Should Scrum Masters Be Team Managers?

Scrum Institute Announces Corporate Membership with Agile Alliance®

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Hi everyone, Today we are thrilled to announce our Corporate Supportive Membership with the Agile Alliance®.

International Scrum Institute is committed to helping you get certified in Scrum and use Scrum in real practice so well, so you can get the job to fuel the life and career you want.

We provide comprehensive training programs and resources to ensure you not only gain theoretical knowledge but also acquire the practical skills needed to thrive in the dynamic world of Scrum.

North American Commerce Bank Selected International Scrum Institute As Its Training And Certification Partner For Scrum and Six Sigma Frameworks

As of March 2024, we are glad to announce a signed partnership protocol between North American Commerce Bank Enterprise Global Services and the International Scrum Institute.

North American Commerce Bank and the International Scrum Institute are in close partnership to fulfill successful training and certification demands from North American Commerce Bank's highly talented and engaged professional units in various project management and business execution methodologies, particularly in Scrum and Six Sigma project development, delivery and productivity improvement frameworks.

Scrum Master Salary in the United States and WorldWide

Unraveling the mystery of Scrum Master salaries, with job titles varying from project manager to coach, we dive deep into data pools and surveys from around the United States of America and globe to decode your earnings potential. As we explore this complex lens of income in Agile project management, shaping the education of salary expectations becomes key.

This comprehensive blog post navigates through the complex territory of Scrum Master salary ranges, providing a comparative picture across industries, and jobs, from the project manager to a coach, and geographies. Whether you're an experienced Scrum Master with a bachelor's degree seeking a competitive salary or a curious newcomer making early career choices, this guide illuminates your path towards financial recognition as this crucial cog in Agile project management.

Scrum Institute Released Kanban Framework Book, Kanban Audiobook, Kanban Education Portal and Kanban Certification Programs

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We kept our promise for the end of Q1 2020, and it's finally HERE! :)

Despite the obvious challenges, we're all together dealing as humanity nowadays; we worked hard and long to make The Kanban Framework as helpful, practical, and informative as it should be...

A Very Quick Summary Of What You're Going To DISCOVER From The Kanban Framework:

8 Reasons Why International Scrum Institute™ Serves You Far Better Than Its Competitors!

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Hi there, Many thanks for coming our page to read this short letter where we articulate 8 reasons why International Scrum Institute™ serves you far better than its competitors.

Before we deep dive details of this letter, let’s make it clear that we want to truly acknowledge your continuous support and trust in International Scrum Institute™.

Without you, your engagement and your loyal support, International Scrum Institute™ could not come where it’s today!

Here come 8 reasons you should know about why International Scrum Institute™ serves you far better than its competitors…

How To Succeed In Scrum Master Job Interviews With This Important Tip!

I hope you do great today!

Before we deep dive details of this letter, let me make it clear that we want to truly acknowledge your continuous support and trust in International Scrum Institute™.

Today, I want to quickly brief you about:

How to get a 5-stars job as a Scrum Master!

I have been interviewing many candidates for Scrum Master positions...

Either for our projects internally at Scrum Institute or for our clients, we have been helping to build, improve, and scale their Scrum teams.

Recently, I noticed a common treat that differentiates high performer Scrum Masters from mediocre ones.

Capacity Planning of Agile Scrum Teams: Project Work Guide for Effective Sprint Planning and Team Members Velocity

The rigor of effective resource allocation in Scrum projects, team velocity estimation and agile scrum capacity calculation, much like the detailed planning and tracking of project orders (Po) in traditional project management, can often feel akin to a sprint planning session.

Top 10 Qualities of an Effective Scrum Master: The Ultimate Guide

As the business world evolves, metamorphosing like companies responding to market dynamics, so does the critical role of a Scrum Master. Are you a competent navigator deftly employing strategic methods in the ever-changing seas of projects, or might others find you left stranded on the shores of mediocrity? This ultimate guide, harnessing the power of mentorship, motivation, and persistent improvement, unveils the top 10 characteristics that define an exceptional Scrum Master. Remember, it's not just about managing a project or a company; it's also about different ways to orchestrate a Symphony of Success using tools like Scrum, Kanban, DevOps and other agile practices.

