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Welcome to weekly Agile and Scrum blogs, from Chris Belknap, a Scrum.org Professional Scrum Trainer (PST). You will find interesting topics on Scrum, as well as the popular Scrum Mastery quiz to prepare for exams and challenge your Scrum knowledge and experience.

Merrill B. Lamont III

18 hours ago
2 min

Retro your Quarantine

you can inspire your team as you share your retrospective experience from this change in daily life

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Merrill B. Lamont III

Mar 30
4 min

As an Agilist I want to do Disgustingly Agile Things so that I become even more Agile

It's good practice. Or at least self-amusing.

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Merrill B. Lamont III

Mar 23
2 min

Invest in Yourself for Free: Trello, Zoom, Slack

In one week, you can master these tools for yourself, BE the person to help others.

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Merrill B. Lamont III

Mar 16
4 min

Use Slack Better as you WFH

Slack is powerful. Wield its power well.

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Merrill B. Lamont III

Mar 9
5 min

Remote Facilitation Tactics because Coronavirus has you WFH

Connecting will take a little more effort.

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Merrill B. Lamont III

Mar 2
4 min

Does your Daily Scrum feel Awesome?

It should. Here's what I do.

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Merrill B. Lamont III

Feb 24
3 min

Does your Daily Scrum feel like a Status Meeting?

This sucks. Shall we do better? I'll share what I've done.

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Merrill B. Lamont III

Feb 17
3 min

Squiggle Retrospective

So I did what anyone in an interview situation would do: make stuff up.

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Merrill B. Lamont III

Feb 10
3 min

Is My Agile Coach Effective?

First ask: What clear problem are we trying to solve with Agility?

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Merrill B. Lamont III

Feb 3
4 min

On Team Building

Building relationships takes recurring effort.

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Merrill B. Lamont III

Jan 25
5 min

It's OK to do Waterfall in a Sprint, At First

Every context is different, so your Transformation Backlog should be tailored. What can y'all do to get a win for the team?

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Merrill B. Lamont III

Jan 20
4 min

Does a Scrum Master NEED to be technical?

if you, as Scrum Master, know something about the product domain, ensure the team does, too. Be the lowest bar of product knowledge

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Merrill B. Lamont III

Jan 14
3 min

How to Get a Scrum Master Job Without Experience

As life would have it, I ran into that first hiring manager last year. I shook her hand. I had experience now.

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Welcome to weekly Agile and Scrum blogs, from Chris Belknap, a Scrum.org Professional Scrum Trainer (PST). You will find interesting topics on Scrum, as well as the popular Scrum Mastery quiz to prepare for exams and challenge your Scrum knowledge and experience.

Retro your Quarantine

As an Agilist I want to do Disgustingly Agile Things so that I become even more Agile

Invest in Yourself for Free: Trello, Zoom, Slack

Use Slack Better as you WFH

Remote Facilitation Tactics because Coronavirus has you WFH

Does your Daily Scrum feel Awesome?

Does your Daily Scrum feel like a Status Meeting?

Squiggle Retrospective

Is My Agile Coach Effective?

On Team Building

It's OK to do Waterfall in a Sprint, At First

Does a Scrum Master NEED to be technical?

How to Get a Scrum Master Job Without Experience

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