#5amMesterScrum Show 685 Live - Doing Scrum Fun Wrong, It is Not Supposed to Happen Only in Retros.  I propose a New Scrum Event called "Fun Time" - Today's topic: (1) Having fun is supposed to happen throughout a Sprint and not just at the Retrospective.  I think Scrum Masters don't do Scrum justice by only having improvement related fun.  They should encourage a smaller commitment and more team pure fun time. Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum.  Please send me your topics.   You are are doing Great Please Keep on Sharing. 5am Mester Scrum #5amMesterScrum #scrum #agile #business #scrummaster #agilecoach #coaching #philadelphia #philly #fun #team #commitment #event     5am Mester Scrum Show 685 went live on Youtube Monday 8/9/2021 from Philadelphia, PA  Happy Scrumming, Social Media: - search 5amMesterScrum or #5amMesterScrum  and you should find us and if not please let us know LinkedIn, Youtube, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok     Podcasts: (search 5amMesterScrum) 

#5amMesterScrum Show 684 Live - OKRs Done Wrong by All, Don't Map every issue to a OKR! - Today's topic: (1) So I was listening to leaders that transform their organizations and they all have something in common.  Have Big Goals!  OKRs are supposed to be that but big business and consultants are using OKR wrong!.  They are not supposed to map to everything you are doing as a company. Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum.  Please send me your topics.   You are are doing Great Please Keep on Sharing. 5am Mester Scrum #5amMesterScrum #scrum #agile #business #scrummaster #agilecoach #coaching #philadelphia #philly #OKR #Objectives #goals #customer #value #transform #backlog   5am Mester Scrum Show 684 went live on Youtube Sunday 8/8/2021 from Philadelphia, PA  Happy Scrumming, Social Media: - search 5amMesterScrum or #5amMesterScrum  and you should find us and if not please let us know LinkedIn, Youtube, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok     Podcasts: (search 5amMesterScrum)    Spotify, Pandora, Google Podcasts, PodBean, iTunes, Stitcher, iCatcher, Airr, PlayerFM, Breaker, Apple, Amazon, Alexa, iHeartRadio, Listen Notes, Firefox, Overcast, radio de, PodcastAddict, Bullhorn, iVoox

5amMesterScrum Show 683 Live - User Experience (UX) vs Customer Experience (CX) - Today's topic: (1) I think we took the customer meaning out and transferred it into user experience and thereby, lower the bar of satisfaction for the customer.  Elevate it to "As the Customer, I want ..So that.." Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum.  Please send me your topics.   You are are doing Great Please Keep on Sharing. 5am Mester Scrum #5amMesterScrum #scrum #agile #business #scrummaster #agilecoach #coaching #philadelphia #philly #ux #cx #user #customer #userstory #experience   5am Mester Scrum Show 683 went live on Youtube Saturday 8/7/2021 from Philadelphia, PA  Happy Scrumming, Social Media: - search 5amMesterScrum or #5amMesterScrum  and you should find us and if not please let us know LinkedIn, Youtube, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok     Podcasts: (search 5amMesterScrum) 

5amMesterScrum Show 682 Live - Commitment and Handoffs Missed, Philadelphia Cheese Fries and Fortune Cookie Friday - Today's topics: (1) Eddie and I wanted to share some Philadelphia Cheese Fries with Cheese Whiz, (2) Talking missing Commitments and causing issues for otehrs like our hotel stay after the fire and (3) Fortune Cookie Friday: Walk the words you talk and talk the words you walk. A perfect cookie when talking commitments. Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum.  Please send me your topics.   You are are doing Great Please Keep on Sharing. 5am Mester Scrum #5amMesterScrum #scrum #agile #business #scrummaster #agilecoach #coaching #philadelphia #philly #commitments #teams #cheesefries #promises #fortunecookie #CX   5am Mester Scrum Show 682 went live on Youtube Friday 8/6/2021 from Philadelphia, PA  Happy Scrumming, Social Media: - search 5amMesterScrum or #5amMesterScrum  and you should find us and if not please let us know LinkedIn, Youtube, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok     Podcasts: (search 5amMesterScrum) 

#5amMesterScrum Show 681 Live - Arguing w/ Customer No Win, Story of a Terrible Hotel Stay - Today's topic: (1) My recent stay at a hotel for just under 3 weeks made me really think about "Customer" experience vs. "User" Experience. Plus a lack of agreement that the systems in place don't always work. Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum.  Please send me your topics.   You are are doing Great Please Keep on Sharing. 5am Mester Scrum #5amMesterScrum #scrum #agile #business #scrummaster #agilecoach #coaching #philadelphia #philly #managers #customer #experience #mistake #user #UX #CX   5am Mester Scrum Show 681 went live on Youtube Thursday 8/5/2021 from Philadelphia, PA  Happy Scrumming, Social Media: - search 5amMesterScrum or #5amMesterScrum  and you should find us and if not please let us know LinkedIn, Youtube, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok     Podcasts: (search 5amMesterScrum) 

#5amMesterScrum Show 680 Live - Common Mistake Not Coaching Managers, Coaching Up! - Today's topic: (1) A common mistake made by agile coaches, scrum masters and even myself is not coaching managers as they need to understand this new thing called Agile and if they don't have time for you then they need coaching even more.  Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum.  Please send me your topics.   You are are doing Great Please Keep on Sharing. 5am Mester Scrum #5amMesterScrum #scrum #agile #business #scrummaster #agilecoach #coaching #philadelphia #philly #managers #executives #commonmistake #mistake #transformation    5am Mester Scrum Show 680 went live on Youtube Tuesday 8/3/2021 from Philadelphia, PA  Happy Scrumming, Social Media: - search 5amMesterScrum or #5amMesterScrum  and you should find us and if not please let us know LinkedIn, Youtube, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok     Podcasts: (search 5amMesterScrum) 

