{"id":12086,"date":"2014-03-17T10:10:13","date_gmt":"2014-03-17T08:10:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mozaicworks.com\/?p=6483"},"modified":"2022-02-01T17:57:50","modified_gmt":"2022-02-01T15:57:50","slug":"learning-resources-for-scrummasters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mozaicworks.com\/blog\/learning-resources-for-scrummasters","title":{"rendered":"Learning resources for ScrumMasters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Quite often after a Scrum workshop, the newly appointed ScrumMaster will approach me and confess that this role is much harder than they had anticipated. I really sympathize with that problem. The role is deceivingly simple at first glance, but really challenging to do in real life.\u00a0So I\u2019ve gathered a list of resources that should be helpful to all ScrumMasters as they start their journey. I\u2019m sure that even experienced ones might find a helpful link or two in the list below. I\u2019ve grouped them by topic, so that you could focus on the area you\u2019d like to improve right now.<\/p>\n<h2>The ScrumMaster role<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Scrum Mastery book\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Scrum-Mastery-From-Great-Servant-Leadership\/dp\/0957587406\">Scrum Mastery<\/a>\u00a0(book)<br \/>\nTeaches the mindset of the ScrumMaster and also gives concrete tips.<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"ScrumMaster checklist\" href=\"http:\/\/scrummasterchecklist.org\/\">The ScrumMaster Checklist<br \/>\n<\/a>A list of various activities a ScrumMaster should perform.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mountaingoatsoftware.com\/articles\/leader-of-the-band\">Six Attributes of the Good ScrumMaster<br \/>\n<\/a>How you can tell if you\u2019re good at your role.<\/li>\n<li>ScrumMaster<br \/>\nThe role described in the Agile Atlas.<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"ScrumMaster typologies\" href=\"\/blog\/scrum-master-typologies\/\">Scrum Master Typologies<br \/>\n<\/a>Different ways of performing the role.<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Team Leaders and Scrum Masters\" href=\"\/blog\/team-leaders-and-scrum-masters\/\">Team Leaders and Scrum Masters<br \/>\n<\/a>What to do if you\u2019re also the Team Leader?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Facilitating meetings<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Collaboration Explained\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Collaboration-Explained-Facilitation-Software-Project\/dp\/0321268776\/\" class=\"broken_link\">Collaboration Explained<\/a>\u00a0(book)<br \/>\nHow to nurture a collaborative environment, how to organise meetings.<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Agile retrospectives\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Agile-Retrospectives-Making-Teams-Great\/dp\/0977616649\">Agile retrospectives<\/a>\u00a0(book)<br \/>\nPlan and run retrospectives.<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"The Retrospective Handbook\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/The-Retrospective-Handbook-guide-agile\/dp\/1480247871\/\">The Retrospective Handbook<\/a>\u00a0(book)<br \/>\nAnother good book about retrospectives.<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Ask better questions in your daily meeting\" href=\"\/blog\/ask-better-questions-in-daily-meeting\/\">Ask better questions in your daily meeting<br \/>\n<\/a>Alternate questions to ask when you Daily Stand-up gets boring.<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Retr-O-Mat\" href=\"http:\/\/www.plans-for-retrospectives.com\/\">Retr-O-Mat<br \/>\n<\/a>Online tool that randomly suggests retrospectives structure.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/blog\/effectively-improve-your-meetings-using-the-perfection-game\/\">Effectively improve your meetings using the Perfection Game<br \/>\n<\/a>Use a structured format for giving feedback to improve meetings over time.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Working with the Product Owner<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"User Stories Applied\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/User-Stories-Applied-Software-Development-ebook\/dp\/B0054KOL74\/\" class=\"broken_link\">User Stories Applied<\/a>\u00a0(book)<br \/>\n<strong>The<\/strong>\u00a0book about user stories.<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Agile Product Management with Scrum\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Agile-Product-Management-Scrum-Addison-Wesley\/dp\/0321605780\/\">Agile Product Management with Scrum<\/a>\u00a0(book)<br \/>\nLearn more about the Product Owner role.<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Splitting user stories: the hamburger method\" href=\"http:\/\/gojko.net\/2012\/01\/23\/splitting-user-stories-the-hamburger-method\/\">Splitting user stories: the hamburger method<br \/>\n<\/a>A technique for creating small user stories form a big one.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.infoq.com\/news\/2008\/12\/scrum-master-product-owner\">Can Product Owner and Scrum Master be Combined?<br \/>\n<\/a>Is it possible to combine the two roles?<\/li>\n<li>It\u2019s all in how you slice<br \/>\nUse the story mapping technique to create product increments.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Improve teamwork<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"The five dysfunctions of a team\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Five-Dysfunctions-Team-Leadership-Lencioni-ebook\/dp\/B006960LQW\/\">The five dysfunctions of a team<\/a>\u00a0(book)<br \/>\nFive steps your team needs to climb in order to achieve high performance.<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Drive\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Drive-Surprising-Truth-About-Motivates\/dp\/1594484805\/\">Drive<\/a>\u00a0(book)<br \/>\nWhat really motivates us?