#5amMesterScrum Show #535 Live - Blame SuperGame Refs for Team Issues and Too Much Talk vs. Being In the Game - Today's topics: (1) Blaming Refs for Team Issues, we hear that constantly in the Agile world but are we doing enough to minimize the impacts of Refs? Do I blame Jerry for eating the football? and (2) Too Much talk about delivering perfect content vs. getting content out therein the Game.  Talking about exercise is not exercising. 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 #impacts #rootcause #sports #value #customer   5am Mester Scrum Show #535 went live on Youtube at 925am EST Monday 2/8/2021 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 #534 Live -  Splitting Long Sprints and SuperGame fun comparing Sports to Agile frameworks - Today's topics: (1) Team Sprint 6, 4 or even 2 weeks long, how might we introduce shorter timebox? and (2) SuperGame weekend so let's have fun and compare Sports (American Footbal, Rugby, Futbol (soccer)) to Agile Frameworks (Scrum, Kanban, XP). 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 #timebox #sports #frameworks #kanban #XP #change   5am Mester Scrum Show #534 went live on Youtube at 737am EST Sunday 2/7/2021 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 #533 Live -  Reusability Like SpaceX and Testing with Stakeholders - Today's topics: (1) Reusability allows you to progress much like SpaceX Falcon 9, no one else has the capability and they are crushing it and (2) Testing please let others play with your software before releasing. 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 #testing #Reusability   5am Mester Scrum Show #533 went live on Youtube at 854pm EST Saturday 2/6/2021 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 #532 Live -  Product Owner (PO) and Scrum Master (SM) should become Pals and Fortune Cookie Friday - Today's topics: (1) Product Owner and Scrum Master should be pals (good working relationship) and PO's should take advantage of the SM facilitating skills and (2) Fortune Cookie Friday: Be down-to-earth, good performance will be followed by promotion. 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 #focus #customer #faciliation #fortune #cookie   5am Mester Scrum Show #532 went live on Youtube at 634am EST Friday 2/5/2021 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 #531 Live -  Demo vs. Review and UX wasting time on Design and Not enough on Research - Today's topics: (1) People react to the "Demo" but I would challenge those and ask is your PO or stakeholder operating the product?  If not then it is a Demo and (2) Listening to a week broadcast of Jared Pool UX and Agile, he says US is spending too much time on Design vs. Building the right solution for the right problem - Total Agreement!  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 #demo #customer #UX #user #reseach #design   5am Mester Scrum Show #531 went live on Youtube at 731am EST Thursday 2/4/2021 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 #530 Live -  Self Appointment and Myth "Agile was created to improve estimates" - Today's topics: (1) Watching a leadership video and they recommended making an appointment with oneself and I say make two 15min before Daily Scrum and 30min once a week on goals and (2) I heard a very influential person say that "Agile was created to make better estimates"  and I almost fell out of my chair.  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 #leadership #time #goals #myths #estimate   5am Mester Scrum Show #530 went live late on Youtube at 730am EST Wednesday 2/3/2021 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 #529 Live -   Scrum Interview say what you did to contribute - Today's topic: (1) Telling the story of how you helped a team do better, whether it was a Daily Scrum or Refinement session, please share what you personally contributed and tell a story. 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 #interview #job #team #hr   5am Mester Scrum Show #529 went live late on Youtube at 830am EST Tuesday 2/2/2021 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 #528 Live -  Sprint Review, Automation Tools and Retro on last night attempt to read 64,027 issue titles in Jira - Today's topics: (1) Does your Sprint Review represent Agile Manifesto Value 2 of Working SW over Documentation, (2) Automation Tools and talking about my little TikTok on the snow tools and (3) Retrospective on my experimental attempt at reading 64,027 issues in a Jira.  Learned lot of good stuff. 