#5amMesterScrum Show 679 Live - Tinker with CI/CD, I think it is the wrong area to get Value to the Customer  - Today's topic: (1) Organizations spend so much effort on CI/CD or DevOps but is that really the right place to bring value to the customer? Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum.  Please send me your topics.   You are are doing Great Please Keep on Sharing. 5am Mester Scrum #5amMesterScrum #scrum #agile #business #scrummaster #agilecoach #coaching #philadelphia #philly #value #customer #valueadded #devops #deployment #cicd #backlog   5am Mester Scrum Show 679 went live on Youtube Monday 8/2/2021 from Philadelphia, PA  Happy Scrumming, Social Media: - search 5amMesterScrum or #5amMesterScrum  and you should find us and if not please let us know LinkedIn, Youtube, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok     Podcasts: (search 5amMesterScrum) 

#5amMesterScrum Show 678 Live - Customer Forefront, Customer Feedback Loops in the Products and Services we Provide  - Today's topic: (1) So staying in the hotel due to the house fire, has brought to the forefront the lack of customer feedback loops in our products.  We talk feedback in our team design but lack it in our products.  We need to fix that. Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum.  Please send me your topics.   You are are doing Great Please Keep on Sharing. 5am Mester Scrum #5amMesterScrum #scrum #agile #business #scrummaster #agilecoach #coaching #philadelphia #philly #value #customer #valueadded #managers #feedback   5am Mester Scrum Show 678 went live on Youtube Sunday 8/1/2021 from Philadelphia, PA  Happy Scrumming, Social Media: - search 5amMesterScrum or #5amMesterScrum  and you should find us and if not please let us know LinkedIn, Youtube, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok     Podcasts: (search 5amMesterScrum)    Spotify, Pandora, Google Podcasts, PodBean, iTunes, Stitcher, iCatcher, Airr, PlayerFM, Breaker, Apple, Amazon, Alexa, iHeartRadio, Listen Notes, Firefox, Overcast, radio de, PodcastAddict, Bullhorn, iVoox

#5amMesterScrum Show 677 Live - When is the Scrum Master Not Needed, I hear that all the time - Today's topics: (1) So I hear all the time from managers, when is the scrum master or even agile coach no longer needed, well I see two things scrum master needed to do: 1) Transform themselves into more of a coach and 2) be more transparent about the value they contribute. Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum.  Please send me your topics.   You are are doing Great Please Keep on Sharing. 5am Mester Scrum #5amMesterScrum #scrum #agile #business #scrummaster #agilecoach #coaching #philadelphia #philly #value #role #valueadded #managers #selforganizing   5am Mester Scrum Show 677 went live on Youtube Saturday 7/31/2021 from Philadelphia, PA  Happy Scrumming, Social Media: - search 5amMesterScrum or #5amMesterScrum  and you should find us and if not please let us know LinkedIn, Youtube, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok     Podcasts: (search 5amMesterScrum)

#5amMesterScrum Show 676 Live - Agile Accountants Strike Again, Agile in Academia  and Fortune Cookie Friday - Today's topics: (1) Agile Accountants strike twice: One (agile coach) saying you have to reorganize everything because everyone shall be co-located and the other saying put everything in Jira (Oh No!), (2) Applying agile and scrum to Academia the right way and (3) Fortune Cookie Friday: Its not the size of the dog in the fight, its the size of the fight in the dog.  This should be the motto for scrum masters and agile coaches against the agile accountants. Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum.  Please send me your topics.   You are are doing Great Please Keep on Sharing. 5am Mester Scrum #5amMesterScrum #scrum #agile #business #scrummaster #agilecoach #coaching #philadelphia #philly #acedemia #nontech #lean   5am Mester Scrum Show 677 went live on Youtube Friday 7/30/2021 from Philadelphia, PA  Happy Scrumming, Social Media: - search 5amMesterScrum or #5amMesterScrum  and you should find us and if not please let us know LinkedIn, Youtube, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok     Podcasts: (search 5amMesterScrum)

#5amMesterScrum Show 675 Live - Scrum Master (SM) Solutions Bad Idea  - Today's topic: (1) Scrum Masters should not create solutions for the team and here are at least 3 reasons why.. Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum.  Please send me your topics.   You are are doing Great Please Keep on Sharing. 5am Mester Scrum #5amMesterScrum #scrum #agile #business #scrummaster #agilecoach #coaching #philadelphia #philly #solution #ownership #selforganization   5am Mester Scrum Show 675 went live on Youtube Wednesday 7/28/2021 from Philadelphia, PA  Happy Scrumming, Social Media: - search 5amMesterScrum or #5amMesterScrum  and you should find us and if not please let us know LinkedIn, Youtube, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok     Podcasts: (search 5amMesterScrum)

#5amMesterScrum Show 674 Live - Post House Fire MVP, It is not the Solution that is MVP but the Need, That's a common mistake by organizations - Today's topic: (1) Walk through Four (4) MVP Needs from our post house fire event.  Then the systems process of developing options, investigating and implementing solutions, plus learning from each solution option. Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum.  Please send me your topics.   You are are doing Great Please Keep on Sharing. 5am Mester Scrum #5amMesterScrum #scrum #agile #business #scrummaster #agilecoach #coaching #philadelphia #philly #MVP #systemsthinking #solution #value #need #customer   5am Mester Scrum Show 674 went live on Youtube Tuesday 7/27/2021 from Philadelphia, PA  Happy Scrumming, Social Media: - search 5amMesterScrum or #5amMesterScrum  and you should find us and if not please let us know LinkedIn, Youtube, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok     Podcasts: (search 5amMesterScrum)

