Product Owners Who Turn Feedback Into Agile Team Learning | Oluyomi Emmanuel
Oluyomi Emmanuel: Product Owners Who Turn Feedback Into Agile Team Learning The Great Product Owner: Listening, Investing, and Learning With the Team Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on Agile and Scrum directly on the Scrum Master Toolbox Podcast website: http://bit.ly/SMTP_ShowNotes. "A great product owner is not the person with all the answ
Constructive Independence as a Scrum Master Success Metric | Oluyomi Emmanuel
Oluyomi Emmanuel: Constructive Independence as a Scrum Master Success Metric Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on Agile and Scrum directly on the Scrum Master Toolbox Podcast website: http://bit.ly/SMTP_ShowNotes. "Success is when the team increases its capacity to notice, discuss, and solve the problems that stand between them and meaningful ou
Creating Agile Value Stream Visibility Without More Administration | Oluyomi Emmanuel
Oluyomi Emmanuel: Creating Agile Value Stream Visibility Without More Administration Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on Agile and Scrum directly on the Scrum Master Toolbox Podcast website: http://bit.ly/SMTP_ShowNotes. "Transparency is not created by displaying more information. Transparency is created when people share enough meaning to inte
From My Task to Our Work in Agile Teams | Oluyomi Emmanuel
Oluyomi Emmanuel: From My Task to Our Work in Agile Teams Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on Agile and Scrum directly on the Scrum Master Toolbox Podcast website: http://bit.ly/SMTP_ShowNotes. "We shifted their thinking from my task to our work." - Oluyomi Emmanuel Oluyomi describes a destructive pattern many Scrum Masters will recognize:
When Agile Team Trust Breaks Before the Scrum Master Acts | Oluyomi Emmanuel
Oluyomi Emmanuel: When Agile Team Trust Breaks Before the Scrum Master Acts Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on Agile and Scrum directly on the Scrum Master Toolbox Podcast website: http://bit.ly/SMTP_ShowNotes. "Once that trust is broken, everything else, nothing else matters." - Oluyomi Emmanuel Oluyomi Emmanuel started his Scrum Master j
BONUS Why AI Needs More Than Silicon Valley Moonshots With Salima Bhimani
BONUS: Why AI Needs More Than Silicon Valley Moonshots With Salima Bhimani AI is changing the work of software teams, but Salima Bhimani argues that the bigger question is not only what AI can automate. In this BONUS episode, Salima shares what she learned inside Alphabet's moonshot ecosystem, why breakthrough ideas may be hiding in plain sight, and how more people can become moonshot makers w
Product Owners Who Prepare the Ground for Agile Teams | Pankaj Kumar
Pankaj Kumar: Product Owners Who Prepare the Ground for Agile Teams The Great Product Owner: Proactive Preparation Before the Team Asks Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on Agile and Scrum directly on the Scrum Master Toolbox Podcast website: http://bit.ly/SMTP_ShowNotes. "Before the team asks, you know that this is the prerequisite for this u
The Scrum Master Success Metric of Team Independence | Pankaj Kumar
Pankaj Kumar: The Scrum Master Success Metric of Team Independence Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on Agile and Scrum directly on the Scrum Master Toolbox Podcast website: http://bit.ly/SMTP_ShowNotes. "The best thing to measure the success of a Scrum Master is that the team is not dependent on the Scrum Master." - Pankaj Kumar For Pankaj,
Using Agile Prioritization to Handle Competing Roles | Pankaj Kumar
Pankaj Kumar: Using Agile Prioritization to Handle Competing Roles Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on Agile and Scrum directly on the Scrum Master Toolbox Podcast website: http://bit.ly/SMTP_ShowNotes. "Who am I going to deliver to, and how urgent is this task for them?" - Pankaj Kumar Pankaj's current challenge will sound familiar to many
The Agile Team Split Between Seniors and Juniors | Pankaj Kumar
