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What makes the difference between a GOOD Scrum Master and a GREAT Scrum?Master?

Scrum.org

Understanding the role became a little bit easier after the 2017 update of the Scrum Guide, when the Scrum master’s services to the Product Owner, the Development team and the whole organization were described more explicitly. The Scrum Master helps everyone change these interactions to maximize the value created by the Scrum Team.”.

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In-Depth: The Evidence-Based Business Case For Agile

Scrum.org

Hoda & Noble (2017) identified learning processes as essential for teams to become Agile. SCRUM and productivity in software projects: a systematic literature review. In 14th International Conference on Evaluation and Assessment in Software Engineering (EASE) (pp. Journal of systems and software , 81 (6), 961–971.

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Development Team Anti-Patterns

Scrum.org

Source : Scrum Guide 2017. . Check out the complete Scrum Guide 2017 list on the Development Team by downloading the Scrum Guide Reordered.). Finally, the term Development Team seems to limit the role to technical people, for example, software engineers.

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What Makes A Good Product Owner?

Scrum.org

Kristinsdottir, Larusdottir & Cajander (2017) followed and interviewed Product Owners at Spotify. All Hands to the Pumps: The Product Owner Role in Small Companies Lero Technical Report: 2017. In Proceedings of the 40th International Conference on Software Engineering: Companion Proceedings (pp. Beecham, S., Razzak, M.

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Are Scrum Masters Sufficiently Focused On Valuable Outcomes?

Scrum.org

Noll and his colleagues (2017) reviewed other studies on the Scrum roles and also concluded that Scrum Masters spend most of their time on process facilitation and hosting Scrum events. 2017, November). In International Conference on Product-Focused Software Process Improvement (pp. Empirical Software Engineering , 26 (1), 1–31.

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Project Management Trends: 2018 Topics to Watch

LiquidPlanner

It feels to me like 2017 passed by in a flash. Industries like construction, software engineering, and consultancy probably see this as less of an issue. I don’t have an answer, but I know there are software tools (like LiquidPlanner) that alleviate the challenge and make it transparent.

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Asana Alternatives

Binfire

The list of Asana alternatives in this article is not exhaustive but a good sample of what is available on the market in 2017. It is popular with software engineering teams due to its integration with code repository and versioning apps like GitHub. We will update this document periodically as more players enter the market.