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Professionalising the Scrum Master Role

Agile Alliance

The global pump manufacturer Grundfos is experimenting with implementing Agile techniques for the development of hardware and software components. This article describes how the authors guided and supported the professional development of the Scrum Masters role and competencies, with an emphasis on challenges encountered and lessons learned.

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Scrum Masters are People Too – Give ‘Em a Break, and a Hand

Agile Alliance

There are great Scrum Masters and lousy Scrum Masters. There are also great and lousy managers, developers, testers, salespeople, and neighbors. Scrum Masters are people too. People are people – no matter what their profession or role in life. Some grow … Continued.

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Reflections of an Undercover Scrum Master

Agile Alliance

Dane took a two-year break from his job as a Scrum Master to join a development team. His perspectives as both a developer and Scrum Master are insightful. During his time as a developer, Dane gained an appreciation for just how much there is to know and master. Our latest conversation is with Dane Weber.

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How to Scale Scrum to Larger Projects

DevOps.com

The popularity of agile methodologies has grown significantly among developer teams, compared to sequential software development approaches. have adopted Agile in their software development lifecycle. According to the same report, 63% of Agile teams use Scrum, making it the most popular Agile framework. […]

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Success Story: Swiss Insurtech Company Hires a Remote CTO from Ukraine

Swiss Insurtech startup decided to go the 2nd way and found a trusted partner to build a dedicated development team in Ukraine. As the case study describes, a Senior Software Engineer with Scrum Master duties was promoted to the role of CTO of a Swiss company while residing most of the time in Ukraine.

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Scrum for Cats: An Agile Framework that Fits the Feline Philosophy

Agile42

Thus, we proudly present Scrum for Cats, the world’s first Agile framework designed by cats, for cats. Why Cats Are Natural Scrum Masters Traditional productivity frameworks have historically overlooked the strategic advantage of incorporating feline methodological approaches.

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Scrum master certification: Top 13 certs for agile pros

CIO

The agile methodology, which facilitates collaboration between stakeholders, teams, and customers during software development, is fast gaining prominence in today’s enterprises. What is Scrum? What is a Scrum master? They also oversee Scrum teams, which consist of the product owner, the developers, and the sum master.

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