#5amMesterScrum Show 673 Live - Value On Time Delivery vs. More Stuff - Today's topic: (1) The financial and budgetary impacts of over committing and the battle in valuing On-Time Delivery verse More Stuff (over Committing). Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum.  Please send me your topics.   You are are doing Great Please Keep on Sharing. 5am Mester Scrum #5amMesterScrum #scrum #agile #business #scrummaster #agilecoach #coaching #philadelphia #philly #backlog #sprint #performance #commitment #value #sustainable #pace   5am Mester Scrum Show 673 went live on Youtube Monday 7/26/2021 from Philadelphia, PA  Happy Scrumming, Social Media: - search 5amMesterScrum or #5amMesterScrum  and you should find us and if not please let us know LinkedIn, Youtube, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok     Podcasts: (search 5amMesterScrum)

#5amMesterScrum Show 672 Live - Giant Done Issue Piles, Millions of old Done Issues Cluttering and slowing your systems down - Today's topic: (1) I have been to quite a few Big Companies that house Millions of PBIs in their agile systems.  Those companies don't understand how their system were designed and built.  They are not archiving systems nor should they be.  Making available stuff done a year ago is a complete waste of money.  It violates Agile Manifesto Value: Working software over comprehensive documentation.  Those old issues are comprehensive documentation. Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum.  Please send me your topics.   You are are doing Great Please Keep on Sharing. 5am Mester Scrum #5amMesterScrum #scrum #agile #business #scrummaster #agilecoach #coaching #philadelphia #philly #documentation #archiving #performance #future #value #manifesto   5am Mester Scrum Show 672 went live on Youtube Sunday 7/25/2021 from Philadelphia, PA  Happy Scrumming, Social Media: - search 5amMesterScrum or #5amMesterScrum  and you should find us and if not please let us know LinkedIn, Youtube, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok     Podcasts: (search 5amMesterScrum)

#5amMesterScrum Show 671 Live - Using Scrum on your Agile Marketing Team and Fortune Cookie Friday - Today's topics: (1) Using Scrum to get Good Marketing Content in a Time Box.  Here is a secret most agile coaches don't know what marketing is and companies confuse marketing and sales and (2) Fortune Cookie Friday : Be patient, pleasant and open and you will see more truths.  Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum.  Please send me your topics.   You are are doing Great Please Keep on Sharing. 5am Mester Scrum #5amMesterScrum #scrum #agile #business #scrummaster #agilecoach #coaching #philadelphia #philly #marketing #agilemarketing #fortunecookie #cookie   5am Mester Scrum Show 671 went live on Youtube Friday 7/23/2021 from Philadelphia, PA  Happy Scrumming, Social Media: - search 5amMesterScrum or #5amMesterScrum  and you should find us and if not please let us know LinkedIn, Youtube, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok     Podcasts: (search 5amMesterScrum)

#5amMesterScrum Show 670 Live - Basement Backlog Cleanup Getting Rid Old Stuff to make Space for New Fun Stuff - Today's topic: (1) My wife and I cleaned out our basement of 20 years of projects. Stuff we said were going to use, but never did.  That same has to be applied to our work backlogs, if you have stuff over a year old, archive it and get it off your backlog.  It drags down the velocity of teams and there is no room for fun stuff.  Make room for new fun stuff for your team to work on.  Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum.  Please send me your topics.   You are are doing Great Please Keep on Sharing. 5am Mester Scrum #5amMesterScrum #scrum #agile #business #scrummaster #agilecoach #coaching #philadelphia #philly #productowner #product #backlog #team    5am Mester Scrum Show 670 went live on Youtube Thursday 7/22/2021 from Philadelphia, PA  Happy Scrumming, Social Media: - search 5amMesterScrum or #5amMesterScrum  and you should find us and if not please let us know LinkedIn, Youtube, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok     Podcasts: (search 5amMesterScrum)

#5amMesterScrum Show 669 Live - Automatic Processing Gone Bad and more t-shirts - Today's topics: (1) A new white t-shirt came yesterday XL fits nicely and (2) A Story of Automatic Processing Gone Bad a tale of how Product Owners and Developers need to use their own product to ensure what they are offering works as envisioned.  Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum.  Please send me your topics.   You are are doing Great Please Keep on Sharing. 5am Mester Scrum #5amMesterScrum #scrum #agile #business #scrummaster #agilecoach #coaching #philadelphia #philly #productowner #product #developer #customer #team #accountable #tshirt #merch #automation #automatic #test   5am Mester Scrum Show 669 went live on Youtube  Tuesday 7/20/2021 from Philadelphia, PA  Happy Scrumming, Social Media: - search 5amMesterScrum or #5amMesterScrum  and you should find us and if not please let us know LinkedIn, Youtube, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok     Podcasts: (search 5amMesterScrum)

#5amMesterScrum Show 668 Live - Scrum Developer Role and New t-shirts  - Today's topics: (1) We have t-shirts and Ed and I are trying some samples before we post them and (2) Scrum Guide talking Roles and today is the Developer Role   I love the new sentence in 2020 of: Developers holding each other accountable as Professionals Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum.  Please send me your topics.   You are are doing Great Please Keep on Sharing. 5am Mester Scrum #5amMesterScrum #scrum #agile #business #scrummaster #agilecoach #coaching #philadelphia #philly #roles #scrumguide #developer #professional #team #accountable #tshirt #merch    5am Mester Scrum Show 668 went live on Youtube  Monday 7/19/2021 from Philadelphia, PA  Happy Scrumming, Social Media: - search 5amMesterScrum or #5amMesterScrum  and you should find us and if not please let us know LinkedIn, Youtube, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok     Podcasts: (search 5amMesterScrum)