Pankaj Kumar: The Agile Team Split Between Seniors and Juniors Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on Agile and Scrum directly on the Scrum Master Toolbox Podcast website: http://bit.ly/SMTP_ShowNotes. "We have to focus not on individual tasks, but the team goals. Shared goals." - Pankaj Kumar Pankaj describes a team that had all the ingredien
Building Agile Trust One Small Scrum Sprint at a Time | Pankaj Kumar
Pankaj Kumar: Building Agile Trust One Small Scrum Sprint at a Time Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on Agile and Scrum directly on the Scrum Master Toolbox Podcast website: http://bit.ly/SMTP_ShowNotes. "We are here to learn. Learning is the key." - Pankaj Kumar When Pankaj Kumar first moved from QA lead into the Scrum Master role, the org
BONUS Why AI Is Agile's Best Use Case With Melissa Reeve
BONUS: Why AI Is Agile's Best Use Case With Melissa Reeve AI is often framed as a technology rollout, but Melissa Reeve makes a different case: organizations that already know how to learn, adapt, and improve are better prepared for AI. In this BONUS episode, we connect Lean, Agile, DevOps, and AI-native work, and explore why Scrum Masters may be closer to the center of AI adoption than they t
BONUS Real-Time Research for Change Leaders Using AI With Ari-Pekka Skarp
BONUS: Real-Time Research for Change Leaders Using AI AI is changing how Scrum Masters, Agile coaches, and change leaders make sense of organizations. In this BONUS episode, Ari-Pekka Skarp shares how he uses AI as a research assistant, a workspace partner, and a way to bring qualitative research into day-to-day change leadership. From Curiosity to Research Assistant "It felt like having a
BONUS From AI Curiosity to Practical Project Tools With William Davis
BONUS: From AI Curiosity to Practical Project Tools With William Davis AI becomes useful when it moves from generic answers into the daily work of solving real problems. In this BONUS episode, William Davis shares how he started building his own AI-assisted project management tools, what went wrong when the code grew too fast, and how Scrum Masters can use AI more carefully at individual, team
BONUS How Scrum Masters Can Use AI Without Losing the Human in the Loop With Mike Lyons and Greg Pfister
BONUS: How Scrum Masters Can Use AI Without Losing the Human in the Loop AI makes it easier than ever to build software, prototypes, courses, and coaching tools. In this BONUS episode, Mike Lyons and Greg Pfister share what that speed changes for Scrum Masters, why product judgment becomes more important, and how coaches can start using AI without outsourcing the conversations their teams stil
BONUS The Hidden Dangers of AI at Work With Ari-Pekka Skarp
BONUS: The Hidden Dangers of AI at Work With Ari-Pekka Skarp AI is usually sold as a productivity tool, but Ari-Pekka Skarp argues that the real story is what it does to the conversations, skills, and purpose that hold teams together. In this BONUS episode, Ari-Pekka explores why organizations are rushing to use AI "as efficiently as possible" without defining what efficiency means, and what t
Product Owners Who Protect Focus and Enable Ownership | Deborah Colombari
Deborah Colombari: Product Owners Who Protect Focus and Enable Ownership In this episode, we refer to INVEST criteria and Behavior Driven Development. The Great Product Owner: Clear Outcomes, Strong Refinement, and Space for the Team Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on Agile and Scrum directly on the Scrum Master Toolbox Podcast website: ht
Stable Agile Teams Make Delivery Predictable | Deborah Colombari
Deborah Colombari: Stable Agile Teams Make Delivery Predictable Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on Agile and Scrum directly on the Scrum Master Toolbox Podcast website: http://bit.ly/SMTP_ShowNotes. "When I have a stable team, I have reliable data." - Deborah Colombari For Deborah, success as a Scrum Master comes down to one word: stabilit
Coordinating Global Agile Teams Around One MVP | Deborah Colombari
Deborah Colombari: Coordinating Global Agile Teams Around One MVP Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on Agile and Scrum directly on the Scrum Master Toolbox Podcast website: http://bit.ly/SMTP_ShowNotes. "The scope is clear. How we are going to deliver it is not clear." - Deborah Colombari Deborah brings a live challenge from a new global pro