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 #experiment #ideas #learning #sprint #review #automation #jira #retrospective #retro   5am Mester Scrum Show #528 went live late on Youtube at 1154 am EST Monday 2/1/2021 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 #527 Live -  No Sports today so we are Going to experiment - Today's topics: 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 #experiment #ideas #learning   5am Mester Scrum Show #527 went live on Youtube at 1156 am EST Sunday 1/31/2021 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 #526 Live - Turning Idea Parking Lot into Idea Playgrounds and Meeting Fatigue addressing it in your Facilitation - Today's topics: (1) Creating locations for teams to play with ideas and concepts and (2) Meeting Fatigue is something new to the smaller meeting format because of the 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 #meeting #ideas #space #facilitation #planning #time   5am Mester Scrum Show #526 went live on Youtube at 723am EST Saturday 1/30/2021 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 #525 Live - Alignment is not just Cadence and Fortune Cookie Friday - Today's topics: (1) So many people think Alignment happens when all the Sprints line, but is just a small part and (2) Fortune Cookie Friday: Treasure What you Have.   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 #alignment #objectives #cadence #goals #fortunecookie #cookie   5am Mester Scrum Show #525 went live on Youtube at 823am EST Friday1/29/2021 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 #524 Live - Personal Health Debt and Technical Debt and their Long Term Impacts - Today's topics: (1) A few people including myself have mentioned health issue and some have said they work longer hours now, this is all creating Health form of Tech Debt and (2) Technical Debt will impact the financial health of a company and product, not to mention the Philadelphia public streets in my little 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 #work #health #remote #techdebt #debt #personal #exercise   5am Mester Scrum Show #524 went live on Youtube at 945am EST Thursday 1/28/2021 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 #523 Live - Pitiful Work Flow and Timesheets in SAFe Mastery - Today's topics: (1) Amateur or Lazy using the same Work Flows for Stories and Tasks in Jira, Azure, Rally, etc.. and (2) From my SPC class to achieve Mastery in Agile and SAFe they say get rid of timesheets, so why the heck do "trained" SAFe people ask for time on Tasks?   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 #workflow #timesheets #time #mastery #SAFe #certifications #flow   5am Mester Scrum Show #523 went live on Youtube at 634am EST Wednesday 1/27/2021 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 #522 Live - No LinkedIn Profile and No Certs - Today's topics: (1) In preparing for interviews I noticed lots of managers have practically no LinkedIn Profile and (2) Having no certification is not being prepared and counter to the idea of improving ones' self.   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 #interview #hr #hiring #linkedin #certifications   5am Mester Scrum Show #522 went live on Youtube at 643am EST Tuesday 1/26/2021 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 #521 Live - Job Interview, Shirt and Tie? in the virtual world and Community of Practice CoP is yours a Professional meeting? - Today's topics: (1) Dressing for the Virtual Job Interview, why not dress as if you were going to the job location for the interview and why dress up?  It is like a date or future long term relationship, would you dress in a sweat shirt?  Some might.  and (2) Community of Practice and is your a process group or a Professional group?  There is a big difference.   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 #interview #hr #hiring #community #profession   5am Mester Scrum Show #521 went live on Youtube at 1021am EST Monday 1/25/2021 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 #520 Live - Business Not At PI Planning, Let's do the Investment Math - Today's topic: (1) Just finished my SPC class this week, and it always puzzles me as to why Business Leaders or Managers might partially attend a PI Planning Session.  So I wanted to go through the expense of a single ART of 4 Teams, 10 people per team over a PI of 5 two week Sprints.  By the way the same applies to LeSS also. Good Stewardship?   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 #PI #planning #management #leaders #investment #teams #safe #scale   5am Mester Scrum Show #520 went live on Youtube at 123 pm EST Sunday 1/24/2021 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 #519 Live - Not Applicable Yet (NAY) and the story of Definition of Done (DoD) - Today's topic: (1) The story of a team's Definition of Done changes over time and therefore many items in a DoD are a NAY (Not Applicable Yet) as some day they should become a part of the DoD.   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 #DoD #done #quality #velocity #stories #points   5am Mester Scrum Show #519 went live on Youtube at 733 am EST Saturday 1/23/2021 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 #518 Live - Buffer is Not Muda and Fortune Cookie Friday  - Today's topics: (1) Buffer can be a good thing that prevent Muri, Mura and Muda (if you worry about buffer there is a trust issue by the way),  and (2) Fortune Cookie Friday: Although you are lucky in money, be careful in investment decision.   