#5amMesterScrum Show 667 Live - Adaptation Final Scrum Pillar and Fire in My House which just even more makes our Mission that much more important - Today's topics: (1) We we had a fire on the 3rd floor of my house and it made me realize the serious side of our mission statement to get you home to family and friends and (2) Adaptation Pillar: A scrum team is expected to adapt the moment it learns anything new through inspection.  Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum.  Please send me your topics.   You are are doing Great Please Keep on Sharing. 5am Mester Scrum #5amMesterScrum #scrum #agile #business #scrummaster #agilecoach #coaching #philadelphia #philly #pillar #scrumguide #adaptation #fear #team #retrospective #mission #fire #friends #family   5am Mester Scrum Show 667 went live on Youtube  Saturday 7/17/2021 from Philadelphia, PA  Happy Scrumming, Social Media: - search 5amMesterScrum or #5amMesterScrum  and you should find us and if not please let us know LinkedIn, Youtube, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok     Podcasts: (search 5amMesterScrum)

#5amMesterScrum Show 666 Live - Evil #Inspection #Scrum Pillar - Today's topic: (1) Inspection enables adaptation. Inspection without adaptation is considered pointless. Talking the 3 pillars of Scrum: Transparency, Inspection and Adaption.  Maybe there is a reason why people don't see value in the Retrospection, because all they do is Inspections. Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum.  Please send me your topics.   You are are doing Great Please Keep on Sharing. 5am Mester Scrum #5amMesterScrum #scrum #agile #business #scrummaster #agilecoach #coaching #philadelphia #philly #pillar #scrumguide #inspection #fear #team #retrospective   5am Mester Scrum Show 666 went live on Youtube  Thursday 7/15/2021 from Philadelphia, PA  Happy Scrumming, Social Media: - search 5amMesterScrum or #5amMesterScrum  and you should find us and if not please let us know LinkedIn, Youtube, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok     Podcasts: (search 5amMesterScrum)

#5amMesterScrum Show 665 Live - Naked Transparency Pillar, People Fear Transparency - Today's topic: (1) Transparency enables inspection. Inspection without transparency is misleading and wasteful. Talking the 3 pillars of Scrum: Transparency, Inspection and Adaption.  Sharing visuals in this virtual world. Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum.  Please send me your topics.   You are are doing Great Please Keep on Sharing. 5am Mester Scrum #5amMesterScrum #scrum #agile #business #scrummaster #agilecoach #coaching #philadelphia #philly #pillar #scrumguide #transparency #fear #team    5am Mester Scrum Show 665 went live on Youtube  Wednesday 7/14/2021 from Philadelphia, PA  Happy Scrumming, Social Media: - search 5amMesterScrum or #5amMesterScrum  and you should find us and if not please let us know LinkedIn, Youtube, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok     Podcasts: (search 5amMesterScrum) 

#5amMesterScrum Show 664 Live - Scrum Value of Respect and how it helps with Conflict - Today's topic: (1) The Scrum Value of Respect takes many forms but I personally it is about #diversity in thought.  Diversity in dev and test perspectives, diversity in front end and back end and diversity in culture and what people bring to the team from outside the job. Respecting diverse thought allow conflict to be come something that will 10x your product. Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum.  Please send me your topics.   You are are doing Great Please Keep on Sharing. 5am Mester Scrum #5amMesterScrum #scrum #agile #business #scrummaster #agilecoach #coaching #philadelphia #philly #value #values #scrumguide #conflict #problem #team #respect #diversity #thought   5am Mester Scrum Show 664 went live on Youtube  Tuesday 7/13/2021 from Philadelphia, PA  Happy Scrumming, Social Media: - search 5amMesterScrum or #5amMesterScrum  and you should find us and if not please let us know LinkedIn, Youtube, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok     Podcasts: (search 5amMesterScrum) 

#5amMesterScrum Show 663 Live - Scrum Value of Courage and how it helps with Conflict - Today's topic: (1) The Scrum Value of Courage - The courage to ask why or questions for understanding.  Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum.  Please send me your topics.   You are are doing Great Please Keep on Sharing. 5am Mester Scrum #5amMesterScrum #scrum #agile #business #scrummaster #agilecoach #coaching #philadelphia #philly #value #values #scrumguide #conflict #problem #team #courage   5am Mester Scrum Show 663 went live on Youtube  Tuesday 7/12/2021 from Philadelphia, PA  Happy Scrumming, Social Media: - search 5amMesterScrum or #5amMesterScrum  and you should find us and if not please let us know LinkedIn, Youtube, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok     Podcasts: (search 5amMesterScrum) 

#5amMesterScrum Show 662 Live - Scrum Value of Openness and how it helps with Conflict - Today's topic: (1) The Scrum Value of Openness to be honest will create conflict but then also help accelerate past the conflict and accelerate.  Openness is key to working as a team and getting help.  Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum.  Please send me your topics.   You are are doing Great Please Keep on Sharing. 5am Mester Scrum #5amMesterScrum #scrum #agile #business #scrummaster #agilecoach #coaching #philadelphia #philly #value #values #scrumguide #conflict #problem #team #openness   5am Mester Scrum Show 662 went live on Youtube  Saturday 7/10/2021 from Philadelphia, PA  Happy Scrumming, Social Media: - search 5amMesterScrum or #5amMesterScrum  and you should find us and if not please let us know LinkedIn, Youtube, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok     Podcasts: (search 5amMesterScrum) 

