hi this is karen former form your agile evangelist in today's video we will be discussing two main
topics number one understanding agile and scrum and number two who can become a scrum master or an
agile leader before we go into our topics of today i would like to tell you a little bit about my
background for over eight years today i have been in the field of project management but i started
living my passion as an agile leader six years ago in the past until today i have had the opportunity
to serve as an agile coach or a scrum master with several different large companies such as
excel energy medtronic smith medical with an ultimate goal of helping them succeed with agile
topic number one what is agile agile is simply a mindset it is a way of thinking that is bounded
by 10 principles and 4 values how does agile fit into the environment of project management
these 10 agile principles and 4 values has been adopted by organizations to quickly deliver
project requirements in an iterative and incremental approach in my own world i see agile
as a lifestyle it is a way of life that everyone should go by that's how passionate i feel about
agile agile has several different kinds of frameworks such as extreme programming kanban
lean product development scrum etc etc therefore scrum is simply one of these several
agile project development frameworks that has been adopted by teams to develop project requirements
and all other kinds of work however agile scrum is commonly used by software development
organizations based on the complexity of their work on this platform our focus is going to be
on scrum however we will discuss other project management topics from time to time
topic number two who can become a scrum master we will be dividing this topic into three sub topics
the first what are the common backgrounds of scrum masters secondly
what are the characteristics or values of an effective scrum master and lastly
what are the skill sets to be successful as a scrum master or an agile leader so first
what are the common backgrounds of a scrum master the great news is there is no specific background
required to become a scrum master however based on my experience i have worked with scrum masters
who have helped roles in the past such as project manager program manager director of software
engineering director of product development dba project coordinator and so on and so forth
well the key is that to become a scrum master you must be agile meaning that you must possess
the agile way of thinking this brings us to a second sub-topic of who can become a scrum master
i have summarized five values of an effective scrum master number one
you must be a civil leader do you believe in the seven leadership style or do you believe
in commanding and controlling people to be successful as a scrum master or an agile leader
you must believe in service that is you must be able to influence people without having
direct authority over them number two you must value customer success over your own personal
gain number three you must be able to leverage the present moment instead of focusing on the past or
dwelling in the future in scrum we call this the principle of empiricism that is you make decisions
based on what you've learned today what you are still learning instead of focusing on what's going
happen tomorrow number four you must be able to help people achieve their goals and learn
from their mistakes when they do not achieve those goals instead of trying to always step in
and do it for them and punishing them when they do not achieve their goals
and lastly you must have a value-driven mindset that is do you believe in adding value to the
business or do you usually focus on achieving some set scope budget and schedule to be successful
as a scrum master you must be value driven you must always thrive to add value to the business or
to your customers so these are the five values to be effective as an agile leader or a scrum master
the third sub topic of who can become a scrum master there are four skill sets that a person
must possess to be successful as a scrum master these skill sets are non-negotiable
they are mandatory to succeed as a scrum master you must possess these skill sets these skill sets
include coaching facilitating mentoring and teaching do you currently possess the skill set
you see every day in the life of a scrum master at some point you will be required to either teach
coach mentor or facilitate your teams and stakeholders therefore you must understand
the difference between all the skill sets we will end here for today i hope you enjoyed this
video in our next video we will be discussing how to start your career as a school master
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