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 #buffer #planning #sprint #backlog #commitment #fortune #cookie   5am Mester Scrum Show #518 went live on Youtube at 808 am EST Friday 1/22/2021 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 #517 Live - Tech Session Drudgery and Spying on PI Planning Events - Today's topics: (1) Is your team complaining about all the meeting? Well is the joint tech session for 7 different people but all held captive and (2) PI Planning Spies and how I would spy on PI Planning sessions for my organization and others.  Walk around and watch Managers and Business Leaders.   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 #PI #planning #meeting #tech #interaction #team   5am Mester Scrum Show #517 went live on Youtube at 553 am EST Thursday 1/21/2021 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 #516 Live -  Resting on a Good Thing - Congrats to New Zealand on a Rocket Launch today and Space X is later today. Today's topic (1) Resting on a Good Things is that the Agile Mindset?  I think Not the Agile Mindset is getting ready to deploy the next radical shift in the Marketplace..   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 #change #value #future #customer   5am Mester Scrum Show #516 went live on Youtube at 640 am EST Wednesday 1/20/2021 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 #515 Live - Team Builds the Retro and Job Speak We vs. I  - Today's topics:  (1) Last week I attended the Lean-Agile Manchester Meetup with Chris Stone presenting designing retros for team self creation and (2) Job Interview responses of too much "We" or the "Team did this" and not enough I contributed this to the team.  People are interviewing you and not the company you worked for.   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 #retrospective #team #selforganize #job #interview #HR   5am Mester Scrum Show #515 went live on Youtube at 823 am EST Tuesday 1/19/2021 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 #514 Live - Looking Outside as an Excuse to not looking Inside, and Partnership the art of picking up the slack of the other - Today's topics:  (1) So many teams blame outside people for issue when there is so much that can be done inside and (2) Partnership the art of picking up the slack in communications with your partners,   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 #dependencies #reflection  #partner #team #people #communication   5am Mester Scrum Show #514 went live on Youtube at 817 am EST Monday 1/18/2021 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 #513 Live - Hyperconnected Watch Out and Take Breaks - Today's topics:  (1) I notice many scrum team or "agile" teams are so driven, but that not is why Scrum was created.  Watch out for the hyperconnected atmosphere of this virtual work 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 #hyperconnect #facilitating #virtual #team #people   5am Mester Scrum Show #513 went live on Youtube at 1044 am EST Sunday 1/17/2021 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 #512 Live - Why do we ask "When is the Next Meeting? and Estimation - Why vs. how - Today's topics:  (1) Why do teams ask when the next meeting is?  In scrum we have a cadence so that question is not needed.  My question is are you getting your stuff done? and  (2) Estimation is not a question of how, but of 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 #meeting #facilitating #agenda #audience #estimation   5am Mester Scrum Show #512 went live on Youtube at 751 am EST Saturday 1/16/2021 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 #511 Live - Engagement is a 2 way Street, Buffers for meetings (a must) and Fortune Cookie Friday  - Today's topics:  (1) Do you think just because you set up a meeting everyone should be engaged?  Well did you create an engaging atmosphere?, (2) Buffers for your meeting just because the calendar meeting says start at 830am should you really start?  What is more valuable the time on a clock or having everyone ready and engaged? Please msg me if you say clock and (3) Fortune Cookie Friday: Be down-to-earth, good performance will be followed by promotion.    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 #engagement #facilitating #meeting #audience #fortunecookie #cookie #communication    5am Mester Scrum Show #511 went live on Youtube at 958 am EST Friday 1/15/2021 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 #510 Live - Proto Scrum Teams need to Run Security Testing to Become Mature Scrum and preserve Business Continuity - Today's topic:  (1) Borrowing from Kanban and created the term proto Scrum Teams (lots of undone work) and their relation to security Testing.  Security experts' jobs are not to run tests but to (a) seek out and block new threats and (b) pass the automated security tests to the scrum team to run earlier in the environments.   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 #security #continuity #testing #business #automation #proto #done #undone #release   5am Mester Scrum Show #510 went live at late on Youtube at 1050 pm EST Thursday 1/14/2021 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 #509 Live - Zoom Lunch with Business Executive and they ask Agile is What? or What are you Working on? - Today's topic:  (1) Relooking at the elevator speech.  