The Agile Team Destroyed by a Toxic Feedback Loop | Deborah Colombari
Deborah Colombari: The Agile Team Destroyed by a Toxic Feedback Loop Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on Agile and Scrum directly on the Scrum Master Toolbox Podcast website: http://bit.ly/SMTP_ShowNotes. "Whenever we almost started to achieve norming, we went back to storming." - Deborah Colombari Deborah shares the story of a team of abou
When Agile Principles Became a Fight With the System | Deborah Colombari
Deborah Colombari: When Agile Principles Became a Fight With the System Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on Agile and Scrum directly on the Scrum Master Toolbox Podcast website: http://bit.ly/SMTP_ShowNotes. "I was trying to go against the system, but you cannot go against the system." - Deborah Colombari Deborah Colombari's Scrum Master jo
Product Owners Need the Justified No to Protect Customer Value | Sheik Meeajaun
Sheik Meeajaun: Product Owners Need the Justified No to Protect Customer Value In this episode, we refer to Vasco's Product Owner episodes, where Product Owners share their own lessons from the role. The Great Product Owner: Owning the Product and Practicing the Justified No Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on Agile and Scrum directly on the S
Scrum Master Success Starts With Trust and Ends With Teams Delivering | Sheik Meeajaun
Sheik Meeajaun: Scrum Master Success Starts With Trust and Ends With Teams Delivering Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on Agile and Scrum directly on the Scrum Master Toolbox Podcast website: http://bit.ly/SMTP_ShowNotes. "I try to build trust before I build anything else." - Sheik Meeajaun For Sheik, Scrum Master success is simple to descr
Scrum Masters Must Learn by Experimenting When AI Joins the Agile Team | Sheik Meeajaun
Sheik Meeajaun: Scrum Masters Must Learn by Experimenting When AI Joins the Agile Team Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on Agile and Scrum directly on the Scrum Master Toolbox Podcast website: http://bit.ly/SMTP_ShowNotes. "Never be afraid to admit you don't know something." - Sheik Meeajaun Sheik brings a current challenge that goes beyond
When Spillover Becomes Normal, Scrum Teams Stop Seeing the Cost | Sheik Meeajaun
Sheik Meeajaun: When Spillover Becomes Normal, Scrum Teams Stop Seeing the Cost Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on Agile and Scrum directly on the Scrum Master Toolbox Podcast website: http://bit.ly/SMTP_ShowNotes. "A good Scrum Master makes their Product Owner look like a superstar." - Sheik Meeajaun Sheik describes a team pattern many Sc
The Scrum Master Who Let Standups Stay Silent Until the Team Took Ownership | Sheik Meeajaun
Sheik Meeajaun: The Scrum Master Who Let Standups Stay Silent Until the Team Took Ownership Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on Agile and Scrum directly on the Scrum Master Toolbox Podcast website: http://bit.ly/SMTP_ShowNotes. "You can't fix something until it breaks." - Sheik Meeajaun Sheik Meeajaun joins us from Bulgaria with a failure s
BONUS Why Software Projects Fail When Everyone Keeps Quiet With Mark Stringer
BONUS: Why Software Projects Fail When Everyone Keeps Quiet Software projects rarely fail because no one noticed the problem. More often, people see the missing database, the wrong assumptions, the broken process, or the weak product ownership, but the organization has trained them to stay quiet. In this BONUS episode, Mark Stringer, author of Delivering the Impossible, helps us understand ho
BONUS When the Team Becomes the Operating System for AI With Marko Taipale
BONUS: When the Team Becomes the Operating System for AI — Marko Taipale on the Twin Project at Solita Most teams trying to "use AI" end up with fast individuals and a slower system. Marko Taipale ran a two-year experiment at Solita that suggests the real bottleneck isn't the tool — it's the team's operating model. In this conversation, Vasco and Marko walk through the Twin Project with ISS Fi
BONUS How Scrum Masters Turn AI Into a Thinking Partner With Dave Westgarth
