#5amMesterScrum Show 635 Live - 15 Minute Sprint Planning, it is possible and adds Value - Today's topic: (1) I have a team that are now exceeding my 30 minute goal for Sprint Planning Part A and now doing 15 minute planning sessions with stakeholders.  It is all about prep, but my job as an agile coach does not stop there.  The Great Thing is that the Customer and Stakeholders are available to see what Value the team will be work on the next Sprint. 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 #planning #stakeholder #productowner #PO #sprintplanning   5am Mester Scrum Show 635 went live on Youtube at 906am EST Wednesday 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 634 Live - Self-Correcting Teams are the Level Above Self-Organizing Teams - Today's topic: (1) We were riding on a new bike path and noticed the cement people put in handicap ramps on one part of the corner but not the other.  Brand new street curbs, but of 1,000's of new curbs and no one questioned the design.  A self correcting team would have questioned the design and changed it on the fly or at least after letting the Product Owner know the problem 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 #selfcorrecting #selforganizing #teams    5am Mester Scrum Show 634 went live on Youtube at 858am EST Tuesday 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 633 Live - Agile Military very Self-Organized, Free 5 Coaching spots for Veterans and Fortune Cookie Holiday - Today's topics: (1) Today's Military are great examples of how a self-organizing team should be and Veterans would be a great add to any team or company, (2) On this Memorial Day I'm offering 5 free Coaching spots for the normal 6 month program, and (3) Fortune Cookie Friday Memorial Day edition: Poverty is no disgrace. 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 #military #veterans #selforganizing #free #fortune #cookie   5am Mester Scrum Show 633 went live on Youtube at 1055am EST Monday 5/31/2021 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 632 Live - Business Agility and Creating Space to Allow it to Happen - Today's topic: (1) Karim Harbott has a new book coming out the 6 Enablers of Business Agility and we get to interview him, So in preparation I wanted to share my thoughts of Business agility: (a) having Space to React and (b) Ability to Make Fast Decisions. 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 #market #business #agility #decisions #utilization    5am Mester Scrum Show 632 went live on Youtube at 1138am EST Sunday 5/30/2021 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 631 Live - Getting to Market vs. Waiting for Perfection  - Today's topic: (1) Watching the Osprey yesterday reminded me about companies that wait to release product to the customer while their competition is taking their customers. 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 #market #competition     5am Mester Scrum Show 631 went live on Youtube at 752am EST Saturday 5/29/2021 from Philadelphia, PA and Duck, NC 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 630 Live - Scrum Masters at Daily Scrum Give Up the Share, Have each Team Member share their screen  - Today's topic: (1) Getting people to be participative at daily scrum is sometimes difficult, so why not give each person the sharing rights for the Daily Scrum virtual video? 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 #team #participation    5am Mester Scrum Show 630 went live on Youtube at 652am EST Thursday 5/27/2021 from Philadelphia, PA and Duck, NC 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 629 Live - Coaching Conflict a Rough Place to Be, but Necessary At Times  - Today's topic: (1) As a consultant I hear all the time just make the client happy or the customer is sensitive,  the problem as a coach is that something there is a mental struggle to work through, just like your health instructor pushing you with extra sit ups or extra mile. 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 #conflict #growth #value #consultant #contractor   5am Mester Scrum Show 629 went live on Youtube at 756am EST Tuesday 5/25/2021 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 628 Live - Product Owner Mastery - Today's topic: (1) Leveraging out the 5 Things a Scrum Master can do to make their Product Owner look Good, with two Things for the Product Owner to Master.  