Updated including ideas from the Elon Musk post plus my own thoughts on partnerships, priorities and saving time, which executives love.   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 #elevatorspeech #executive #priority #business #time #partnership #lunch   5am Mester Scrum Show #509 went live at lunchtime on Youtube at 1253 pm EST Wednesday 1/13/2021 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 #508 Live - Business Continuity, Infrastructure Forgotten because they went to the Cloud and Terms of Agreement - Today's topics:  (1) Learning more about people using the Cloud as an excuse not to hire infrastructure people or let them go (bad move for business continuity and not Agile) and (2) Terms of agreement also puts business continuity at risk if you don't follow your own terms.  It is not a one way agreement.   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 #continuity #infrastructure #cloud #business #agreement #terms #aws   5am Mester Scrum Show #508 went live on Youtube at 849 am EST Tuesday 1/12/2021 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 #507 Live - Kanban, Scrum, PMP the Right way and Business Continuity - Today's topics:  (1) Lots of PMP's and Scrum Masters out there not following or using the tools the right way, lots of people doing proto-kanban and (2) Business Continuity and life changing starting this week as I bet you CEO's and CIO's around the country are going to ask today where is my data?  It is all about the continuity of money flowing.   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 #board #kanban #pmp #business #continuity #infrastructure   5am Mester Scrum Show #507 went live on Youtube at 632 am EST Monday 1/11/2021 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 #506 Live - Everything on the Board (Scrum or Kanban) - Today's topic:  (1) It is a common question I get and discovery I make with new teams, do we put everything on the scrum board or they say I didn't think we were supposed to put everything on the boar?   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 #board #kanban #work #issue #pbi #visual   5am Mester Scrum Show #506 went live on Youtube at 1154 am EST Sunday 1/10/2021 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 #505 Live - Customer Feedback the real DevOps and new Good Morning quick clips  - Today's topics:  (1) Product releases that don't work and the lack of customer feedback options is not Agile nor Good DevOps and (2) a new series I'm starting of morning 15 sec clips from various locations around Philadelphia, just saying Good Morning.   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 #customer #DevOps #clips #feedback #product   5am Mester Scrum Show #505 went live on Youtube at 1006 am EST Saturday 1/9/2021 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 #504 Live - Break The Funk, Friday Cleanups and Fortune Cookie Friday  - Today's topics:  (1) Transformations are tough and it can drag one down into a Funk, so join a meet up and hang out with agile people and get fresh ideas, (2) Make Fridays a Cleanup Day and work with your Product Owners and sharpen up the backlog and Fortune Cookie Friday: Set up your plan at the beginning of the year, & don't let chances slip away.   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 #meetup #transformation #backlog #productowner #po #fortunecookie #plan   5am Mester Scrum Show #504 went live on Youtube at 833 am EST Friday 1/8/2021 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 #503 Live - Value and Old Stories  - Today's topics:  (1) Adding Value to some that does not take much like a cookie recipe on a Holiday card and (2) Old Stories have No Value because they never made it to the Customer.  Value is not the time invested in something and maybe you should look at your process if you invest that much time into something that is never produced?   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 #time #investment #baclog #productowner #PO   5am Mester Scrum Show #503 went live on Youtube at 752 am EST Thursday 1/7/2021 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 #502 Live - Burning Motivation to Achieve your Goals and Visualize the End State and the Path to Get There - Today's topics:  (1) Watching Valuentainment and this Father's (Mr. Milton @fatherofballers) tweet about watching out for the kid on the other team staring at the other team celebrating a win, generating that fire to be there next year and the ones who have generated that fire in me and (2) Visualizing the Goal and the Path to get there.  Write it down and watch every day. Break it Down!   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 #passion #motivation #visual    5am Mester Scrum Show #502 went live on Youtube at 735 am EST Wednesday 1/6/2021 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 #501 Live from the Delaware River - Cleaning up Trash and Backlog for fresh start in New Year - Today's topics:  (1) Since in transition I wanted to do some clean up work at the local Delaware River Park and reflect on Cleaning up Backlog from trash just floating around.  Now is a Good Time to clean up trash in your backlog before the year gets moving.   