BONUS: How Scrum Masters Turn AI Into a Thinking Partner, Not a Magic Answer Box Everybody talks about AI in theory. In this BONUS episode, Dave Westgarth talks about it in practice — the boring, everyday ways a Scrum Master and Agile Coach actually puts AI to work. From t-shirt sizing to sprint reports to a self-coded Monte Carlo forecaster, Dave shares what works, what doesn't, and the one m
BONUS How Scrum Masters Can Use AI Without Becoming the Human API With Fred Deichler
BONUS: How Scrum Masters Can Use AI Without Becoming the Human API AI is already changing the practical, everyday work of Scrum Masters and Agile Coaches. In this BONUS episode, Vasco talks with Fred Deichler about moving from curiosity to real AI-supported workflows: finding team signals faster, preparing better conversations, keeping documentation in sync, and staying focused on outcomes i
BONUS How AI Took the Boring Out of Agile Coaching With Michael Dougherty
BONUS: How AI Took the Boring Out of Agile Coaching—Where Scrum Masters Should Actually Start, With Michael Dougherty Today we speak with Michael Dougherty — "Agile Mike" — about how a 30-year veteran of solution development and product leadership made AI a working part of his Agile coaching practice. Michael walks us through the journey from early ChatGPT curiosity, to documentation as the fi
Product Owners Who Create Better Product Conversations in Scrum | Arun Parameswaran
Arun Parameswaran: Product Owners Who Create Better Product Conversations in Scrum In this episode, we refer to Arun's AI prompt library for Scrum Masters and project managers. The Great Product Owner: Curiosity, Clear Direction, and Outcome Focus Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on Agile and Scrum directly on the Scrum Master Toolbox Podcast w
Success for Scrum Masters Means Teams Ask Better Questions Without You | Arun Parameswaran
Arun Parameswaran: Success for Scrum Masters Means Teams Ask Better Questions Without You Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on Agile and Scrum directly on the Scrum Master Toolbox Podcast website: http://bit.ly/SMTP_ShowNotes. "My goal isn't to become indispensable. My goal is to create a team that doesn't depend on me." - Arun Parameswaran
Using Scrumban and WIP Limits to Help Agile Teams Find Focus | Arun Parameswaran
Arun Parameswaran: Using Scrumban and WIP Limits to Help Agile Teams Find Focus Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on Agile and Scrum directly on the Scrum Master Toolbox Podcast website: http://bit.ly/SMTP_ShowNotes. "The WIP limit helped the developers not context switch." - Arun Parameswaran Arun brought a practical challenge to the Wednes
How Powerful Questions Help Scrum Teams Handle Stakeholder Conflict | Arun Parameswaran
Arun Parameswaran: How Powerful Questions Help Scrum Teams Handle Stakeholder Conflict Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on Agile and Scrum directly on the Scrum Master Toolbox Podcast website: http://bit.ly/SMTP_ShowNotes. "Sometimes the best thing a Scrum Master can give the team isn't the answer. It's a question." - Arun Parameswaran Arun
The Scrum Master Mistake of Fixing Trust With Process | Arun Parameswaran
Arun Parameswaran: The Scrum Master Mistake of Fixing Trust With Process Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on Agile and Scrum directly on the Scrum Master Toolbox Podcast website: http://bit.ly/SMTP_ShowNotes. "Don't confuse activity with progress." - Arun Parameswaran When Arun Parameswaran stepped into one of his first Scrum Master assignm
BONUS When Burnout Looks Like Productivity—The Hidden Risk to Innovation Capacity With Alison Campbell
BONUS: When Burnout Looks Like Productivity—The Hidden Risk to Your Team's Innovation Capacity In this BONUS episode, Alison Campbell shares the research that reframes burnout as a measurable threat to a team's ability to innovate. We learn why your most productive people may be your biggest innovation risk, how to spot capacity draining out of a team before the output drops, and where Scrum M
Product Owners Earn Team Loyalty By Showing Up, Learning, And Deciding | Joshua McDonald
Joshua McDonald: Product Owners Earn Team Loyalty By Showing Up, Learning, And Deciding The Great Product Owner: Vulnerable Enough To Learn The Technical Details Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on Agile and Scrum directly on the Scrum Master Toolbox Podcast website: http://bit.ly/SMTP_ShowNotes. "I've seen developers be fiercely loyal to the
Scrum Master Success Means People Feel Heard, Respected, And Safe To Speak Up | Joshua McDonald
Joshua McDonald: Scrum Master Success Means People Feel Heard, Respected, And Safe To Speak Up Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on Agile and Scrum directly on the Scrum Master Toolbox Podcast website: http://bit.ly/SMTP_ShowNotes. "I hope you can feel heard and respected at the end of the day." - Joshua McDonald Joshua defines Scrum Master
Using Cycle Time As A Storyteller, Not A Scorecard In Agile Retrospectives | Joshua McDonald
Joshua McDonald: Using Cycle Time As A Storyteller, Not A Scorecard In Agile Retrospectives Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on Agile and Scrum directly on the Scrum Master Toolbox Podcast website: http://bit.ly/SMTP_ShowNotes. "Metrics is not about telling people do better. It's about telling that story." - Joshua McDonald Joshua brings cy
The Distributed Agile Team That Hid Problems Behind Follow-Up Stories | Joshua McDonald
Joshua McDonald: The Distributed Agile Team That Hid Problems Behind Follow-Up Stories Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on Agile and Scrum directly on the Scrum Master Toolbox Podcast website: http://bit.ly/SMTP_ShowNotes. "They started to separate and call each other out, which is definitely not Agile." - Joshua McDonald Joshua shares the
When Your Agile Enthusiasm Creates Resistance, Start With Trust | Joshua McDonald
Joshua McDonald: When Your Agile Enthusiasm Creates Resistance, Start With Trust Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on Agile and Scrum directly on the Scrum Master Toolbox Podcast website: http://bit.ly/SMTP_ShowNotes. "Don't assume they're as enthusiastic about Agile and Scrum as you are." - Joshua McDonald Joshua McDonald joins us from the
The Agile Product Owner Who Runs Two Quarters Ahead of the Team | Wasim Osman
Wasim Osman: The Agile Product Owner Who Runs Two Quarters Ahead of the Team Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on Agile and Scrum directly on the Scrum Master Toolbox Podcast website: http://bit.ly/SMTP_ShowNotes. The Great Product Owner: The Absolute User Who Works Two Quarters Ahead Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's large
The Scrum Master as a Router, Redefining Success Through Efficient Communication | Wasim Osman
Wasim Osman: The Scrum Master as a Router, Redefining Success Through Efficient Communication Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on Agile and Scrum directly on the Scrum Master Toolbox Podcast website: http://bit.ly/SMTP_ShowNotes. "A big part of the Scrum Master role is to work as a router—handling a lot of conversations with a lot of different
How Agile Teams Can Start Adopting AI in Software Development | Wasim Osman
Wasim Osman: How Agile Teams Can Start Adopting AI in Software Development Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on Agile and Scrum directly on the Scrum Master Toolbox Podcast website: http://bit.ly/SMTP_ShowNotes. "It's like my own software has a voice now. It's telling me—okay, you're going to build me like this? Have you considered this?" - Wasi
When a Scrum Team's Silence Becomes a Self-Fulfilling Prophecy | Wasim Osman
Wasim Osman: When a Scrum Team's Silence Becomes a Self-Fulfilling Prophecy Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on Agile and Scrum directly on the Scrum Master Toolbox Podcast website: http://bit.ly/SMTP_ShowNotes. "No team is interested in deliberately destroying their outcome or their team. Nobody does that on purpose." - Wasim Osman Wasim's
From Finance to Scrum Master, a Deliberate Career Pivot | Wasim Osman