Why are Only Few People Successful in Business?

Hi there, Have you ever wondered why only too few people are successful? Many people work hard, they constantly chase for opportunities but still they have to spend and finish their careers with unsubstantial results. This is sad, so is the truth.

Like unsuccessful people, successful people chase for opportunities too, but what makes success scarce whereas mediocrity is abundant in professional careers?

A Super-Fast Way to 2x Your Professional Value...

Hi there, I love that you're here because one of my favourite things to do is take a smart professional and lifetime student like yourself and make you become even more successful.

It's something that I practice in my own career, of course, but I love helping others too.

Are You Looking For PDUs? You Shouldn't!

Hi there, I hope I found you well and healthy. I am writing you about a subject that I was thinking since long time to write about it. Today is the day. :)

Are you looking for PDUs (Professional Development Units) to get or maintain a degree?

You shouldn't. Here is why? Because PDU is a byproduct of Lock-In Business Model, and this business model badly takes advantage of students.

Scrum Facilitator: Best Scrum Master Facilitation Skills

A Scrum Facilitator is like a coach who guides and helps the team follow Agile practices, much like helping a football team adhere to their game plan. The Scrum Master, meanwhile, is more of a team captain—spearheading the process and helping deliver the end product efficiently.

12 Technological Forces that Shape Your Future - Real and already Emerging

You are moving from the world of fixed nouns towards a world of fluid verbs. Within the next years you will continue taking solid things -such as a car or a jacket- and turning them into intangible verbs. Your products are becoming your services and processes. With high doses of built-in technology, your car is becoming a service, continuously updated set of benefits adapting to your own usage and feedback, fierce competition and global innovation.

10 Tips to get the Best out of Your Daily Scrum Meetings

The term ‘Meeting’ brings to our mind an atmosphere where a group of people are sitting together to discuss serious issues: Some sitting bored and uninterested; some staring blankly trying hard to get a grasp of what are being discussed; and still some aggressively trying to prove their point. However, with changing times and methodologies, with pressure to meet deadlines, with time constraints, with increasing competition and with the need to stay a step ahead, there arose a new face of meetings- ‘The Scrum Meetings’ or more commonly known as ‘The Daily Scrum Meetings’.

What Does it Take to be a Software Tester in an Agile Organisation?

There is so much more to be a software tester than merely logging bugs and testing to identify errors. There are inspiring examples of Agile working environments. Software testers have there the privilege to work as part of development teams which are like working on a movie set with the writers and producers. The testers work with everyone on the team, from the Junior Programmers to the Senior Project Leaders and inventors to continuously improve and build quality into the products and services.

A Comprehensive List of Business Models To Accelerate You and Your Business

Are you good at business models?
Of course you are. We know all about business models, don’t we?

A lifetime as a consumer and almost a lifetime as a professional we all believe that we are well proficient in business models. We don’t hesitate more than a second to give our opinion if a business idea will work or not. And we are very generous to give our feedback how a company can perform better. But do we really have enough insights about business models?

How Do You Sell Agile Scrum Adoption in Your Organisation?

Our typical approach is to present organisational and moral benefits of Agile Scrum. How instantly Agility would enhance our teams and excel the interactions within our organisation and with our client ecosystem. How wonderfully our companies would serve customer-oriented products and services.

Is this really the correct approach? Is it better to highlight benefits of adopting Agile Scrum or the cost of not adopting?

Two Facts You Wanted To Know About the Revamp of Scrum-Institute.org

Dear Friends and Colleagues,

For the last few weeks we worked hard for you to make this revamp happen. If you are curious to know how International Scrum Institute™ uses Scrum, here are two simple facts for you which may be also a benchmark for your own agile delivery projects.