I have had two very different experiences on my journey to becoming a Professional Scrum Trainer (PST). To become a PST is a privilege and it should rightly be a difficult process to ensure the quality of Scrum.org trainers is maintained. Here are my learnings from the experience, and my tips for preparing for the PSPO III.

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Scrum es un marco incompleto a propósito. Scrum es un contenedor, no prescribe que prácticas o herramientas usar. Scrum no define la forma exacta de cómo realizar el trabajo o que usar para entregar valor, cada equipo debe descubrir la forma apropiada de hacerlo y complementar Scrum a su manera, por eso es un contenedor abierto y extensible. Scrum es el marco ideal para el aprendizaje y mejora continua .. Scrum es abierto y extensible, no hay recetas ni etapas que se deben seguir para ser exitosos. Scrum puede ser complementado, por ejemplo, con Kanban, UX, DevOps, etc. Pero siempre usando el empirismo como el enfoque cultural para ser adaptativos. Al usar Scrum para resolver problemas complejos el equipo Scrum va experimentando, aprendiendo e incorporando las prácticas de la manera que mejor le sirven al equipo para la entrega de valor.

Help Scrum Teams, stakeholders, and supporters understand how their system works, find leverage points, and trigger (big) change.

The individuals involved in these and other Scrum Events must face complex challenges and ask and respond to difficult questions. We can make the process easier with a positive mindset.

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ChatGPT is remarkably capable when fed decent prompts. So consider investing your time accordingly.

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Sprint Goals and Product Goals are really tough to grasp an apply. Most people just restate the PBIs as the goal. Here's a checklist to help you make useful Sprint Goals and Product Goals.

In this vlog, PST Joshua Partogi digs deep into the concept of Definition of Done and Increment in Scrum.

The Definition of 'Done' probably is the most misunderstood concept of the Scrum framework. In this article, we will learn some common dysfunctions or antipatterns associated with the Definition of 'Done' and also certain tips or remedies to overcome these.

Siempre me preguntan sobre como mejora la relación con tus stakeholders si se eleva la colaboración y mi respuesta la quiero plasmar en este post. Un stakeholder es cualquier individuo, grupo o entidad que tiene interés o puede verse afectado por las decisiones y acciones de una organización, iniciativa o producto. Esto incluye a los clientes, empleados, proveedores, accionistas, comunidades locales, grupos de interés, reguladores y otros actores que puedan ser impactados o que puedan afectar a la iniciativa o producto.

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Scrum describes three formal artifacts in the Scrum Guide, but why? What is the point of the artifacts? What are the official artifacts defined by the Scrum Guide? Watch this video to find out!

Product Ownership is not a straightforward job. Accountable for maximizing the value derived from the product, Product Owners have to balance their options continuously, decide what to do, and maybe even more importantly, what not to do.

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During our last webinar, Joanna Plaskonka and I received a lot of questions regarding metrics and the Scrum Team. In this post I will try to address a few of them.

Short parody of Talking Heads

In the following interview with Marjolein Pilon, she describes how Scrum has empowered the Scrum Teams she has worked with to approach the challenging problem of Climate Change.

Short parody of All The Small Things by Blink-182

Short parody of Nothing Compares 2 U by Prince (also performed wonderfully by Sinead O'Connor and Chris Cornell)

When Scrum Teams experience a work quality issue, they sometimes shift the responsibility for quality control to the Product Owner as a solution. Not only is this impractical, but it's also anti-Scrum. Here's why.

Short parody of Your Song by Elton John

Short parody of "I Want To Know What Love Is" by Foreigner

Steve is great, but in terms of Agile leadership, he doesn’t touch sides – in my opinion – to Satya Nadella. You can see the difficulty he created within Apple because all innovation, product development, and so forth stemmed from him rather than a culture of innovation permeating the organization.

In this blog, you'll learn about the Fourth and most problematic thing you do to prevent value delivery in your organization.

Lohnt das $20-Investment für ChatGPT Pro für Scrum Master und Product Owner? Ich habe 3 Experimente durchgeführt. Lesen Sie weiter und erfahren Sie, was dabei herausgekommen ist. Es war keine Selbstverständlichkeit.

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Designing an Agile organisation is difficult without a framework - it involves making trade-offs between various design options. But did you know that your organization's strategic focus plays a crucial role in determining the right trade-offs? By combining the traits of an Agile organization with your strategic focus, you can identify the necessary capabilities to succeed.

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I ran three comparisons, using the identical prompt to trigger answers from the new GPT-4 and previous GPT-3.5 models. Read on and learn what happened. It was not a foregone conclusion.

Si eres un profesional de agilidad, entonces sabrás que cuáles son muchos los errores comunes en Agile asociados con este enfoque. Esto se debe a la naturaleza dinámica y cambiante del trabajo ágil. Sin embargo, es importante estar al tanto de los errores más comunes para evitar caer en ellos.

PSTs Gregory Crown, Jason Malmstadt and Robert Pieper discuss four companies that failed to change quickly enough when faced with massive market changes and how that failure led to their downfall.

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Könnten die Prinzipien von "Agile" von Zeno von Citium in Athen des frühen 3. Jahrhunderts v. Chr. definiert worden sein?

How Liberating Structures and servant leadership create an environment for Scrum Masters to find support, offer help, and draw inspiration

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Facilitators can use many techniques, but this does guarantee that the outcome will be reached. Ultimately linking the facilitation pattern to the objective of the interaction, makes the event more effective and helps contribute to team success in achieving their goals.

An effective Product Owner is a strategic agile product manager that ties the Product Vision into the daily work by having a product management entrepreneurial mindset.

No hay una receta para decidir como actuar dentro del rol de Product Owner, pero hay algunas situaciones que pueden dañar el enfoque entrega de valor y desviar la razón de ser del rol.

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Why do you need to have a Sprint Retrospective? Who should attend? What's the point of it?

Successful Scrum Masters continuously find ways to improve their practice to have greater influence and impact on their teams and organizations. Scrum’s foundational concept, empiricism, which advances learning through experience and observation, can support this kind of growth. In this blog post, we’ll explore five ways that a Scrum Master can use empiricism to improve their own practice and become a more effective leader. 

Analyzing the Agile fluency model from the perspective of Org Topologies.

In this article, we will analyze the famous “Tribes and Squads” model (also known as a “Spotify model”) in terms of where it fits on the archetype map.

"At regular intervals, the team reflects on how to become more effective, then tunes and adjust its behavior accordingly." What does this mean and why is it important?

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A dogmatic approach to Scrum tends to close down discussion and inhibit collaboration. If it’s in the Scrum framework described in the Scrum Guide, it’s there for a reason. But if it is not outlined in the framework, Scrum teams can innovate how to apply Scrum in their unique environment.

Could the first principles of “Agile” have been defined by “Zeno of Citium in Athens in the early 3rd century BCE?”