a) Micro Reviews and b) Being Happy with building smaller pieces of work or stories with 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 #productowner #PO #value #mastery #reviews #story #userstory   5am Mester Scrum Show 628 went live on Youtube at 754am EST Monday 5/24/2021 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 627 Live - Five (5) Things you can Do to not Let your Product Owner Look Bad - Today's topic: (1) Scrum Masters forget a lot that they also have to help coach their Product Owners look good and we talk a) Prioritization, b) Clean the Board early, c) Be honest on Stories not getting completed, d) Definition of Ready and e) Definition of 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 #productowner #PO #agreements #prioritizaion #ready #done #velocity #sprint   5am Mester Scrum Show 627 went live on Youtube at 735am EST Sunday 5/23/2021 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 626 Live - #Goals & #OKRs not Normal and Fortune Cookie Friday - Today's topics: (1) People keep suggesting that their Goals are to meet the commitment or service a customer, well business as usual is not a Goal and Definitely not an #OKR and (2) Fortune Cookie Friday: Never set the tiger free if you live in the mountain.  This one was interesting.  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 #goal #goals #okr #bau #fortune #cookie #automation #regression #test   5am Mester Scrum Show 626 went live on Youtube at 633am EST Friday 5/21/2021 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 #625 Live - Micro Reviews or Feedback Loops and Stable Teams producing Bigger and Better Fruit - Today's topics: (1) I was creating a Mural Template for a OKR workshop and showed the in work product to stakeholders and got great feedback that saved lots of time and (2) Allowing teams to stabilize for more than a year produces better fruit just like our strawberry plants.  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 #teams #hr #review #demo #feedbackloop #time   5am Mester Scrum Show #625 went live on Youtube at 753am EST Thursday 5/20/2021 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 #624 Live - Update Briefs vs. Working Software - Today's topics: (1) I was sitting in on an update brief thinking to myself what a waste.  I don't understand why people don't invite stakeholders to the Sprint Review and show software.  I have done it that way for 30 years, even if it was a snap shot of the product in the 1990's. 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 #updates #review #workingsoftware #presentations #manifesto #sprint   5am Mester Scrum Show #624 went live on Youtube at 629am EST Wednesday 5/19/2021 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 #623 Live -  3Cs of Daily Scrum and Why Daily Scrum? - Today's topics: (1) Why Daily Scrum?  Because emails and texts lose the need level for help, and (2) the 3C's of the Daily Scrum borrowed from Ron Jeffries' 3C's of a story from 2001.  The Card, Conversation and Confirmation. 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 #card #conversation #confirmation #3Cs   5am Mester Scrum Show #623 went live on Youtube at 611pm EST Tuesday 5/18/2021 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 #622 Live - Coaching Mistakes: Wanting Something that the Team might Not - Today's topic: (1) I make lots of mistakes and I hope to share them from time to time.  My latest mistake is wanting something that my coachee or teams might not.  When you find yourself in this spot, it might be time to take your foot off the gas pedal for a bit.  Time to do some self-realization? 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 #mistakes #goals #partnership #selfrealization   5am Mester Scrum Show #622 went live on Youtube at 825am EST Monday 5/17/2021 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 #621 Live - Bring Value to the Customer the Scrum Master Iceberg - Today's topic: (1) I'm always asked what does a Scrum Master do?  My 1st response is that more than just run scrum ceremonies.  What they should be doing is all the stuff that is not visible and they should be challenging helping the teams and organization grow.  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 #agilemindset #customer #change #value #job   5am Mester Scrum Show #621 went live on Youtube at 803am EST Sunday 5/16/2021 from Philadelphia, PA.   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 #620 Live - #Customer #Change and #Agile Mindset & Fortune Cookie Friday  - Today's topics: (1) 6am example of the Customer changing their mind midway to Sunrise and (2) Fortune Cookie Friday: Nothing in the world is accomplished without passion.  Shout Out #Podcast Thank you for your Passion in #Nebraska #Virginia #Texas #Spain #Ghana #Egypt #India 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 #agilemindset #customer #change #fortune #cookie    5am Mester Scrum Show #620 went live on Youtube at 704am EST Friday 5/14/2021 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 #619 Live - Logs and Notes, Good Tips to support your #Agile #Coaching Journey and #UAT Sprints good or bad  How about get it Done in an Hour? - Today's topics: (1) Just sharing a good practice of logging experience for future #agile coaching programs and (2) I was watching Agile for Humans yesterday and they spoke about how evil UAT testing is as a gate and I would agree, but I have different take.  Bringing UAT into a Sprint is a Great Shift Left journey for you and I share a Sprint Review idea to get UAT Done in an hour. 