Today's question is whether or not a Scrum Team should make the results of their Sprint Retrospective public. Todd and Ryan are clear that meeting minutes and notes from the Retrospective are not for public consumption. However, if people outside the Scrum Team want to know which improvement items the team selected during the Retro, well...that could be a good idea! Do you make the results of the Scrum Team's Sprint Retrospective public? Let us know in the comments! This is one of those Scrum Master interview questions that can throw you off. Do you understand the benefits and purpose of a Sprint Retrospective? These Scrum Master day in the life questions can be tricky. Perhaps Scrum Master training could help? Want to learn more about Scrum? Buy Fixing Your Scrum: Practical Solutions to Common Scrum Problems -  https://amzn.to/3fMpH5a Join Ryan and Todd in a Professional Scrum Master course:  https://www.scrum.org/agile-humans And make sure you subscribe to the channel! DISCLAIMER: Links included in this description might be affiliate links. If you purchase a product or service with the links that I provide, I may receive a small commission. There is no additional charge for you! Thank you for supporting the channel so we can continue to provide you with free content each week! FTC DISCLAIMER: This video is not sponsored by anyone. Sharing Scrum knowledge to help you grow as a Scrum Practitioner and to solve complex problems. #scrum #agile #professional scrumSee omny.fm/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's question is all about the Scrum Master and what keeps them busy all day. Scrum defines clear accountabilities that if performed well keeps your Scrum Master busy and engaged all day. Check out the video hear more from Ryan and Todd about all the things that fill a Scrum Master's day.  Are you a busy Scrum Master? Let us know in the comments! This is one of those Scrum Master interview questions that can throw you off. Do you understand all of the things that keep a Scrum Master busy each and every day? These Scrum Master day in the life questions can be tricky. Perhaps so Scrum Master training could help? Want to learn more about Scrum? Buy Fixing Your Scrum: Practical Solutions to Common Scrum Problems -  https://amzn.to/3fMpH5a Join Ryan and Todd in a Professional Scrum Master course:  https://www.scrum.org/agile-humans And make sure you subscribe to the channel! DISCLAIMER: Links included in this description might be affiliate links. If you purchase a product or service with the links that I provide, I may receive a small commission. There is no additional charge for you! Thank you for supporting the channel so we can continue to provide you with free content each week! FTC DISCLAIMER: This video is not sponsored by anyone. Sharing Scrum knowledge to help you grow as a Scrum Practitioner and to solve complex problems. #scrum #agile #professional scrumSee omny.fm/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's question asks us to take a look at how to know when a Product Backlog Item is "ready". Some teams use a Definition of Ready, however, this is a complementary practice, not an official part of Scrum. Check out the video for Todd and Ryan's take on this practice and whether or not a definition of ready is helpful to a Scrum Team. Do you use a definition of ready? Does it help? Let us know in the comments! This is one of those Scrum Master interview questions that can throw you off. Pay special attention to how the definition of ready is not a part of Scrum. Want to learn more about Scrum? Buy Fixing Your Scrum: Practical Solutions to Common Scrum Problems -  https://amzn.to/3fMpH5a Join Ryan and Todd in a Professional Scrum Master course:  https://www.scrum.org/agile-humans And make sure you subscribe to the channel! DISCLAIMER: Links included in this description might be affiliate links. If you purchase a product or service with the links that I provide, I may receive a small commission. There is no additional charge for you! Thank you for supporting the channel so we can continue to provide you with free content each week! FTC DISCLAIMER: This video is not sponsored by anyone. Sharing Scrum knowledge to help you grow as a Scrum Practitioner and to solve complex problems. #scrum #agile #professional scrumSee omny.fm/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A past student left us a comment in our Slack channel asking how to get the Developers on their Scrum Team to attend the Daily Scrum. This is a common issue that many Scrum Master's face. Fortunately, it is an easy problem to solve. Watch as Todd and Ryan break down this situation and expose many of the common reasons that Developers do not attend the Daily Scrum. One common reason is that the Scrum Team had allowed the Daily Scrum to become a status meeting. Status meetings are boring. We'd skip them too! // Want to learn more about Scrum? Buy Fixing Your Scrum: Practical Solutions to Common Scrum Problems - https://amzn.to/3b96j0A // Join Ryan and Todd in a Professional Scrum Master course: Visit https://agileforhumans.com/ for a list of upcoming courses. And make sure you subscribe to the channel! DISCLAIMER: Links included in this description might be affiliate links. If you purchase a product or service with the links that I provide I may receive a small commission. There is no additional charge to you! Thank you for supporting the channel so we can continue to provide you with free content each week! FTC DISCLAIMER: This video is not sponsored by anyone. Sharing Scrum knowledge to help you grow as a Scrum Practitioner and to solve complex problems.See omny.fm/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's question asks us to take a look at how a Scrum Team builds trust with stakeholders, your product owner, and the organization. Todd and Ryan discuss the only way that they have found to build trust: DELIVER!  