The starfish retrospective is the perfect generic retrospective. Most Scrum Masters start one of their first retrospectives with the starfish retrospective, and most teams have tried it. Because the starfish retrospective is generic it can…
Year: 2020
As a Scrum Master, it can be difficult to think of a creative new shiny retrospective every sprint. In this blog post, I will take you along in my thought process in selecting a new…
The movie retrospective is a retrospective that has a fun component that will help you in getting to know your teammates better and will help you in making the next sprint better. In the movie…
Distributed teams are something special. The ordinary things that might work for teams that are co-located, do not work for distributed teams. When some of your coworkers are thousands of kilometers apart, walking by their…
When you have been scrum master for the same team for a longer period, it can become more difficult to find areas of improvement for the team. If you are unsure of what the next…
As a Scrum master to a distributed team, one of my favorite times is during the upcoming weeks. I have the team fully in one location, ready to collaborate. This, of course, means no more…
A few years ago I discovered the Gemba walk. The team I was a Scrum master in was merged with another team. Besides teammates that had to get to know each other, we also merged…
The second retrospective for the retrospective challenge 2020 is the three piglets retrospective. This retrospective was hosted for a large project group, as well as for the team that I am the Scrum master in.…
I recently saw that I passed my 3-year mark as a certified Scrum master. This seemed a good moment for me to reflect on my experiences so far, and take a closer look at the…
The first retrospective in my retrospective challenge for 2020 is the This team / That team retrospective. This This team / That team retrospective was hosted for a larger project group, and the reason we…
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