#5amMesterScrum Show 661 Live - Scrum Value of Focus and how it helps with Conflict and Fortune Cookie Friday - Today's topics: (1) Using the scrum value of Focus to help with complex problem solving and minimizing conflict of time and priorities and (2) Fortune Cookie Friday : Love is a present that can be given every day you live. Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum.  Please send me your topics.   You are are doing Great Please Keep on Sharing. 5am Mester Scrum #5amMesterScrum #scrum #agile #business #scrummaster #agilecoach #coaching #philadelphia #philly #value #values #scrumguide #conflict #problem #fortunecookie #focus   5am Mester Scrum Show 661 went live on Youtube  Friday 7/9/2021 from Philadelphia, PA  Happy Scrumming, Social Media: - search 5amMesterScrum or #5amMesterScrum  and you should find us and if not please let us know LinkedIn, Youtube, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok     Podcasts: (search 5amMesterScrum) 

#5amMesterScrum Show 660 Live - Boyz Night Arcade Fun at Dave and Buster's Showing off our winnings - Today's topic: (1) Boyz night out while the girlz are at Girl Scout camp, so Ed and I had some fun in support of our Mission.  The dogs especially Jerry wanted to get at Ed's winnings. Lots of Bloopers on this live show Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum.  Please send me your topics.   You are are doing Great Please Keep on Sharing. 5am Mester Scrum #5amMesterScrum #scrum #agile #business #scrummaster #agilecoach #coaching #philadelphia #philly #daveandbusters #fun    5am Mester Scrum Show 660 went live on Youtube  Thursday 7/8/2021 from Philadelphia, PA  Happy Scrumming, Social Media: - search 5amMesterScrum or #5amMesterScrum  and you should find us and if not please let us know LinkedIn, Youtube, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok     Podcasts: (search 5amMesterScrum) 

#5amMesterScrum Show 659 Live - Scrum #Value of #Commitment and how it helps with #Conflict - Today's topic: (1) This week we are talking Scrum Values ( Commitment, Focus, Openness, Respect and Courage) and how they help with Conflict. Today is all about Commitment and its impact on conflicts. Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum.  Please send me your topics.   You are are doing Great Please Keep on Sharing. 5am Mester Scrum #5amMesterScrum #scrum #agile #business #scrummaster #agilecoach #coaching #philadelphia #philly #psychological #safety #conflict #values #commitment #team   5am Mester Scrum Show 659 went live on Youtube  Wednesday 7/7/2021 from Philadelphia, PA  Happy Scrumming, Social Media: - search 5amMesterScrum or #5amMesterScrum  and you should find us and if not please let us know LinkedIn, Youtube, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok     Podcasts: (search 5amMesterScrum) 

#5amMesterScrum Show 658 Live - Performance and Conflict - Today's topic: (1) High Performing Teams are ready to accept that Conflict will happen but these teams find a way to utilize conflict as an enhancement. The scrum values help in this matter. Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum.  Please send me your topics.   You are are doing Great Please Keep on Sharing. 5am Mester Scrum #5amMesterScrum #scrum #agile #business #scrummaster #agilecoach #coaching #philadelphia #philly #psychological #safety #conflict #values #performing #team   5am Mester Scrum Show 658 went live on Youtube  Tuesday 7/6/2021 from Philadelphia, PA  Happy Scrumming, Social Media: - search 5amMesterScrum or #5amMesterScrum  and you should find us and if not please let us know LinkedIn, Youtube, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok     Podcasts: (search 5amMesterScrum) 

#5amMesterScrum Show 657 Live - Five Signs of a Fear Driven Organization Resulting in Low Performance - Today's topic: (1) Psychological safety and I wanted to share 5 signs of a fear based organization or really the Muda that it produces. Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum.  Please send me your topics.   You are are doing Great Please Keep on Sharing. 5am Mester Scrum #5amMesterScrum #scrum #agile #business #scrummaster #agilecoach #coaching #philadelphia #philly #psychological #safety #muda #fear #productivity    5am Mester Scrum Show 657 went live on Youtube  Monday 7/5/2021 from Philadelphia, PA  Happy Scrumming, Social Media: - search 5amMesterScrum or #5amMesterScrum  and you should find us and if not please let us know LinkedIn, Youtube, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok     Podcasts: (search 5amMesterScrum)   

#5amMesterScrum Show 656 Live - Old Bugs explained by Manager and Haircut and Why as explained by 8 year old - Today's topics: (1) On a dashboard a year old bug appeared in a sprint as something to work in a Sprint and I'm like why? And why the response was not of an agile or value mindset  and (2) I needed a haircut and forgot to tell my son why I wanted it in the morning, just like when PO's forget to say why the story is important. Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum.  Please send me your topics.   You are are doing Great Please Keep on Sharing. 5am Mester Scrum #5amMesterScrum #scrum #agile #business #scrummaster #agilecoach #coaching #philadelphia #philly #backlog #value #userstory #why #productowner #reason   5am Mester Scrum Show 656 went live on Youtube  Sunday 7/4/2021 from Philadelphia, PA  Happy Scrumming, Social Media: - search 5amMesterScrum or #5amMesterScrum  and you should find us and if not please let us know LinkedIn, Youtube, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok     Podcasts: (search 5amMesterScrum)