What is your favorite way to help your Scrum Team build trust? Let us know in the comments! This is one of those scrum master interview questions that force us to adopt an agile mindset in order to answer correctly. Whether you're an agile coach or scrum master, the connection between trust and delivery must be well understood. This is the type of thing you may not learn during your scrum master certification class, so stay tuned! Want to learn more about Scrum? Buy Fixing Your Scrum: Practical Solutions to Common Scrum Problems -  https://amzn.to/3fMpH5a Join Ryan and Todd in a Professional Scrum Master course:  https://www.scrum.org/agile-humans And make sure you subscribe to the channel! DISCLAIMER: Links included in this description might be affiliate links. If you purchase a product or service with the links that I provide, I may receive a small commission. There is no additional charge for you! Thank you for supporting the channel so we can continue to provide you with free content each week! FTC DISCLAIMER: This video is not sponsored by anyone. Sharing Scrum knowledge to help you grow as a Scrum Practitioner and to solve complex problems. #scrum #agile #professional scrumSee omny.fm/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A recent student asked Ryan and Todd to talk about the differences between a Sprint Backlog and a Product Backlog. It's an interesting question as these are two Scrum Artifacts that teams use to keep information transparent. The Sprint Backlog is a representation of present work while the Product Backlog represents future work. Check out the video to learn even more ways the Sprint Backlog and Product Backlog are different. // Want to learn more about Scrum? Buy Fixing Your Scrum: Practical Solutions to Common Scrum Problems - https://amzn.to/3b96j0A // Join Ryan and Todd in a Professional Scrum Master course: Visit https://agileforhumans.com/ for a list of upcoming courses. And make sure you subscribe to the channel! DISCLAIMER: Links included in this description might be affiliate links. If you purchase a product or service with the links that I provide I may receive a small commission. There is no additional charge to you! Thank you for supporting the channel so we can continue to provide you with free content each week! FTC DISCLAIMER: This video is not sponsored by anyone. Sharing Scrum knowledge to help you grow as a Scrum Practitioner and to solve complex problems.See omny.fm/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's question is from a viewer who wants to know if a Product Owner should come from the business side of the company or from IT. Todd and Ryan discuss the role of the  Product Owner and how the business vs IT mentality does not often lead to great product management. What do you think? Does a Product  Owner come from the business or IT? Let us know in the comments! Want to learn more about Scrum? Buy Fixing Your Scrum: Practical Solutions to Common Scrum Problems -  https://amzn.to/3fMpH5a Join Ryan and Todd in a Professional Scrum Master course:  https://www.scrum.org/agile-humans And make sure you subscribe to the channel! DISCLAIMER: Links included in this description might be affiliate links. If you purchase a product or service with the links that I provide, I may receive a small commission. There is no additional charge for you! Thank you for supporting the channel so we can continue to provide you with free content each week! FTC DISCLAIMER: This video is not sponsored by anyone. Sharing Scrum knowledge to help you grow as a Scrum Practitioner and to solve complex problems. #scrum #agile #professional scrumSee omny.fm/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's question is from a viewer who wants to know if a Product Owner needs technical skills to be successful. Todd and Ryan discuss the pros and cons of a technical Product Owner and give their guidance on when these skills can be helpful? What do you think? Does a PO need technical skills? Let us know in the comments! Want to learn more about Scrum? Buy Fixing Your Scrum: Practical Solutions to Common Scrum Problems -  https://amzn.to/3fMpH5a Join Ryan and Todd in a Professional Scrum Master course:  https://www.scrum.org/agile-humans And make sure you subscribe to the channel! DISCLAIMER: Links included in this description might be affiliate links. If you purchase a product or service with the links that I provide, I may receive a small commission. There is no additional charge for you! Thank you for supporting the channel so we can continue to provide you with free content each week! FTC DISCLAIMER: This video is not sponsored by anyone. Sharing Scrum knowledge to help you grow as a Scrum Practitioner and to solve complex problems. #scrum #agile #professional scrumSee omny.fm/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A YouTube viewer sent in a question asking about what to do when a Developer does not commit. This question had a little context with it. The scenario was when a Developer won't focus during a Scrum Event or meeting. Check out what Todd and Ryan had to say about this situation! // Want to learn more about Scrum? Buy Fixing Your Scrum: Practical Solutions to Common Scrum Problems - https://amzn.to/3b96j0A // Join Ryan and Todd in a Professional Scrum Master course: Visit https://agileforhumans.com/ for a list of upcoming courses. And make sure you subscribe to the channel! DISCLAIMER: Links included in this description might be affiliate links. If you purchase a product or service with the links that I provide I may receive a small commission. There is no additional charge to you! Thank you for supporting the channel so we can continue to provide you with free content each week! FTC DISCLAIMER: This video is not sponsored by anyone. Sharing Scrum knowledge to help you grow as a Scrum Practitioner and to solve complex problems.See omny.fm/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's question is from a viewer who wants to know what are our favorite Scrum best practices. Todd and Ryan tackled this question with the very direct statement: There are NO best practices in Scrum. Once we accept this truth, we can then start looking at a practice or two that helps make life a little better for Scrum Teams. Let us know what you think in the comments. Do you have a BEST PRACTICE that you think is the exception to the rule? Let us know, we love hearing from you. Want to learn more about Scrum? Buy Fixing Your Scrum: Practical Solutions to Common Scrum Problems -  https://amzn.to/3fMpH5a Join Ryan and Todd in a Professional Scrum Master course:  https://www.scrum.org/agile-humans And make sure you subscribe to the channel! DISCLAIMER: Links included in this description might be affiliate links. If you purchase a product or service with the links that I provide, I may receive a small commission. There is no additional charge for you! Thank you for supporting the channel so we can continue to provide you with free content each week! FTC DISCLAIMER: This video is not sponsored by anyone. Sharing Scrum knowledge to help you grow as a Scrum Practitioner and to solve complex problems. #scrum #agile #professional scrumSee omny.fm/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices