As a Scrum Master, your role often feels like you're navigating a battlefield. Balancing the needs of the team, stakeholders, and the broader organizational goals can be a complex task. Surprisingly, many of the strategies outlined in Sun Tzu's ancient text, "The Art of War," can provide practical guidance for effectively leading agile teams. Here’s... Continue Reading →
Can AI Step into the Shoes of Scrum Masters and Project Managers? – An Experiment [Part 1]
In a world where the capabilities of artificial intelligence (AI) are expanding at an unprecedented pace, the intriguing question of whether AI can take on the roles of Scrum Masters or Project Managers naturally arises. To explore this possibility, I embarked on a fascinating experiment using a generative AI tool, ChatGPT 4, and data from... Continue Reading →
How I Hacked a Master’s Degree Project with Scrum: The Art of Managing a Diverse Team and Crushing Deadlines
As a Master's student in Health Informatics and Data Science, juggling a summer semester chock-full of demanding courses felt like trying to ride a unicycle on a tightrope. But the course that captivated me most? Management Healthcare Communication Systems, particularly its group project focused on "Enhancing Remote Monitoring for High-Risk Pregnancies." This isn't a tale... Continue Reading →
The Daily Scrum [Scrum Series]
The Sprint is like a chess game. The development team is using different pieces to achieve the Sprint Goal which is "Checkmate". It is easy to get carried away and want to take out all your opponent's pieces and not consider how each move may or may not get you closer to that checkmate. When... Continue Reading →