#5amMesterScrum Show 655 Live - Managers encouraging Time Off after a Big Push and Fortune Cookie Saturday - Today's topics: (1) In just about every organization I have worked with pre-Agile Mindset in the company, managers push the team to work extra hard to meet a deadline or new release and then many of those managers encourage people to take vacation.  I have to say this is not sustainable and managers may think they are doing favors for the people but they are really not and in fact hurting the company and (2) Fortune Cookie Saturday: Make two grins grow where there was only a grouch before. Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum.  Please send me your topics.   You are are doing Great Please Keep on Sharing. 5am Mester Scrum #5amMesterScrum #scrum #agile #business #scrummaster #agilecoach #coaching #philadelphia #philly #sustainable #release #vacation #HR #velocity #agilemindset   5am Mester Scrum Show 655 went live on Youtube  Saturday 7/3/2021 from Philadelphia, PA  Happy Scrumming, Social Media: - search 5amMesterScrum or #5amMesterScrum  and you should find us and if not please let us know LinkedIn, Youtube, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok     Podcasts: (search 5amMesterScrum)

#5amMesterScrum Show 654 Live - Courage in Scrum Events +1 (plus one being Backlog Refinement - Today's topic: (1) The Scrum Values are Commitment, Focus, Openness, Respect, and Courage and in this episode we talk about COURAGE inside each Scrum Event plus Refinement and how the team roles need courage. Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum.  Please send me your topics.   You are are doing Great Please Keep on Sharing. 5am Mester Scrum #5amMesterScrum #scrum #agile #business #scrummaster #agilecoach #coaching #philadelphia #philly #value #event #courage #review #customer #dailyscrum #dsu #retrospective #refinement #dor   5am Mester Scrum Show 654 went live on Youtube  Wednesday 6/30/2021 from Philadelphia, PA  Happy Scrumming, Social Media: - search 5amMesterScrum or #5amMesterScrum  and you should find us and if not please let us know LinkedIn, Youtube, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok     Podcasts: (search 5amMesterScrum)

#5amMesterScrum Show 653 Live - Customer Access No. 1, Status is not Value! - Today's topic: (1) The other day I was with a group and the manager was describing a system they built to capture feedback and provide visibility in Feature status.  In the back of my mind is they needed more courage to allow the customer access to the existing systems they have and not waste money.  Status is not Value! Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum.  Please send me your topics.   You are are doing Great Please Keep on Sharing. 5am Mester Scrum #5amMesterScrum #scrum #agile #business #scrummaster #agilecoach #coaching #philadelphia #philly #reports #courage #customer #status #value   5am Mester Scrum Show 653 went live on Youtube  Monday 6/28/2021 from Philadelphia, PA  Happy Scrumming, Social Media: - search 5amMesterScrum or #5amMesterScrum  and you should find us and if not please let us know LinkedIn, Youtube, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok     Podcasts: (search 5amMesterScrum)

#5amMesterScrum Show 652 Live - Switching #Jobs, Last Day for Old Job and Monday New #Job - Today's topic: (1) I'm switching jobs and I wanted to share what it is like and some of the Agile Attitude that I use to help with my transition Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum.  Please send me your topics.   You are are doing Great Please Keep on Sharing. 5am Mester Scrum #5amMesterScrum #scrum #agile #business #scrummaster #agilecoach #coaching #philadelphia #philly #job #change #HR #transition #attitude    5am Mester Scrum Show 652 went live on Youtube  Friday 6/25/2021 from Philadelphia, PA  Happy Scrumming, Social Media: - search 5amMesterScrum or #5amMesterScrum  and you should find us and if not please let us know LinkedIn, Youtube, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok     Podcasts: (search 5amMesterScrum)

#5amMesterScrum Show 651 Live - Sprint Review is UAT Change your Paradigm - Today's topic: (1) User acceptance testing UAT should be either your Sprint Review or during the Sprint.  I was coaching a PO the other day and the PO took on this challenge to make the goal of using the Sprint Review and get the UAT feedback in the Sprint and not a month later.  I challenge anyone to tell me why it can't be.  Hey if you are making software that takes more than two hours for the customer to use then you are doing something wrong! Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum.  Please send me your topics.   You are are doing Great Please Keep on Sharing. 5am Mester Scrum #5amMesterScrum #scrum #agile #business #scrummaster #agilecoach #coaching #philadelphia #philly #sprint #review #UAT #acceptance #testing #customer   5am Mester Scrum Show 651 went live on Youtube  Wednesday 6/23/2021 from Philadelphia, PA  Happy Scrumming, Social Media: - search 5amMesterScrum or #5amMesterScrum  and you should find us and if not please let us know LinkedIn, Youtube, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok     Podcasts: (search 5amMesterScrum)

#5amMesterScrum Show 650 Live - Four (4) Sprint Magic, 5 Things needed to Get There - Today's topic: (1) There are lots of people out there complaining about the Scrum Ceremonies, story points etc.. but in reality it should only take 4 Sprints to get it solid.  But there are 5 Things needed to allow it to happen. Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum.  Please send me your topics.   You are are doing Great Please Keep on Sharing. 5am Mester Scrum #5amMesterScrum #scrum #agile #business #scrummaster #agilecoach #coaching #philadelphia #philly #sprint #ceremonies #trust #change   5am Mester Scrum Show 650 went live on Youtube  Tuesday 6/22/2021 from Philadelphia, PA  Happy Scrumming, Social Media: - search 5amMesterScrum or #5amMesterScrum  and you should find us and if not please let us know LinkedIn, Youtube, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok     Podcasts: (search 5amMesterScrum)