Wasim Osman: From Finance to Scrum Master, a Deliberate Career Pivot Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on Agile and Scrum directly on the Scrum Master Toolbox Podcast website: http://bit.ly/SMTP_ShowNotes. "The homework should start a lot earlier than that. The person looking for a particular role should already be moving in that direction befor
From "Scrum Master Is the Secretary" to True Co-Leadership | Havva Sevay
Havva Sevay: From "Scrum Master Is the Secretary" to True Co-Leadership Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on Agile and Scrum directly on the Scrum Master Toolbox Podcast website: http://bit.ly/SMTP_ShowNotes. The Great Product Owner: The Co-Leader Who Mastered the PO Stances Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio l
Success Is Feedback, Not Metrics—And the Power of Standing in Someone Else's Shoes | Havva Sevay
Havva Sevay: Success Is Feedback, Not Metrics—And the Power of Standing in Someone Else's Shoes Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on Agile and Scrum directly on the Scrum Master Toolbox Podcast website: http://bit.ly/SMTP_ShowNotes. "My success is not metrics or numbers—that was my controller past. I measure myself through feedback, and through
AI vs. Real People—Helping Teams Avoid Information Overload | Havva Sevay
Havva Sevay: AI vs. Real People—Helping Teams Avoid Information Overload Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on Agile and Scrum directly on the Scrum Master Toolbox Podcast website: http://bit.ly/SMTP_ShowNotes. "It's still a tool. It can make mistakes, it can hallucinate. People don't really question it—and that's the danger." - Havva Sevay T
The Car Configuration Team That Spiraled Into Silence—and the Workshop That Saved It | Havva Sevay
Havva Sevay: The Car Configuration Team That Spiraled Into Silence—and the Workshop That Saved It Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on Agile and Scrum directly on the Scrum Master Toolbox Podcast website: http://bit.ly/SMTP_ShowNotes. "First they tell you their opinion. Then they start shouting, getting emotional. And the third one is silence—an
When Doing Your Best Isn't Enough—The Scrum Master Lesson That Changed Everything | Havva Sevay
Havva Sevay: When Doing Your Best Isn't Enough—The Scrum Master Lesson That Changed Everything Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on Agile and Scrum directly on the Scrum Master Toolbox Podcast website: http://bit.ly/SMTP_ShowNotes. "I didn't really acknowledge that the team is important, or what a team needs. I thought I was only focusing on get
The MIA Product Owner vs. The One Who Owned the Outcome | Danil Chernyshev
Danil Chernyshev: The MIA Product Owner vs. The One Who Owned the Outcome Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on Agile and Scrum directly on the Scrum Master Toolbox Podcast website: http://bit.ly/SMTP_ShowNotes. The Great Product Owner: Communicating Value, Inviting the Right People Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest
Success Is Synergy—When the Team and the Product Both Win | Danil Chernyshev
Danil Chernyshev: Success Is Synergy—When the Team and the Product Both Win Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on Agile and Scrum directly on the Scrum Master Toolbox Podcast website: http://bit.ly/SMTP_ShowNotes. "Success is when team members say thank you, and praise others for delivering a successful product." - Danil Chernyshev For Danil,
Coaching the Outsider In—Helping a Distrustful Team Through Transformation | Danil Chernyshev
Danil Chernyshev: Coaching the Outsider In—Helping a Distrustful Team Through Transformation Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on Agile and Scrum directly on the Scrum Master Toolbox Podcast website: http://bit.ly/SMTP_ShowNotes. "Developers and QAs know each other very well, but they don't trust anybody else." - Danil Chernyshev This week's
Why Teams Always Adapt—And How Bad Rules Push Them Into Zombie Scrum | Danil Chernyshev
Danil Chernyshev: Why Teams Always Adapt—And How Bad Rules Push Them Into Zombie Scrum Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on Agile and Scrum directly on the Scrum Master Toolbox Podcast website: http://bit.ly/SMTP_ShowNotes. "Teams always adapt. You only get to decide what they adapt to." - Danil Chernyshev Most dysfunction doesn't start with
