{"id":333,"date":"2012-10-06T13:35:57","date_gmt":"2012-10-06T13:35:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rosarioconsulting.net\/inspiredtoeducate\/?p=333"},"modified":"2012-10-06T13:42:04","modified_gmt":"2012-10-06T13:42:04","slug":"how-is-scrum-leadership-evolving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inspiredtoeducate.net\/inspiredtoeducate\/how-is-scrum-leadership-evolving\/","title":{"rendered":"How is Scrum leadership evolving?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!-- Facebook Like Button v1.9.6 BEGIN [http:\/\/blog.bottomlessinc.com] -->\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Finspiredtoeducate.net%2Finspiredtoeducate%2Fhow-is-scrum-leadership-evolving%2F&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=false&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowTransparency=\"true\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height: 30px; align: left; margin: 2px 0px 2px 0px\"><\/iframe>\n<!-- Facebook Like Button END -->\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/rosarioconsulting.net\/inspiredtoeducate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/dilbert-agile.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-334\" title=\"dilbert-agile\" src=\"http:\/\/rosarioconsulting.net\/inspiredtoeducate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/dilbert-agile.jpg\" alt=\"Agile Dilbert\" width=\"500\" height=\"175\" srcset=\"https:\/\/inspiredtoeducate.net\/inspiredtoeducate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/dilbert-agile.jpg 500w, https:\/\/inspiredtoeducate.net\/inspiredtoeducate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/dilbert-agile-300x105.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>*** Disclaimer: no project management style is perfect &#8212; including scrum ***<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is Scrum?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To introduce scrum project management, I would encourage you to review the following video. \u00a0(Scrum in 10 minutes) \u00a0While scrum was created for the benefit of the software industry, the ideas can be used in education, general leadership and many other industries. \u00a0 \u00a0Since scrum provides a framework for building products, I believe that scrum can provide benefits to teachers who value project based learning. \u00a0\u00a0For other teachers, replace &#8220;building software&#8221; with the idea of building minds and\u00a0person-hood. \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Please refer to our post<a title=\"5 ways to get more results in your teaching environment.\" href=\"http:\/\/rosarioconsulting.net\/inspiredtoeducate\/?p=246\" target=\"_blank\"> &#8220;5 ways to get more results in your teaching environment.&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XU0llRltyFM\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>As a scrum master and proud promoter of agile culture, I have found have found the following talks challenging.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Path to Agility 2011 &#8211; Ken Schwaber &#8211; Scrum and the Product Owner by Agile Toolkit podcast<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/agiletoolkit.libsyn.com\/webpage\/path-to-agility-2011-ken-schwaber-scrum-and-the-product-owner\">http:\/\/agiletoolkit.libsyn.com\/webpage\/path-to-agility-2011-ken-schwaber-scrum-and-the-product-owner<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Pluralcast #12 : The Future of Scrum with Ken Schwaber by Pluralcast<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/elegantcode.com\/2010\/03\/29\/pluralcast-12-the-future-of-scrum-with-ken-schwaber\/\">http:\/\/elegantcode.com\/2010\/03\/29\/pluralcast-12-the-future-of-scrum-with-ken-schwaber\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I greatly admire Ken Schwaber, the creator of scrum, for trying to encourage our software industry to focus on creating value and doing so with transparency\/quality. \u00a0 The act of executing work with transparency helps teams and organizations find issues and adapt.<\/p>\n<p>So&#8230; what do I mean by challenging? \u00a0 These talks point to a realization that scrum as implemented across our industry has a few growing pains.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Growing pain #1<\/strong>: \u00a0<strong>Who writes user stories?\u00a0<\/strong>Across the industry, it appears that product owners are resisting ownership of writing down user stories and done conditions. \u00a0 Why is this a problem? \u00a0 The product owner, as mandated by the scrum process, is responsible for maximizing the value of the product under development. \u00a0 \u00a0In many cases, the product owner is a &#8220;subject matter expert&#8221; in the domain of the product. \u00a0 If the subject matter expert is allowed to not write down their exact goals and &#8220;done conditions,&#8221; \u00a0the risk is introduced that the team must interpret the intent and goals of the product owner.<\/p>\n<p>Michael Cohn seems to provide a partial solution to this problem by observing that &#8220;who writes the user story&#8221; is less important than making sure there is open discussion of user stories and done conditions among the team, scrum master, and product owner. (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mountaingoatsoftware.com\/topics\/user-stories\">http:\/\/www.mountaingoatsoftware.com\/topics\/user-stories<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Growing pain #2<\/strong>: \u00a0Ken has pointed out several times that the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Scrum_(development)\" target=\"_blank\">rules of scrum<\/a>\u00a0are easy to learn. \u00a0 \u00a0Implementing scrum, however, is still very hard to master. \u00a0 Many organizations are discovering that scrum uncovers faults in engineering practices, team collaboration, or organizational dynamics. \u00a0 \u00a0In many cases, teams abandon scrum so that more disciplined engineering\/organizational practices can be avoided. \u00a0What&#8217;s the problem? \u00a0 Our industry needs the courage to keep promoting discipline and quality in our daily work. \u00a0 \u00a0If scrum exposes organizational or engineering issues, are we facing those issues head on?<\/p>\n<p>On a personal and an organizational level, challenges introduce the opportunity for innovation and adaptation. \u00a0 In my\u00a0personal\u00a0work, I will be searching for solutions to both growing pains. \u00a0 \u00a0I look forward to see how the agile \/ scrum community responds.<\/p>\n<p>To fellow agile leaders, I would enjoy hearing your strategies for documenting user stories. \u00a0How do you foster courage on your team?<\/p>\n\n<!-- Facebook Like Button v1.9.6 BEGIN [http:\/\/blog.bottomlessinc.com] -->\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Finspiredtoeducate.net%2Finspiredtoeducate%2Fhow-is-scrum-leadership-evolving%2F&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=false&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowTransparency=\"true\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height: 30px; align: left; margin: 2px 0px 2px 0px\"><\/iframe>\n<!-- Facebook Like Button END -->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>*** Disclaimer: no project management style is perfect &#8212; including scrum *** What is Scrum? 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