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 #agilemindset #team #tools #tips #UAT #customer   5am Mester Scrum Show #619 went live on Youtube at 638am EST Thursday 5/13/2021 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 #617 Live - #Agile #Coaching is Like Playing Chess and Visualizing 5 Moves Ahead - Today's topic: (1) Agile coaching is not necessarily solving the problem in front, but how can we use the problem in front of us to learn an agile #mindset.  What agile tools and concepts can be applied to come up with a more robust solution?. 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 #agilemindset #team #tools #mindset #chess #problemsolving   5am Mester Scrum Show #618 went live on Youtube at 606am EST Wednesday 5/12/2021 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 #617 Live - Free Team Agile Coaching Experiment for One Month - Today's topic: (1) I wanted to try an experiment as I see lots of self starting agile teams or small businesses trying agile and stumbling along.  I wanted to offer a free month of coaching for a team or organization with intro training to the agile mindset, ceremony coaching and individual coaching.  The only ask is that I can record the sessions for sharing.  The organization gets first view and permission on release of content.  For Pacific Rim, New Zealand or Australia 5pm EST to 9pm EST and for Europe 6am EST to 8am EST timeboxes.  FYI my Spanish is terrible. 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 #free #team #managers #mindset #training    5am Mester Scrum Show #617 went live on Youtube at 727am EST Tuesday 5/11/2021 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 #616 Live - Coach Managers or Bust - Today's topics: (1) Short show just saying how if you don't coach your team's managers in an agile mindset you are not really going to get far in a transformation. 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 #manager #leaders #managers #mindset #training    5am Mester Scrum Show #616 went live on Youtube at 653am EST Monday 5/10/2021 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 #615 Live - A Real Good Scrum and Fortune Cookie Friday - Today's topics: (1) Yesterday I got to experience a real good daily scrum and I thought it would be nice to share it and how they got there or why I think they got there and (2) Fortune Cookie Friday: Praise, like gold and diamonds, owes its value to its scarcity.  This was a tough one. 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 #standup #dsu #conflict #fortune #cookie   5am Mester Scrum Show #615 went live on Youtube at 747am EST Friday 5/7/2021 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 #614 Live - Working Product is King Way to Go SpaceX and #Agile #Scrum and IR35 the Perfect #HR Solution - Today's topics: (1) SpaceX did they finally landed the Starship and Jeff Bezos protest is cooked and (2) A connection of mine alerted me of IR35 rule in the UK about training contractors.  It turns out agile scrum and IR35 work perfectly together due to self organization. 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 #working #SpaceX #IR35 #taxes #contractor #employee #government #subcontracting   5am Mester Scrum Show #614 went live on Youtube at 641am EST Thursday 5/6/2021 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 #613 Live - FTE vs. Contractor Training and #HR Fail, Value Mapping Thoughts for Small and Medium Organizations - Today's topics: (1) Most all Companies make a distinction between providing training for Full Time Employees (FTE) and contractors and that is a terrible HR decision when building teams of mixed make ups and (2) When people talk 3 weeks prep for value stream mapping and 1 week of meeting, that even scares me.  But this can be done with less 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 #hr #teamwork #training #fte #contractor #valuestream #mapping #fail   5am Mester Scrum Show #613 went live on Youtube at 722am EST Wednesday 5/5/2021 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 #612 Live - Go Slow to Go Fast, Coaching Tip with Planting Thoughts and my latest pet Peeve "Sign on Missing" - Today's topics: (1) I messed up and started with my pet peeve (this is why we set up norms so we can get through the show) UI/UX Fail, (2) Slow Down to Go Faster from the Tim Ottinger talk, by get rid of the queue because of less bugs and (3) Using a simple coaching offer of: "what would you like me to watch for" which makes the coachee slow down and think. 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 #throughput #teamwork #business #velocity #tip #tricks #petpeeve #UI #UX #fail   5am Mester Scrum Show #612 went live on Youtube at 606am EST Tuesday 5/4/2021 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 #611 Live - SAFe Epic Elevator Pitch and Skills based Retrospective alternative - Today's topics: (1) SAFe shares many topics that are helpful to any team, a real good one is the idea of Epic Elevator pitches just like we say and (2) From Philly XP Tim Ottinger shared a Skills share retrospective idea that was really good. 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 #epic #team #teamwork #business #retrospective #skills #crosstraining #retro #elevatorpitch   5am Mester Scrum Show #611 went live on Youtube at 641am EST Monday 5/3/2021 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 #610 Live - Timeboxed Talk 4 Reasons to Use Them - Today's topic: (1) Timeboxes a great tool in a Scrum Master's Toolbox that does not get used enough.  We though 4 Why's to use Timeboxes in talking. As Enduring Agile commented on our show: ​Stop starting, start finishing 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 #timebox #team #teamwork #problemsolving #meetings    5am Mester Scrum Show #610 went live on Youtube at 755am EST Sunday 5/2/2021 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 #609 Live - Dangers of Scrum Masters Assuming they know what the Team Wants, Local Meetups and Fortune Cookie Friday - Today's topics: (1) I hear a lot of Scrum Masters coming up with solutions and I ask them who should you share with and many times the Scrum Team is the last answer but it should be the first.  There is a danger of the scrum master getting too close to the team and (2) Fortune Cookie Friday: One person with a belief is equal to a force of ninety-nine who have only interest. 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 #assuming #team #teamwork #risks #professional #podcast #meetups #learning #certification   5am Mester Scrum Show #609 went live on Youtube at 741am EST Friday 4/30/2021 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 #608 Live - Assuming People Talk, Wrong - Today's topics: (1) Scrum offers safe spaces to talk as a team, don't assume everyone get the change to talk and share elsewhere. 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 #safeplaces #communications #team #teamwork   5am Mester Scrum Show #608 went live on Youtube at 637am EST Thursday 4/29/2021 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 #607 Live - Falsehood of Assigning Work creating anti-Teaming solutions  - Today's topics: (1) The other day while we were cleaning up the sprint backlog we noticed a task that was not "assigned".  It was done but no one saw it nor said anything because it was not assign to them.  Assigning work can create Scrum anti-patterns and actual cause things to take more time to finish and it may not be the most robust solution. 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 #work #techleads #complex #problems #solutions #team #teamwork #robust   5am Mester Scrum Show #607 went live on Youtube at 637am EST Wednesday 4/28/2021 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 #606 Live - Little League Tech Leads acting just like my kids coaches at battling practice - Today's topics: (1) So I'm watching my kid's softball and baseball coaches, going up each and every swing of the bat and repositioning the kid for the next swing. In my mind I see my Tech Leads tell my teams how to do stuff and even writing the tasks for them. Setting up for terrible muscle memory.  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 #tech #techleads #training #teaching   5am Mester Scrum Show #606 went live on Youtube at 637am EST Tuesday 4/27/2021 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 #605 Live - #Motivation a positive Look via Space Station and #MVP exercise while Building Model Rockets - Today's topics: (1) Everyone needs Motivation and I was thinking Gary Vee's version is a little too depressing, so what about if you were on the ISS Space Station.  Would you sleep in?  Maybe one day just to do it, and (2) on the the Space theme let do a #MVP (Minimal Viable Product) exercise with Model Rockets.  It is actual a great little exercise for Scaling also. 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 #motivation #rockets #product #customer #exercise #MVP #viable #scaling #SAFe   5am Mester Scrum Show #605 went live on Youtube at 745am EST Sunday 4/25/2021 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 #604 Live - Netflix putting out Working Product so the Customer can Decide and our Number 1 Fan came to visit - Today's topics: (1) I was watching a Netflix series the other day and it just screamed working product to me.  I loved the way they provide multiple opportunities for actresses and actors to get work and opportunities.  They provide customer experiments with the short run videos in a very agile way. 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 #movies #netflix product #customer #opportunity #experiments   5am Mester Scrum Show #604 went live on Youtube at 1017am EST Saturday 4/24/2021 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 #603 Live - Pirates and Contractors Protecting your Company, Rockets and Again Working Software is King, and Fortune Cookie Friday  - Today's topics: (1) Again #SpaceX proves once Working Software is King and Reusable, (2) Watching a Pirate documentary and they talked how shipping companies would hire contractors to protect their assets, but the contractors would typically give up the ship to Pirates and (3) Fortune Cookie Friday: Redecorating will be in your plans.  