How often do you, as a Scrum Master or Agile coach, face the problem of estimating tasks in a Scrum team? I regularly run across this problem when launching new teams. Estimating the time required to complete a task is simultaneously a very simple and very complex, and sometimes very risky task that all development […]
I Began Diving Into Storytelling
How often do you run across misunderstanding, rejection, resistance when you need to explain any complicated topic? How to build emotional and lively communication with the participants of the meeting? How can we send the participants the main idea we want to explain and do it softly? Storytelling will help with this – a way […]
Workshop How To Work With Conflicts
Once again I dived into the world of eduScrum. Do you remember what eduScrum is? eduScrum is a learning organization system in which the teacher delegates responsibility for the learning process to teams. But responsibility cannot simply be “given away”, it must be done in such a way that the students want and are able […]
English As Team’s T-Shape
T-shape is very important for everyone. It doesn’t matter whether you are a developer or not. It gives a lot of possibilities to develop yourself in many fields. I regularly talk about it to the teams I am working with. As the result one of my Russian-speaking teams decided to develop not only technical skills, […]
I was the Trainer at the Bank School of Scrum Masters
Last year I was very lucky: I was the trainer at the School of Scrum Masters in the bank. It was a unique experience. Any bank employee who wanted to gain more knowledge about the framework, areas of responsibility of the Scrum Master and the work itself in this role could apply to this School. […]
My Workshop on User Stories Decomposition
The elephant….a rather huge animal, isn’t? Is it possible to eat the whole elephant at one time? What do you think? Some of my teams really want to do this and, no doubt, they fail. The teams neglect to decompose large User Stories/Tasks too often. This happens because of many various reasons: they do not […]
I am a Trainer at Alfa-Academy
I have been conducting Scrum training for team members at Alfa-Academy for one year. This training lasts 3 days for 3 hours a day. This is a basic course during which the participants get acquainted with what Agile is, how it differs from other approaches, get acquainted with a framework Cynefin. On the second day […]
Feedback On My Work
I can’t help but tell you about today’s message that I received from a member of one of my teams. He retired and now works in the other company. It seems to me that it is very important to show you his words. We are Scrum Masters/Agile Coaches, who are working day after day with […]
I am a Scrum Examiner
My new experience – Scrum Examiner. Here is my inspiring story. A prequel. Two years ago I decided to become a Scrum Master. I went along my learning path – step by step. In December 2019, I successfully passed my first test at Scrum Alliance and got my first CSM certificate. Then I studied further, […]
I am a Scrum Master in the Bank
Here is my news! I am happy to tell you that since April 2021 I have been working at Alfa-Bank as a ScrumMaster. Do you know anything about this bank? If not, a short note about it: Alfa-Bank is the largest private bank in Russia, ranking fourth in terms of assets. It has about 800 branches and offices […]