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Can a ScrumMaster Be an Effective Leader When Working Remotely?

Mariya Breyter explores the role of a ScrumMaster and whether or not one can work effectively when working remotely. If the ScrumMaster is not available to orchestrate product delivery, bridge any gaps, and remove any obstacles, a product will never be delivered—even worse, a wrong product will be delivered. In order to achieve this understanding, the ScrumMaster must show value to the team as a natural leader, no matter if he is onsite or remote.

A Software Team's Journey to Agile

Did you ever wonder if a team needs some prerequisites before transitioning to agile? In this true story, John Lynch shows us the story of a team who teetered on the brink of dysfunction, and then was able to create its foundation so team members could begin their agile transition.

What Position Do You Play?

Micheleen Merritt explains that as an agile coach, you need to take in account all of the participants of a team, not just the developers. If you aren’t acknowledging the quality assurance analysts, business analysts, and product owners, you aren’t coaching the whole team.

Snapshot: A Team’s First Steps into Shared Ownership

Karen Favazza Spencer writes of the time her team members had to modernize and expand the capabilities of their legacy system. In this situation, Karen took on the role of ScrumMaster, implemented several helpful agile techniques, and empowered the team to share leadership of the project with management.

How to Make Collocation Work for You

Gil Zilberfeld recounts his experience with collocation during his time at Typemock, and explains how collocation can benefit your team. In modern agile discussions, we struggle with how to work with distributed teams around the globe. The truth is that it’s easy to break stuff just by moving part of the team to the next room.

Agile Palooza DC - Ian Culling - Version One internal development and practices
Podcast

Agile Palooza DC - Ian Culling - Version One internal development and practices

ADP West 2010 - Payson Hall - Risk, Reward and Public Sector Contracts
Podcast

ADP West 2010 - Payson Hall - Risk, Reward and Public Sector Contracts

Why Choose SQE Training
Video

Find out why over 20,000 students have trusted their skills and career development to SQE Training.

ADPEast 2010: Michael Mah—Agile Teams by the Numbers—Software Metrics and the Big Giant Database
Podcast

Bob speaks with Michael Mah about agile and metrics at the ADPEast 2010 conference.

Agile 2007 - David Chelimsky - Behavior Driven Development with RSpec
Podcast

This wonderful podcast features a conversation held between Bob Payne and David Celimsky, one of the people responsible for RSpec. Take a listen, and learn more about this framework for Ruby to implement the BDD process.

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