ScrumMaster Archives - Agile Ethos

By Darian Rashid In Agile Leadership, Agile Roles and Responsibilities, Experimentation, Project Risk Mitigation, ScrumMaster Posted December 5, 2016 0 Comments

Experimentation is the key to learning and continuous learning is the core of Agile and iterative methods. A wise man once told me that we know the least about our product and the optimum process to build that product when we first start. I could never (or never wanted to) argue that point. When we […]

ScrumMasters are not Task Masters

By Darian Rashid In Agile Leadership, Process, ScrumMaster Posted September 20, 2016 0 Comments

It always bewilders me to think about the amount of teams out there who designate the ScrumMaster as a ‘Task Master’. In these teams, the ScrumMaster’s role is often seen as that of an administrator. This ScrumMaster schedules, plans and runs the meetings, including the Daily Scrum. His job is to make sure all the […]

Organizational Transformation Barrier: Corporate Security Policies

By Darian Rashid In Agile Transformation, Barriers and Impediments, ScrumMaster Posted January 18, 2016 0 Comments

The Barrier This is the first post in the ‘Barriers to Organizational Transformation’ series and it is the Friday before Memorial Day so I thought I’d start with something light but important: Those corporate security policies that disallow openly displaying information on walls, hallways, etc. The Effect As you can imagine, the problem with […]

Transforming a Traditional Manager Into an Agile Manager

By Darian Rashid In Agile Leadership, Agile Roles and Responsibilities, Culture, Experimentation, Organizational Structure, Process, ScrumMaster, Soapbox, Vertical Slicing Posted April 20, 2015 0 Comments

Many pundits preach that the agile organization will not have managers – that teams will self-manage and can carry out all responsibilities of traditional functional management. This includes HR responsibilities, major conflict disputes, etc. “The team is self-managing, which includes all management responsibilities,” or so I keep hearing. Call me a heretic, but I’ve never […]

ScrumMasters are Change Agents

By Darian Rashid In Agile Roles and Responsibilities, Organizational Structure, Process, ScrumMaster Posted March 20, 2015 0 Comments

Anyone who knows me knows that I love ScrumMasters. My family had to get used to the idea of being second in line, but they’ll get over it. Why the love affair? Simple. They are the organization’s change agents! Their #1 role is to continuously create positive changes. (FYI, if you thought that the role […]

Selflessness

By Darian Rashid In Agile Leadership, Agile Transformation, Culture, Process, ScrumMaster, Teamwork Posted November 20, 2014 0 Comments

“Selflessness gives one center. Center creates order. When there is order, there is little to do.” From the Tao of Leadership by John Heider, adapted from the teachings of Lao Tzu

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