In this Scrum.org Community Podcast episode, Lindsay Velecina from Scrum.org sits down with Robb Pieper and Jason Malmstadt of Responsive Advisors to answer the real, practical questions practitioners have about self-management in Scrum in a live Ask a PST session.
Listeners submitted questions like:
- How do you get management to support self-management?
- What should you do when a team resists taking ownership?
- How do you handle a disruptive team member without taking over?
- What metrics show that self-management actually works?
- How can junior Scrum Masters enable self-management when they’re not technical?
- AND MANY MORE!
Robb and Jason tackle these questions head-on, sharing stories from the field, strategies for creating healthy team boundaries, and tools to make decision-making transparent — including Delegation Poker, feedback loops, and working agreements. They also discuss how to tie self-management to real business outcomes to gain leadership buy-in.
Whether you’re just beginning your Scrum journey or coaching mature teams, this episode gives you actionable guidance and small experiments you can start using today.
