So You Want To Be A Scrum Master?
So You Want To Be A Scrum Master?
Why is this question even important?
Ladies and Gentlemen, may we remind you of ‘The Elevator Pitch’
Ideas
What our ‘mums’ really said
Too obscure - what do the words even mean?
Too specific - do we only do Scrum?
Why do we use it then?
Alternatives
Get the team excited about the work
Every person is different
Let the team fail
Use the people at your disposal
Just do it
A room full of experts
The challenge
Ways forward
Build consensus, build trust. Have fun!
Protecting the team
Removing impediments
Celebrate your redundancy
The Illusionist
A Series of Unfortunate Events
Braveheart
Think big
Know your true north
Act small
We are not working alone
Self-image and identity
Is the reason for the change understood?
Science
Make your next step
Going slow to go fast
Speed
Reflection
Quality
Not sustainable
Being helpful
Inflicting help
What we want from an agile consultant
What many agile consultancies will try and sell you
What we too often get from an agile consultant
How can we know if the consultant we are thinking of engaging is any good?
Well, this is depressing, is there a better way?
Last words
How to plan so that your customer will love what you ship
Life beyond a Scrum Master
And next…
Helen Lisowski
Rob Lambert
Martyn Frank
Raji Bhamidipati
Steven Mackenzie
Keith O’Sullivan

Introduction

This book is the result of a Hackathon.

Whilst the Software Developers were busy hacking code, the Agile Community Of Interest decided to hack around on a book.

During that Hackathon, in 2016, we came together to write a book in just 48 hours.

The result is this book you have here.

We appreciate your support and we really do hope you enjoy the book. We certainly enjoyed creating it for you.

Thanks,
Rob Lambert et al

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