Scrum.org Community Podcast

In this episode of the Scrum.org Community podcast, Kurt Bittner, PST Ron Eringa and PST Laurens Bonnema come together again to join host Dave West for a discussion on some of the topics in the new book, The Professional Agile Leader, including hierarchy and shifts to more flat, agile organizations. 

Duane Girard learned to help build strong teams as a Sergeant in the US Army. In the military, he paralleled many of the Scrum events and values and practiced his ability to build teams in complex environments - later finding a civilian position as a Scrum Master in one of his first jobs out of the military. In this podcast, Duane has a discussion with host, Dave West, and shares those parallels, talks about his career journey as a Scrum Master, and speaks about how the Professional Scrum Master certifications and learnings from Scrum.org courses helped catapult his career as a Scrum Master, make significant impacts at several organizations, and how each Professional Scrum certification he took was a stepping stone to elevate his career.

In this episode of the Scrum.org Community podcast, Kurt Bittner, PST Ron Eringa and PST Laurens Bonnema come together again to join host Dave West for a discussion on some of the topics in the new book, The Professional Agile Leader: The Leader's Journey Toward Growing Mature Agile Teams and Organizations, including the Dual Operating Model, Culture, self-management, bottom up intelligence and more!

Mit PSTs Simon Flossmann and Martina LuenzmannScrum gibt es seit mehr als 25 Jahren. Es ist ein einfaches Rahmenwerk, um für komplexe Probleme erfolgreich Lösungen zu gestalten, die dabei Wert generieren sowohl für den Kunden als auch für den Produzenten. Obwohl es leicht und einfach zu verstehen ist, kann es schwierig sein, Wertschöpfung effektiv zu gestalten und zu maximieren.Die Verwendung von Scrum stellt selbst erfahrene Product Owner:innen oder Produkt Manager:innen häufig vor Fragen wie zum Beispiel:- Wie erweitere ich mein Mandat als Product Owner:in auch in einem traditionell geprägten Unternehmen?- Wie lässt sich die Kommunikation mit Stakeholder:innen und Entwickler:innen noch produktiver gestalten?- Wie optimiere ich die Gestaltung meiner Product Owner Verantwortung in einem skalierten Umfeld, d.h. wenn ich mit vielen Teams an dem Produkt arbeite?- Wie kann ich in einem Umfeld mit kontroversen Kundenrückmeldungen Entscheidungen effektiver treffen?-Wie kann ich Kund:innen und Nutzer:innen noch besser verstehen, um die Wertschöpfung für das Produkt zu maximieren?- Wie vereinfache und beschleunige ich die Entdeckung neuer Innovationen, die signifikant den Wert des Produkts für Kund:innen und Nutz:innen erhöhen?In dieser Folge von Ask a Professional Scrum Trainer beantworten Professional Scrum Trainer Martina Luenzmann und Simon Flossmann in einer Live-Sitzung deine dringendsten Fragen, wie Product Owner:innen noch erfolgreicher werden können.

Great Scrum Teams are self-managing, cross-functional and have the ability and skills necessary to drive to successful outcomes. However, team interactions don’t always go as expected and can cause conflict or roadblocks. Effective facilitation can help the Scrum Team move forward toward their desired outcomes. Within the Scrum events and beyond there are a lot of opportunities where good facilitation can help teams work better together.In this episode of Ask a Professional Scrum Trainer moderated by Patricia Kong, PSTs Simon Flossmann and David Spinks answer your burning questions about Scrum and the challenges you or your teams may be facing when using Scrum, particularly within the Scrum events and other scenarios when it may be difficult to reach a decision on things, that could be resolved with good facilitation techniques and skills.

In this episode of the Scrum.org Community podcast, Kurt Bittner, PST Ron Eringa and PST Laurens Bonnema join host Dave West for a discussion on some of the topics in the new book, The Professional Agile Leader: The Leader's Journey Toward Growing Mature Agile Teams and Organizations, including:- The difference between traditional leadership and agile leadership- Self-managing teams- Leadership styles- The notion of giving control to the people who work with you- Ideas around trust- More!

The Google Project Management Certificate helps people prepare for entry-level jobs in the high-growth field of project management. The certificate dives deep into project management software, tools and templates, with an emphasis on Scrum. Scrum.org collaborated with Google to bring Scrum and Agile expertise to the Google Project Management Certificate and prepare for the Professional Scrum Master I certification. In this podcast series hosted by Scrum.org CEO, Dave West, he interviews Google Career Certificate graduates to learn about their experiences before, during and after the program. In this episode, Dave interviews Joanne Cheng, Project Manager at DoubleDown Interactive about her journey in which she had her eyes on a career as a project manager in gaming and now she is doing just that! They talk about how she uses what she has learned in the program and the Professional Scrum Master certification exam. They discuss how she applies her learnings to her work and her plans to grow professionally. 

Scrum has been in existence for more than 25 years as a simple framework for effective team collaboration on complex products. While it is lightweight and simple to understand, it can be difficult to apply effectively. The Scrum.org Ask a Professional Scrum Trainer series features Professional Scrum Trainers (PSTs) in a live session, answering your most pressing questions regarding the challenges and situations your Scrum Teams are facing.In this episode of Ask a Professional Scrum Trainer Yuval Yeret answers the audience's pressing Scrum questions focused around leadership, how leadership and Scrum Mastery are intertwined, and how leaders can engage with Scrum. Yuval is co-author of the Scrum Guide Companion for Leaders.

In this episode of the Scrum.org Community Podcast, Patricia Kong leads a discussion with PSTs Todd Miller and Glaudia Califano focused on how Facilitation can help Scrum Teams, the importance of Facilitation Skills for Scrum Team members and the themes that inspired the creation of the new Professional Scrum Facilitation Skills training course. 

Scrum has been in existence for more than 25 years as a simple framework for effective team collaboration on complex products. While it is lightweight and simple to understand, it can be difficult to apply effectively. The Scrum.org Ask a Professional Scrum Trainer series features Professional Scrum Trainers (PSTs) in a live session, answering your most pressing questions regarding the challenges and situations your Scrum Teams are facing.In this recording of Ask a Professional Scrum Trainer, PSTs Daria Bagina, Shirley Santiago and Mary Iqbal answer burning questions about Scrum particularly when using Scrum in a setting that is not software-based, such as marketing, human resources, energy, insurance, finance, construction and more!!