This is funny because I'm getting ready for teaching SAFe virtual classes and I need to move things around. 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 #contractors #working #documentation #product #hr #fortune #cookie   5am Mester Scrum Show #603 went live on Youtube at 648am EST Friday 4/23/2021 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 #602 Live - Are You Really Transforming if you have not updated your working agreements in a long time? - Today's topic: (1) Are you transforming and stopped and only have one arm extended?  A manager asked me the other day how often do we update the working agreement.  That evolved into if you don't update the documents at least once a quarter are you really improving? 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 #process #dod #documentation #team #done #transformation #ready #agreements   5am Mester Scrum Show #602 went live on Youtube at 724am EST Thursday 4/22/2021 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 #601 Live - Sparkle Joy with a No Scrum Today Challenge - Today's topics: (1)  I hear it a lot, Why do we Hold Daily Scrum?  We talk all the time?  Ok, so then once a Sprint let us spend 15 minutes on something fun like a game, trivia, picture, last fun thing done, etc..  Why not take on that challenge. No formal Daily Scrum once a Sprint. 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 #working #communication #team #dailyscrum #DSU #joy   5am Mester Scrum Show #601 went live on Youtube at 816am EST Wednesday 4/21/2021 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 #600 Live - Working Software is King and SpaceX proves it with every launch and a new $3B Dollar contract, Fortune Cookie 600 and 5 New Coachees Welcome - Today's topics: (1)  Working Software is King and proven once again by SpaceX getting paid, (2) Fortune Cookie Celebrating 600 shows: People are drawn to you and look to you for advice and (3) on that note, I'm opening up for 5 new Coachees, same deal as before 6 months 30 minute Once a week on a regular cadence. 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 #space #working #paid #fortune #cookie #learning #openings    5am Mester Scrum Show #600 went live on Youtube at 646am EST Tuesday 4/20/2021 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 #599 Live - Ingenuity Agility on Mars Flies without Constant Oversight - Today's topics: (1)  Ingenuity Agility on Mars Flies without Constant Oversight, so people can self organized and work without someone telling them what to do and (2) Welcome our #Nebraska listener to our #podcast show.  I wanted to say Thank You. 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 #space #Ingenuity #team #podcast #nebraska #selforganize #independent #mars   5am Mester Scrum Show #599 went live on Youtube at 805am EST Monday 4/19/2021 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 #598 Live - The #Agile #Sports Huddle and Welcome new #Podcast listener in #Egypt - Today's topics: (1) Watching #Softball and #Baseball with the kids an the team was huddling at the pitcher's mound holding their own version of an Agile Huddle.  They are planning how to accomplish the goal of getting the next player out and go back on offense.  That is what Daily Scrums or #Standup should be and (2) Welcome our #Egypt listener to our #podcast show.  I wanted to say Thank You. 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 #sports #huddle #team #podcast #egypt #plan #goal #baseball #softball #dailyscrum #DSU   5am Mester Scrum Show #598 went live on Youtube at 1044am EST Sunday 4/18/2021 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 #597 Live - Dreaded Micro Team of 1, Watch Out!  - Today's topics: (1) Organizations create these little micro teams within a team or even worst an actual Team of 1.  Watch out because that is so short term thinking and bad for companies. 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 #team #micro #microteam #dynamics #shortterm #longterm #quality   5am Mester Scrum Show #597 went live on Youtube at 723am EST Saturday 4/17/2021 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 #596 Live -Top 5 + 1 Things a Scrum Master Should Do and Fortune Cookie Friday  - Today's topics: (1) Scrum Master needs to do these 6 Things  and (2) Fortune Cookie Friday: Ones always regrets what could have done. Remember for next time.  That worked well with item number 6. 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 #fortune #team #cookie #dynamics #story #work #flow   5am Mester Scrum Show #596 went live on Youtube at 804pm EST Friday 4/16/2021 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 #595 Live - #HR Outlook 3 Time Zone Rule and  Open vs. To Do - Today's topics: (1) When build remote agile teams my wish is that HR and managers would limit the number of time zones to 3 as that is the limit in Outlook and (2) Setting up work flow to start with a state or status of "Open" and not "To Do" as open means to me open for discussion and does not mean we will work it.  