Art, Science and White Magic of Scrum Mastery

For this week’s session, we will have a special guest, from our community. Elena Maksumova is going to be presenting this topic at the Global Scrum Gathering in Denver in June.

Art of Scrum Mastery is often misunderstood, misinterpreted, and oversimplified (e.g. to just being a facilitator, “team admin”, or “master over Scrum processes”, etc.). As some of the elements may be helpful, there is so much more to what a great Scrum Master actually does and more importantly doesn’t do. This session will uncover some of the attributes and competencies of a great Scrum Master beyond the Scrum Guide, as well as some popular pitfalls to avoid. We will touch on the “Shu Ha Ri” model, Scrum Master evolution, and the key role of the Agile mindset in being successful as a Scrum Master.

We will be getting the 1st version of the session and she will have a chance to present to a smaller group (and she will be virtual here vs in person at SG). The official session will be a 45 minute session w slides, I believe, much like it would be at the conference. So we will kick it on and do an introduction, etc. like the conference would.