Agile expert Gary K. Evans is the author of "The Effective Scrum Master." With 30+ years of experience, he has helped organizations master Agile practices. Gary maintains a lifelong love for soccer.
As a Scrum Master you normally will not write stories. But it is critical for your role as a Sherpa (an expert) to know how to guide your developers so they do not accept into their Sprint Backlog stories that are not well-formed and clear. Remember that your developers
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A detailed case study illustrating how to make a story smaller, and implement it incrementally.
A brief statement to introduce why thinking small is a really big thing.
Pursuing a Scrum Master certification can be tempting, but experience is the best self-certification. Sitting for a certification only after a couple years on an Agile project may be your best path forward.
Embrace the right metrics to drive continuous improvement as an effective Scrum Master. Understand the balance of waste, change, and cost to optimize the system and eliminate inefficiencies.
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Drawing on three decades of transformation experience, I reveal how to become not just a Scrum Master, but a true Agile Master.