Forged in the Fire—Why the Scrum Master Role Tests Even Experienced Leaders | Danil Chernyshev
Danil Chernyshev: Forged in the Fire—Why the Scrum Master Role Tests Even Experienced Leaders Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on Agile and Scrum directly on the Scrum Master Toolbox Podcast website: http://bit.ly/SMTP_ShowNotes. "From my story, you can probably say that I was forged in the fire." - Danil Chernyshev Danil had already climbe
The Too-Technical PO and the One Who Was Willing to Experiment | Alf Dobbert-Baums
Alf Dobbert-Baums: The Too-Technical PO and the One Who Was Willing to Experiment In this episode, we refer to Shift: From Product to People and the value of keeping the PO–developer conversation at the goal level. The Great Product Owner: The PO Who Was Willing to Drop the Spec and Trust the Developers Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on Agil
Success Is When the Team Gets Closer to the User | Alf Dobbert-Baums
Alf Dobbert-Baums: Success Is When the Team Gets Closer to the User Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on Agile and Scrum directly on the Scrum Master Toolbox Podcast website: http://bit.ly/SMTP_ShowNotes. "Getting closer to the user — it's always very good to get the feedback from the user." - Alf Dobbert-Baums For Alf, success as a Scrum Ma
When Management Writes a Book — AI, Strict Process, and the Missing Court System | Alf Dobbert-Baums
Alf Dobbert-Baums: When Management Writes a Book — AI, Strict Process, and the Missing Court System Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on Agile and Scrum directly on the Scrum Master Toolbox Podcast website: http://bit.ly/SMTP_ShowNotes. "They don't really know — do I need to follow these rules, or are they at my goodwill?" - Alf Dobbert-Baums
The Team That Decided Sprint Goals Were Optional | Alf Dobbert-Baums
Alf Dobbert-Baums: The Team That Decided Sprint Goals Were Optional Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on Agile and Scrum directly on the Scrum Master Toolbox Podcast website: http://bit.ly/SMTP_ShowNotes. "Everything was a golden route. It was kind of like a little feature factory." - Alf Dobbert-Baums Alf coached three teams. None of them c
The Two-Country Scrum Team and the Rapport That Never Showed Up | Alf Dobbert-Baums
Alf Dobbert-Baums: The Two-Country Scrum Team and the Rapport That Never Showed Up Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on Agile and Scrum directly on the Scrum Master Toolbox Podcast website: http://bit.ly/SMTP_ShowNotes. "It did not quite go as planned. I was really humbled." - Alf Dobbert-Baums Alf was new in the company. His boss walked ove
The Hydra Product Owner and the PO Who Made Trust Possible | Mirco Gerling
Mirco Gerling: The Hydra Product Owner and the PO Who Made Trust Possible Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on Agile and Scrum directly on the Scrum Master Toolbox Podcast website: http://bit.ly/SMTP_ShowNotes. The Great Product Owner: Precision That Builds Team Trust Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library
The Silence Test — How to Know Your Team Doesn't Need You Anymore | Mirco Gerling
Mirco Gerling: The Silence Test — How to Know Your Team Doesn't Need You Anymore Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on Agile and Scrum directly on the Scrum Master Toolbox Podcast website: http://bit.ly/SMTP_ShowNotes. "Don't talk too much. And only talk if it's necessary." - Mirco Gerling For Mirco, success as a Scrum Master starts with a si
Two Teams, One Sprint Cadence — The Hidden Cost of Synchronization | Mirco Gerling
Mirco Gerling: Two Teams, One Sprint Cadence — The Hidden Cost of Synchronization Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on Agile and Scrum directly on the Scrum Master Toolbox Podcast website: http://bit.ly/SMTP_ShowNotes. "The teams need to understand the advantage of the synchronization — but will they?" - Mirco Gerling Two of Mirco's teams ju
The Supermarket Team That Self-Destructed Trying to Help Everyone | Mirco Gerling
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