Mary Iqbal

Shorter, focused events create better inspection, better adaptation, and higher engagement. Longer events that wander tend to do the opposite.

In the Professional Scrum Master class, one of the activities we do is to ask participants to remember a time when they were on a truly great team. We then ask the question, what made that team great? I hear lots of answers. People talk about having a clear and meaningful goal. They mention a positive attitude. They highlight strong collaboration and mutual respect. But by far the most common answer I hear has to do with leadership. Again and again, participants describe leaders who trusted...

I've been teaching Scrum for a while now, and the same questions come up again and again. So if you're new to Scrum or just thinking about making the switch, here are five of the most common questions I hear about Scrum and how I answer them. 1. Do we still have managers in Scrum? Yes, managers are essential to the Scrum team. What changes is how they lead. Managers of a high-functioning Scrum team are freed up to step away from day-to-day task management on how the work gets done. But...