Scrum Bubbles

Last time, I wrote about how I started the Scrum Team without stressing the Scrum terms. After the preparation before everything begins, it’s time to start our development cycle. Daily Scrum Our Daily Scrum is similar to the standard one. Apart from developers, our manager also attends the Daily Scrum. Some might argue against the existence of the managers in the Daily Scrum. The Scrum Guide states that Daily Scrum is an event for Developers, but it isn’t meant to disallow managers’ existence. ...

Returning to the time I was told by my team manager I was going to form a new team to work on a new product, I’ve never thought that in almost 4 years, my team has grown and sustained in a way different than other teams in the company. When I was in my previous team, many people struggled using Scrum. People are obsessed with Story Pointing. Some team members refused to attend the Sprint Review and Retrospective. Everyone works without a clear goal but only emptying the backlog and fighting the deadlines. Arguments like Code Refactoring versus meeting the deadlines and estimation versus actual were everywhere. There were times that I doubted if Scrum brought us a tough time. There were times that I almost wanted to quit the job due to the burnout. ...

As a Scrum Master, I often have new ideas about the tune-up of a team. I further develop the ideas by reading books, listening to podcast channels, and working with the developers on actionable practices. As an Agile coach in a company with over 20 Scrum Masters, I occasionally present and discuss new ideas. If my idea is too controversial or niche to the Scrum Masters, half of them will feel uncomfortable and refuse to listen to my ideas. ...