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 #PO #productowner #riverplastic #environment #community #ocean   5am Mester Scrum Show #501 went live from the Delaware River on Youtube at 904 am EST Tuesday 1/5/2021 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 #500 Live - Ed the Scrum Master and taking Kanban and SPC Classes this month - Today's topics:  (1) Guest Scrum Master Edward starting us off with 3 questions and (2) Taking the plunge into SAFe with an SPC course and Kanban today.   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 #questions #subsitute #spc #safe #kanban   5am Mester Scrum Show #500 went live on Youtube at 645am EST Monday 1/4/2021 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 #499 Live - Keeping Agile SW Simple and Small Steps verse Doing Everything at Once - Today's topics:  (1) Too many organizations and people try to make agile Software collect all kinds of data, while the basics will get any team 90% of what they need and (2) Taking small steps in life and in work, sharing how we are taking short drives with the adopted dogs so they feel safe and confident.   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 #simple #data #software #experiments #safety   5am Mester Scrum Show #499 went live on Youtube at 857am EST Sunday 1/3/2021 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 #498 Live - Scrum is the Finite Element to Scaling and PI Feature Sizing Pitfall  - Today's topics:  (1) Lots of talk about SAFe lately and I just wanted to share how Scrum is an essential elements to any Scaled Operation whether is be SAFe, S@S, Nextus, LeSS, ect.. and (2) PI Planning Feature Size UNder estimating to "Do More" for the customer is going to kill your budget and funding.   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 #scale #safe #plan #pi #planning #estimating #sizing #budget   5am Mester Scrum Show #498 went live on Youtube at 816am EST Saturday 1/2/2021 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 #497 Live - New Years Day 2021 and Making New Plans - Today's topic:  (1) Wishing Everyone a Happy and Healthy 2021 New Year.  As a agile thinker I know things change and we have to be flexible.  Not planning too far ahead and always growing and learning.  New virtual class re-certifications and new certifications for myself.  Also that we are not alone in 2021, please feel to connect with me if you need anyone to chat with about agile and 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 #contractor #certification #plan #newyear #2021 #HR #termination #contracts #consultant #job   5am Mester Scrum Show #497 went live on Youtube at 1048pm EST Friday 1/1/2021 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 #496 Live - Contractor's Life on New Years Eve (1 Day Notice - Funding Cut) and on Reflecting on Past Year & Owning It - Today's topics:  (1) Reflecting on the past year on New Years Eve do you blame others or a virus or it is most yourself not taking control (this is me), Positive is stuff did get Done (Win), Can't Blame others! and (2) Life as a Contractor and 1 Day Notice are you prepared and in my case I should have known.   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 #contractor #end #self #blame #HR #termination #contracts #consultant #job   5am Mester Scrum Show #496 went live on Youtube at 833am EST Thursday 12/31/2020 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 #495 Live - Virtual Restaurant Concept Mr. BeastBurger and Diversity for your team and trying people of all makes and sizes - Today's topics:  (1) Kids are Big Fans of MrBeast and he started a virtual restaurant, which is so Agile that I wanted to share.  Who says you can't do an entire Business Model Agile? and (2) Team Diversity introducing Betty and Jerry our new team members.  They are not what I envisioned for my future but they they are good solid teammates. Definitely different from my old Giant Dog, but they bring in a different perspective.   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 #virtual #restaurant #concept #diversity #opportunity #perspective   5am Mester Scrum Show #495 went live on Youtube at 741am EST Tuesday 12/29/2020 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 #494 Live - To Study or To Do is the Question, Agile lean more towards DO - Today's topic:  (1) Talking about going out and doing things or exploring verse studying every function before using it, Risk adverse and (2) Podcasts are out.   Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum.  Please send me your topics.   You are are doing Great Please Keep on Sharing.  #5amMesterScrum #scrum #agile #business #scrummaster #agilecoach #coaching #philadelphia #philly #doing #value #customer #risk #features #podcasts   5am Mester Scrum Show #494 went live on Youtube at 830pm EST Monday 12/28/2020 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 #493 Live - Complex Lego Car and Doing the Work for New People - Today's topic:  (1) My son got a complex lego car for Christmas and was having issues putting it together, so my daughter helped him by putting it together for him.  