Peter Zylka Archives - Scrum Master Toolbox Podcast

Peter Zylka on the team vs. individual focus some national cultures have

Every country has a slightly different take on the important balance between team (group) and individual focus. Peter shares with us his own view of how different cultures find that continuum, and what that means in the country where he lives: Germany.

Listen in to learn about the relative importance between team and individual, and how to assess when to pull the focus to one or the other, so that you can help the team.

About Peter Zylka

Peter is a freelancing Scrum Master who really loves what he does.

Peter is passionate about Agility and loves supporting teams and organizations on their way into the agile world. As a Scrum Master his goal is to enable each individual in the team to perform the best possible way and to actually understand what a team really is all about.

He starts every day with the goal to make the people around him better.

You can link with Peter Zylka on LinkedIn.

Peter Zylka on the important Scrum Master job of helping the team reflect

It’s clear that one of our jobs, as Scrum Masters is to help the team reflect. And, in this episode, Peter describes how he turns that expectation into a measure of his own success as a Scrum Master. Listen it to learn what are the signs, and symptoms that help Peter assess his own success as a Scrum Master.

Featured Retrospective Format for the Week: Oscar Academy Awards Retrospective

The Oscar Academy Awards Awards retrospective format helps the team find a new dynamic for the retrospective. It’s a fun, but insightful format that can then be followed up with an action-oriented finale that helps the team pick up the most important improvement items to, for example, avoid having an annoying story like the one that won the “Most Annoying Story of this Sprint” award.

About Peter Zylka

Peter is a freelancing Scrum Master who really loves what he does.

He starts every day with the goal to make the people around him better.

You can link with Peter Zylka on LinkedIn.

Peter Zylka on a 3 step approach to help struggling teams

When a team has left Scrum to adopt another method, but is stuck, going back to Scrum may be a good approach. As they go back to something familiar they can regain their self-confidence. In this episode we explore such a story, and how Peter structured his approach to this change process, that he divides into 3 main steps.

About Peter Zylka

Peter is a freelancing Scrum Master who really loves what he does.

He starts every day with the goal to make the people around him better.

You can link with Peter Zylka on LinkedIn.

Peter Zylka on the problematic relationship between a team and their Product Owner

What happens when the Product Owner and the team can’t collaborate? When the team just takes orders from the Product Owner and stops contributing to the planning and content of the User Stories? This was the situation that Peter had to face. Listen in to learn how he tackled this relationship problem.

Featured Book of the Week: Search Inside Yourself by Chade-Meng Tan

In this book, Peter found an approach that helps him as a Scrum Master. In Search Inside Yourself, Chade-Meng tries to offers a method for enhancing mindfulness and emotional intelligence in life and work.

About Peter Zylka

Peter is a freelancing Scrum Master who really loves what he does.

He starts every day with the goal to make the people around him better.

You can link with Peter Zylka on LinkedIn.

Peter Zylka: choose whether you want to help the team, or one team member

As we work with multiple teams, it is inevitable that we will meet a team member that is against Scrum in all possible ways. They’ll ask: why do we need to have a Sprint Review? Why do we need to have a retrospective every Sprint? How do we, as Scrum Masters, deal with such team members? Listen in as Peter shares his experience with such a team member, and how he focused on helping the team, despite the negative comments from one team member.

About Peter Zylka

Peter is a freelancing Scrum Master who really loves what he does.

He starts every day with the goal to make the people around him better.

You can link with Peter Zylka on LinkedIn.