cross-post from bbv Blog

This is a list of actions that Scrum Masters at bbv Software Services AG have applied successfully in their teams to improve performance (= how much gets done in an amount of time). Please note that these actions were created to respond to specific problems found in real world projects. They may not be applicable in general in any situation.

I’d be happy to read your experiences and feedback in the comments section.

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This is the presentation I gave at the bbv Techday 2010 – a company internal conference day.

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Living and breathing Scrum means for a team being self organized. My experience in different Scrum projects tells me that this is not always an easy task to grasp. Experienced Agile teams are self organized when it comes to maintain the code base or gathering information for user stories from the product owner. But what happens when soft skills are involved?

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Recently, I was asked by a colleague why I like Scrum. I didn’t have a good answer at hand immediately, and since then the question bugged me. Therefore it’s time to give you my top ten now:

1. Team Spirit
2. Continuum Of Work Pressure
3. Don’t Assume, Show
4. Team Knowledge Over Experts
5. Control Is Good, Presentation Is Better
6. Continuous Improvement
7. True Incremental Development
8. No One-Man Shows
9. ROI Is The King
10. Fun

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