#5amMesterScrum Show 649 Live - Scrum is Design to move people from Thinking to Doing - Today's topic: (1) Changing from a waterfall way of Thinking a lot and Doing Little to using Timeboxes and Scrum Ceremonies to get people into "Doing" Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum.  Please send me your topics.   You are are doing Great Please Keep on Sharing. 5am Mester Scrum #5amMesterScrum #scrum #agile #business #scrummaster #agilecoach #coaching #philadelphia #philly #waterfall #doing #thinking #done   5am Mester Scrum Show 649 went live on Youtube  Monday 6/21/2021 from Philadelphia, PA  Happy Scrumming, Social Media: - search 5amMesterScrum or #5amMesterScrum  and you should find us and if not please let us know LinkedIn, Youtube, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok     Podcasts: (search 5amMesterScrum)

#5amMesterScrum Show 648 Live - People and Interactions but I think many companies are forgetting the people - Today's topic: (1) With all the talk of returning to the office, I think there are many companies rushing in without building a plan to gradually get people ready.  They forgot the people part of the agile manifesto. Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum.  Please send me your topics.   You are are doing Great Please Keep on Sharing. 5am Mester Scrum #5amMesterScrum #scrum #agile #business #scrummaster #agilecoach #coaching #philadelphia #philly #people #values #management #returntowork #office    5am Mester Scrum Show 648 went live on Youtube  Sunday 6/20/2021 from Philadelphia, PA  Happy Scrumming, Social Media: - search 5amMesterScrum or #5amMesterScrum  and you should find us and if not please let us know LinkedIn, Youtube, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok     Podcasts: (search 5amMesterScrum)

#5amMesterScrum Show 647 Live - When I See It I will Know It and  Fortune Cookie Saturday - Today's topics: (1) How many times do we hear "I will know when I see it" and people question the value behind a Sprint Review?  The other day I saw a box load of telegraph glass insulators real cheap and then I came up with an entire interactive display idea for our museum.  But if I did not see the box I don't think I would have thought of it and (2) Fortune Cookie Saturday: One minute of time worth more than one oz. of gold. Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum.  Please send me your topics.   You are are doing Great Please Keep on Sharing. 5am Mester Scrum #5amMesterScrum #scrum #agile #business #scrummaster #agilecoach #coaching #philadelphia #philly #review #customer #feedback #fortunecookie #cookie #demo   5am Mester Scrum Show 647 went live on Youtube  Saturday 6/19/2021 from Philadelphia, PA  Happy Scrumming, Social Media: - search 5amMesterScrum or #5amMesterScrum  and you should find us and if not please let us know LinkedIn, Youtube, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok     Podcasts: (search 5amMesterScrum)

#5amMesterScrum Show 646 Live - New 5amMesterScrum Merch and OKRs & Management question What do I do with a self organizing Team? - Today's topic: (1) OKRs is a great tool for any Agile coach or Scrum Master when they get the question What do I do from managers.  Managers can share objectives based on the senior meeting they attend and where the company is going in the next few quarters. Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum.  Please send me your topics.   You are are doing Great Please Keep on Sharing. 5am Mester Scrum #5amMesterScrum #scrum #agile #business #scrummaster #agilecoach #coaching #philadelphia #philly #OKR #okrs #manager #management #selforganize #objectives   5am Mester Scrum Show 646 went live on Youtube  Wednesday 6/16/2021 from Philadelphia, PA  Happy Scrumming, Social Media: - search 5amMesterScrum or #5amMesterScrum  and you should find us and if not please let us know LinkedIn, Youtube, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok     Podcasts: (search 5amMesterScrum)

#5amMesterScrum Show 645 Live - Working Together to Solve Problems Countering the Dreaded Dev and Test Sprints - Today's topic: (1) Companies that focus on utilization vs. "Good" product love the dev and test sprint make up, however, when people work together they are so much more productive and happy plus bug fixing is so much cheaper to get done. Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum.  Please send me your topics.   You are are doing Great Please Keep on Sharing. 5am Mester Scrum #5amMesterScrum #scrum #agile #business #scrummaster #agilecoach #coaching #philadelphia #philly #dev #test #sprint #utilization #done   5am Mester Scrum Show 645 went live on Youtube  Tuesday 6/15/2021 from Philadelphia, PA  Happy Scrumming, Social Media: - search 5amMesterScrum or #5amMesterScrum  and you should find us and if not please let us know LinkedIn, Youtube, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok     Podcasts: (search 5amMesterScrum)

#5amMesterScrum Show 644 Live - Goals Keys to Enjoyment - Today's topic: (1) Goals are keys to enjoying what we do from a personal, team and corporate perspective.  Goals based on metrics are not Goals and they do not create passion and enjoyment.  Sprint Goals help create product to review with the customer, increase velocity is not a goal.  OKRs help build goals for the future, like automating old testing routines or codes, so we can problem solve new fun things or challenges. Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum.  Please send me your topics.   You are are doing Great Please Keep on Sharing. 5am Mester Scrum #5amMesterScrum #scrum #agile #business #scrummaster #agilecoach #coaching #philadelphia #philly #goals #sprintgoal #OKR #metrics    5am Mester Scrum Show 644 went live on Youtube  Monday 6/14/2021 from Philadelphia, PA  Happy Scrumming, Social Media: - search 5amMesterScrum or #5amMesterScrum  and you should find us and if not please let us know LinkedIn, Youtube, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok     Podcasts: (search 5amMesterScrum)