Sound familiar like senior people giving instructions on how to do everything, and creating a world of dependency and thereby taking time away from really good people.   Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum.  Please send me your topics.   You are are doing Great Please Keep on Sharing.  #5amMesterScrum #scrum #agile #business #scrummaster #agilecoach #coaching #philadelphia #philly #training #team #selforganizing #independent   5am Mester Scrum Show #493 went live on Youtube at 738am EST Sunday 12/27/2020 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 #492 Live - Rocket Car and Making Choices for the Customer and Fortune Cookie Saturday - Today's topics:  (1) So I got the kids a rocket car for Christmas and it was not on their list.  Be careful about making decision on stuff you think the customer wants without checking with the customer and challenge the PO and Tech mangers on how a story meets a customer need, and (2) Fortune Cookie Saturday (forgot to do it yesterday): A leader is a person you will follow to a place you wouldn't go by yourself.   Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum.  Please send me your topics.   You are are doing Great Please Keep on Sharing.  #5amMesterScrum #scrum #agile #business #scrummaster #agilecoach #coaching #philadelphia #philly #rocket #story #value #PBI #backlog #fortunecookie #customer #cookie #leader   5am Mester Scrum Show #492 went live on Youtube at 859am EST Saturday 12/26/2020 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 #491 Live - New Tech and getting over it and Christmas Sprint review or Demo - Today's topics:  (1) The family got me a new tech (change) for tracking my exercise, but the little agile accountant also wants to track my progress and (2) Christmas Day the ultimate Sprint Review and now who should operate the items from the backlog, you or the Product Owner / stakeholder / customer?   Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum.  Please send me your topics.   You are are doing Great Please Keep on Sharing.  #5amMesterScrum #scrum #agile #business #scrummaster #agilecoach #coaching #philadelphia #philly #technology #change #value #review #backlog #demo #customer #sprint   5am Mester Scrum Show #491 went live on Youtube at 1146am EST Friday 12/25/2020 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 #490 Live - Twas Night before Christmas Release (a Happy Story) - Today's topics:   - Twas the Night Before Christmas Release - The Ci/CD process found all the integration issues as they built their product and not at the last minute like other companies. - The PO checking her Product Backlog not once but Twice before resting with good warm drink. - Not a creature was stirring not even a last minute tester. - All the cute little developers and testers snug in the their beds, - Dreaming of automated tests passing all of the tests. - Their Agile Coach saying Great Job and sleep tight. - The next day customers from around the world already starting to play with their new toys. Good Night, Good Day and Happy Scrumming  Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum.  Please send me your topics.   You are are doing Great Please Keep on Sharing.  #5amMesterScrum #scrum #agile #business #scrummaster #agilecoach #coaching #philadelphia #philly    5am Mester Scrum Show #490 went live on Youtube at 811am EST Thursday 12/24/2020 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 #489 Live - Project Management Triangle Wrong and False plus Estimates are Wrong Also - Today's topics:  (1) I saw an ad where a company wants to help my team make better estimates, but on the 1st day of CSM we all say estimates are always wrong, we fixed it by not spending a lot of time estimating, and (2) The PM Triangle everyone talks of constraint is a falsehood. Scope has always been flexible and cost and schedule are fixed.   Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum.  Please send me your topics.   You are are doing Great Please Keep on Sharing.  #5amMesterScrum #scrum #agile #business #scrummaster #agilecoach #coaching #philadelphia #philly #constraints #estimation #value #cost #schedule #scope   5am Mester Scrum Show #489 went live on Youtube at 758am EST Wednesday 12/23/2020 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 #488 Live - Paint, Taping or create Technical Debt and Going Agile with No Framework, is it Practical? - Today's topics:  (1) While painting the house I noticed a few cracks around the old plaster tape.  I could just paint over and create tech debt or retape it and get 10 to 15 years, and (2) I read an article about going Agile without a framework and I ask why?  And is it practical, when Scrum is all about the very 1st value in Agile, "Interaction".   Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum.  Please send me your topics.   You are are doing Great Please Keep on Sharing.  #5amMesterScrum #scrum #agile #business #scrummaster #agilecoach #coaching #philadelphia #philly #techdebt #debt #framework    5am Mester Scrum Show #488 went live on Youtube at 652am EST Tuesday 12/22/2020 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)