Initiating a project team to Scrum

As a Scrum Master how do you initiate a project team to Scrum ?

One of the best ways to introduce a team to Scrum practices and events is to coach the team on Daily Standup and start with this event or ceremony where the entire team gets together and share answers to the three questions.

 

You are in the middle of a sprint and the customer wants to bring in new changes. As a Scrum Master what would he do ?

The Scrum Master should always welcome change even late in development cycle. And he should work with the Product Owner, the business and the development team to make the changes possible.

There are two types of changes to look out for – small story changes and large changes. For small changes – one or two stories can be added into the running sprint by taking out equal sized story(ies) out and for large changes the Scrum Master and the Product Owner could look at the option of cancelling the current sprint followed by replanning.

As a Scrum Master which problem solving tools and techniques did you teach to your team ? 

5 Whys, Cause and Effect diagram helps the team become better problem-solvers for themselves.  

What is the difference between traditional project planning and agile project planning ?

Suggested  In traditional project planning it is the project manager’s job to come up with a project plan and dictate it to the team. The project manager had tools that let him measure how well the team followed her plan and strict processes to enforce to make changes to it whereas in agile projects the development team discusses among themselves and come up with a plan that they commit to.

How do you help your team in picking up good user stories ?

I help the team to pick up user stories that

are written in – Who, What, Why format

have adequate details 

have acceptance criteria 

are estimated 

are sprint sized ie. the stories can be completed within a sprint

have minimal dependencies and

are aligned with INVEST properties