#5amMesterScrum Show 643 Live - Agile Specifications and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)  - Today's topic: (1) How to Rethink creating documentation and not in a waterfall way?  How old documentation signature process and assembly of release documentation has to change. Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum.  Please send me your topics.   You are are doing Great Please Keep on Sharing. 5am Mester Scrum #5amMesterScrum #scrum #agile #business #scrummaster #agilecoach #coaching #philadelphia #philly #documentation #release #specifications #specs #SOP #docs    5am Mester Scrum Show 643 went live on Youtube  Saturday 6/12/2021 from Philadelphia, PA  Happy Scrumming, Social Media: - search 5amMesterScrum or #5amMesterScrum  and you should find us and if not please let us know LinkedIn, Youtube, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok     Podcasts: (search 5amMesterScrum)

#5amMesterScrum Show 642 Live - Asking people Why they Missed Daily Scrum How and Why, New Training on Jira and Azure in the works, Fortune Cookie Friday - Today's topics: (1) Updates: I'm going to develop a Jira and Azure Master Class Training and I finished the interview with Karim Harbott on his new book, so watch in two weeks for that, (2) Asking people Why they Missed Daily Scrum for a day or a few days, How to ask and why you should, and (3) Fortune Cookie Friday Nothing Happens unless first a dream. I think the agile accountant mistyped? Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum.  Please send me your topics.   You are are doing Great Please Keep on Sharing. 5am Mester Scrum #5amMesterScrum #scrum #agile #business #scrummaster #agilecoach #coaching #philadelphia #philly #dailyscrum #dsu #training #jira #azure #interview #fortunecookie    5am Mester Scrum Show 642 went live on Youtube at 822am EST Friday 6/1/2021 from Philadelphia, PA  Happy Scrumming, Social Media: - search 5amMesterScrum or #5amMesterScrum  and you should find us and if not please let us know LinkedIn, Youtube, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok     Podcasts: (search 5amMesterScrum)

#5amMesterScrum Show 641 Live - Deeper and Darker Hole, A Story about Working - Today's topic: (1) Someone shared a poem, but I could not find it so I wrote a story about walking down the street and falling into a deep dark hole. Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum.  Please send me your topics.   You are are doing Great Please Keep on Sharing. 5am Mester Scrum #5amMesterScrum #scrum #agile #business #scrummaster #agilecoach #coaching #philadelphia #philly #retro #retrospective #change    5am Mester Scrum Show 641 went live on Youtube at 648am EST Wednesday 6/9/2021 from Philadelphia, PA  Happy Scrumming, Social Media: - search 5amMesterScrum or #5amMesterScrum  and you should find us and if not please let us know LinkedIn, Youtube, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok     Podcasts: (search 5amMesterScrum)

#5amMesterScrum Show 640 Live - Two Ideas Getting People Involved in Retrospectives - Today's topic: (1) A Scrum master I'm coach came up with a Great idea (a) to have different people on the team supply an ice breaker for the retro.  This gets everyone involve besides the Scrum Master.  (b) Then at one of my sessions some one suggested theme music during idea generation, so I thought of idea (a) and combined it some now I have 2 different people contributing to the retro environment. Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum.  Please send me your topics.   You are are doing Great Please Keep on Sharing. 5am Mester Scrum #5amMesterScrum #scrum #agile #business #scrummaster #agilecoach #coaching #philadelphia #philly #retro #retrospective #team #interaction #participation   5am Mester Scrum Show 640 went live on Youtube at 836am EST Monday 6/7/2021 from Philadelphia, PA  Happy Scrumming, Social Media: - search 5amMesterScrum or #5amMesterScrum  and you should find us and if not please let us know LinkedIn, Youtube, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok     Podcasts: (search 5amMesterScrum)

#5amMesterScrum Show 639 Live - Its Not About Your Team, Enterprise Coaching Mistake  - Today's topic: (1) So I'm coaching on a trend I was seeing across multiple teams and right away a scrum master said that was about their team and tried explaining.  In my head came the song from Carly Simon "You're so Vain, you probably think this son is about you", but it was not that team.  My mistake was not preping the scrum master enough for group discussion. There is a big difference in enterprise vs. team coaching many don't get. Watch out for the safety and trust hazards  Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum.  Please send me your topics.   You are are doing Great Please Keep on Sharing. 5am Mester Scrum #5amMesterScrum #scrum #agile #business #scrummaster #agilecoach #coaching #philadelphia #philly #enterprise #mistake #team #safety #trust   5am Mester Scrum Show 639 went live on Youtube at 719am EST Sunday 6/6/2021 from Philadelphia, PA  Happy Scrumming, Social Media: - search 5amMesterScrum or #5amMesterScrum  and you should find us and if not please let us know LinkedIn, Youtube, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok     Podcasts: (search 5amMesterScrum)

#5amMesterScrum Show 638 Live - As Scrum Master Resist Moving Cards on the Boards for Teams  - Today's topic: (1) If someone on your team says: I did not know I could move something or didn't know if they could move items across the board, then it is time for one-on-one screen share calls so you can see what they see.  Don't support Bad Habits. Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum.  Please send me your topics.   You are are doing Great Please Keep on Sharing. 5am Mester Scrum #5amMesterScrum #scrum #agile #business #scrummaster #agilecoach #coaching #philadelphia #philly #dailyscrum #dsu #selforganizing #train #empower    5am Mester Scrum Show 638 went live on Youtube at 1225pm EST Saturday 6/5/2021 from Philadelphia, PA  Happy Scrumming, Social Media: - search 5amMesterScrum or #5amMesterScrum  and you should find us and if not please let us know LinkedIn, Youtube, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok     Podcasts: (search 5amMesterScrum)