<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Coaching Agile Teams\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Coaching-Agile-Teams-ScrumMasters-Addison-Wesley\/dp\/0321637704\/\">Coaching Agile Teams<\/a>\u00a0(book)<br \/>\nBalance the teacher, mentor and coach roles.<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Designing collaborative spaces for productivity\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoq.com\/articles\/agile-team-room-wishlist\">Designing Collaborative Spaces for Productivity<br \/>\n<\/a>How does an agile team\u2019s workspace look like?<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Giving Feedback\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mindtools.com\/pages\/article\/newTMM_98.htm\">Giving Feedback<br \/>\n<\/a>Adjust behaviors by giving feedback.<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"The Clean Coder: Saying Yes\" href=\"http:\/\/www.informit.com\/articles\/article.aspx?p=1715058\">The Clean Coder: Saying Yes<br \/>\n<\/a>Grow a discipline of commitment in the team.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Adopting technical practices<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Agile Testing\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Agile-Testing-Practical-Guide-Testers\/dp\/0321534468\/\">Agile testing<\/a>\u00a0(book)<br \/>\nHow to include testing as an activity from the start of the sprint.<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Specification by Example\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Specification-Example-Successful-Deliver-Software\/dp\/1617290084\/\">Specification by Example<\/a>\u00a0(book)<br \/>\nDerive specifications using collaborative workshops, then automate them.<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Developing and releasing every hour\" href=\"\/blog\/developing-and-releasing-every-hour\/\">Developing and releasing every hour<br \/>\n<\/a>Story about a team that used one hour long sprints.<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Agile Challenge: Adopting Technical Practices\" href=\"https:\/\/mozaicworks.com\/blog\/agile-challenge-adopting-technical-practices\/\">Agile Challenge: Adopting Technical Practices<br \/>\n<\/a>Some technical practices your team should follow.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Scaling Scrum<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Agile Software Requirements\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Agile-Software-Requirements-Enterprise-Development\/dp\/0321635841\/\">Agile Software Requirements<\/a>\u00a0(book)<br \/>\nDon\u2019t be fooled by the title, it\u2019s a book on scaling agile.<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Scaling Lean and Agile\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Scaling-Lean-Agile-Development-Organizational\/dp\/0321480961\/\">Scaling Lean &amp; Agile Development<\/a>\u00a0(book)<br \/>\nA broader view of scaling.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goodagile.com\/distributedscrumprimer\/\">Distributed Scrum primer<br \/>\n<\/a>Detailed recommendations for distributed teams.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Other resources<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Agile Library\" href=\"http:\/\/agilelib.net\/\">AgileLib.Net<br \/>\n<\/a>A community built around sharing Scrum resources.<\/li>\n<li>Agile Atlas<br \/>\nAn encyclopedia for agile and related methods. Mostly Scrum material at the moment.<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Scrum Guide\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scrum.org\/Scrum-Guide\">Scrum Guide<br \/>\n<\/a>The guide by Scrum\u2019s creators: Ken Schwaber and Jeff Sutherland<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Succeeding with Agile\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Succeeding-Agile-Software-Development-Using\/dp\/0321579364\/\">Succeeding with Agile<\/a>\u00a0(book)<br \/>\nOne of the reference books about Scrum.<\/li>\n<li>List of books<br \/>\nI\u2019ve created a list with books from Scrum Masters on Amazon.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Our services<\/h2>\n<p>We\u2019ve got a few workshops where you could learn more about the ScrumMaster role:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Acceptance Test Driven Development\" href=\"\/public-trainings-and-workshops\/acceptance-test-driven-development\/\">Acceptance Test Driven Development Workshop<\/a>\u00a0(2 days)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Certified Scrum Master Course\" href=\"https:\/\/mozaicworks.com\/product\/certified-scrum-master\/\">Certified Scrum Master (CSM) training<\/a>\u00a0(2 days)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"User Stories for Agile Requirements Workshop\" href=\"\/public-trainings-and-workshops\/user-stories-for-agile-requirements-workshop\/\">User Stories for Agile Requirements Workshop<\/a>\u00a0(1 day)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Agile Software Development Using Scrum\" href=\"\/public-trainings-and-workshops\/agile-software-development-using-scrum-2\/\" class=\"broken_link\">Agile Software Development using Scrum<\/a>\u00a0(2 days)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We could also offer you in-house assessment, coaching and consultancy on your needs.\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:nicoleta.pirvan@mozaicworks.com\">Contact us<\/a>\u00a0for more details.<br \/>\n\u2014<br \/>\nDo you have other preferred books or blog posts? Let me know about them in the comments below. Thanks!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Quite often after a Scrum workshop, the newly appointed ScrumMaster will approach me and confess that this role is much harder than they had anticipated. I really sympathize with that problem. 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