In this episode we explore a very specific culture within North America, and how it affects the adoption of Scrum. Listen in to learn how a Nebraska Scrum Master takes advantage of their specific local culture to help her team.
About Elizabeth Christensen
Elizabeth Christensen shares tales from the not-so-cutting-edge, bringing Scrum to Marketing. She is currently developing scrum practices for a marketing team. With a background in business management & team leadership this self-proclaimed scrappy new Scrum Master finds her way in a never-before-experienced opportunity.
When supporting a team with the adoption of Scrum, Liz had to consider what the goals of the team were. For that team, success was simply staying at the same level of performance. In this process Liz learned an important lesson about success for Scrum Masters: not all teams have the same definition of success, and we must be aware of what the team mates, how they contribute and accept that Scrum might not work out-of-the-box for all teams.
Featured Retrospective Format for the Week: Worked well / Didn’t work well / Continue / Goals for next Iteration
When defining the format for the “next” retrospective it is easy to get lost in the many, many options that are out there. In this episode Liz explains why she prefers a format that is familiar, simple and consistent (Worked well / Didn’t work well / Continue / Goals for next Iteration Retrospective Format). We also talk about one of the most important rules: what is discussed in the retro, stays in the retro!
About Elizabeth Christensen
Elizabeth Christensen shares tales from the not-so-cutting-edge, bringing Scrum to Marketing. She is currently developing scrum practices for a marketing team. With a background in business management & team leadership this self-proclaimed scrappy new Scrum Master finds her way in a never-before-experienced opportunity.
As Scrum Masters we are often confronted with challenges and problems that the teams suffer on a daily basis. These challenges are only the start of the change process. In this episode, Liz explores the ways in which we can support the teams in effecting changes they perceive as necessary. We talk about the role of retrospectives in the change process and also the importance of arguing for the change with data and evidence to gain stakeholder support.
About Elizabeth Christensen
Elizabeth Christensen shares tales from the not-so-cutting-edge, bringing Scrum to Marketing. She is currently developing scrum practices for a marketing team. With a background in business management & team leadership this self-proclaimed scrappy new Scrum Master finds her way in a never-before-experienced opportunity.
Scrum is an approach to managing work, and helping teams collaborate. In non-SW teams, however, some things are harder to adopt. Listen in to learn how Liz helped a Marketing team use Scrum, and what were the major obstacles they faced when adopting Scrum.
Featured Book of the Week: Strategic Planning by Bryson
In Strategic Planning by John M. Bryson Liz found some important lessons about how to lead a team with a mission. In Strategic Planning by Bryson we can read about how to lead an organisation and a team with intent.
About Elizabeth Christensen
Elizabeth Christensen shares tales from the not-so-cutting-edge, bringing Scrum to Marketing. She is currently developing scrum practices for a marketing team. With a background in business management & team leadership this self-proclaimed scrappy new Scrum Master finds her way in a never-before-experienced opportunity.
As projects progress, it is common that the pressure rises. Every day we work with teams that suffer many pressures, from stakeholders, from other teams, and from themselves because of the commitments they want to honor.
In this episode, we talk about a hidden tragedy: the team burnout. Listen in to learn how Liz detected and faced that tragedy.
About Elizabeth Christensen
Elizabeth Christensen shares tales from the not-so-cutting-edge, bringing Scrum to Marketing. She is currently developing scrum practices for a marketing team. With a background in business management & team leadership, this self-proclaimed scrappy new Scrum Master finds her way in a never-before-experienced opportunity.
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