Where To Do means we will actually do something with it, in my mind. 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 #hr #team #timezone #remote #story #work #states   5am Mester Scrum Show #595 went live on Youtube at 91am EST Thursday 4/15/2021 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 #594 Live - Practice Sharing vs "Best" and using Silent sub-Tasking when making Toast - Today's topics: (1) Offering the words "Practice Sharing" vs. a pet peeve "Gold Standard" or "Best" or "Common" practice and (2) Follow-up to show 593 our Making Toast discussion and using Silent Writing to discover a good set of sub-tasks for your stories. Hopefully minimizing the habit of agreeing with everyone else's ideas. 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 #ted #toast #stories #exercises #best #bestpractice #subtask #goldstandard #sharing   5am Mester Scrum Show #594 went live on Youtube at 847am EST Wednesday 4/14/2021 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 #593 Live - Toast and sub-Tasks, What is the Sweet Spot for sub-tasks and How to visualize it and our New Meetup - Today's topics: (1) I was watching the TED Talk on How to Make Toast by Tom Wujec and I thought it played out well with getting teams to sub-task stories and (2) Our New Meet-up virtual group experiment with lean coffee, lightning talks, coaching circles and lots of interaction. Plus I got my 2nd shot, so I guess you all can check on me. 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 #ted #toast #stories #exercises #visualization #meetup #lean #networking   5am Mester Scrum Show #593 went live on Youtube at 649am EST Monday 4/13/2021 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 #592 Live - #Enterprise #Transform Step 5 of a 5 part series and Step 5 is actually Enterprise Transformation and Not Scaling which is different - Today's topics: (1) I'm sharing my thoughts and how I transform an organization as a single #agile coach.  Which is not true scaling but an enterprise transformation. 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 #transformation #scaling   5am Mester Scrum Show #592 went live on Youtube at 721am EST Sunday 4/11/2021 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 #591 Live Late Night Edition - #Enterprise #Transform Step 4 of a 5 part series and Step 4 is Mechanics and Metrics, plus Fortune Cookie Friday and I ask the questions why does agile revolve around drinking? - Today's topics: (1) I ask the question why drinking and agile, (2) getting Mechanics before Metrics, plus which metrics and (3) Fortune Cookie Friday: The road to success is always under construction.  That is so true in the agile thought, especially scrum. 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 #transformation #metrics #mechanics #fortune #cookie   5am Mester Scrum Show #591 went live on Youtube at 1132pm EST Friday 4/9/2021 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 #590 Live - #Enterprise #Transform Step 3 of a 5 part series and Step 3 is Coaching The Team and Thank You #Agile #Coaching #Auckland #NZ for the t-shirt - Today's topics: (1) Coaching Leads is my 1st concentration and for something New I would like to recommend the ICAgile ACC (disclaimer I teach this) for Tech Leads and I explain why, and (2) For the Team and the developers I would like to recommend Scrum Alliance CSD course (I don't teach, but know people).  That course radically changed how my teams worked together. 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 #transformation #training #growth #team #leader    5am Mester Scrum Show #590 went live on Youtube at 751am EST Thursday 4/8/2021 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 #589 Live - Enterprise Transform Step 2 of a 5 part series and Step 2 is Picking Teams #HR Training and Conversations - Today's topics: (1) Step 2 is about training the teams and picking the make up of teams. Think "Pairs" or "Pairing" when assembling a team, and (2) Communication Tools for conversations and not emails. Agile is all about Conversations in real 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 #enterprise #transformation #training #growth #team #conversations #HR #communications   5am Mester Scrum Show #589 went live on Youtube at 828am EST Wednesday 4/7/2021 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 #588 Live - Enterprise Transform Step 1 of a 5 part series and Step 1 is Introduce and Train the Managers - Today's topic: (1) I have had lots of enterprise transformation questions lately, so I will a 5 part session with key stuff.  This is about training the managers and getting them on board early. 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 #transformation #training #growth #leadership   5am Mester Scrum Show #588 went live on Youtube at 716am EST Tuesday 4/6/2021 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)