Welcome to Expert Viewpoints:
Scrum Master skills. In this video, we will hear Agile and Scrum experts
discuss Scrum Master skills, share tips for new Scrum Masters and describe a Scrum
Masters typical day. A few skills required to
be a Scrum Master include understanding Agile principles
in the Scrum framework, facilitation skills and
metrics and reporting skills. Part of your role will include assessing the health
of the sprint and that will most likely include common metrics
like velocity, cycle time, and
burn down charts. To a new Scrum Master looking
to improve their skills, I would suggest seeking me abundance of training
there is out there, whether it'd be free training
and webinars or articles, and take little
nuggets from each of these and continuously improve. Describe a typical day
as a Scrum Master. A Scrum Master's typical
day is spent facilitating the daily scrum and other scrum ceremonies depending on where you're
at in the sprint, problem-solving and
removing impediments, coating the team, and
supporting the product owner. You should have at
least some experience managing projects of some sort. Now, that's a very broad range of potential projects
that you could manage. But there should
be some experience of coordinating things. Remember, none of
these people who report directly to you. You are coordinating people over whom you really don't
have any real authority. Your authority is
by your example, by the support that
you bring to the team. You should have
some understanding of the industry that you're
working in, the product. A lot of times
people crossover to Scrum from being an expert in another area and it's just
a natural development. For example, if you have a
system that you're building, you could naturally
crossover and offer that expertise as a
Scrum Master and it will also help you because the team will know that you have that expertise in
your background. You don't need to be an expert, but you should be good
at removing roadblocks. Get to know the organization. A lot of the work
of the Scrum Master is not so much a
technical skill as much as people skills
and getting to the point where you
can help the group. You want to get to know
the players involved, you want to get to know the appetite for Scrum
in the organization. A lot of times this
is a new thing for an organization to adopt. You want to be able to help
them be successful and spend time understanding what it means to be a coach
and a servant leader. If you miss those things, then you probably will not have as much success as you
want as a Scrum Master. Know the framework
of the Scrum cold. This is your job, You are the expert in the organization, and if people have
questions about scrum, you are the person
that should be able to facilitate those answers. Well, one of the great
things about being a Scrum Master is that
it's never the same. Your day may be completely
different from the last and very different
from the next. You may spend your day
facilitating meetings. During a sprint, you
may do a daily standup, depending on where you're at
in the development process, you may be facilitating a retrospective sprint review and working with
the product owner, working with the team,
removing roadblocks. So there's just no telling
what your day could bring, it really just depends
on how the project goes. There may be days where you find that the team is
not performing at a very high level
and your job is going to be to figure out why, and how to help them
to get back on track. Maybe a team member needs
assistance from you, you may spend your whole day working with that team member to clear that path so that
they can complete their work. To become a Scrum Master, one needs a combination of
technical and soft skills. Technical skills include
a deep understanding of a gentle methodologies, a Scrum framework, and relevant tools such
as JIRA, Confluence. Soft skills include
strong communication, facilitation, coaching, problem-solving, conflict
resolution, leadership, and the ability to trust and foster collaboration
within the team. To improve as a
new Scrum Master, continuously learn and stay
updated on a gel practices, seek mentorship or coaching from experienced Scrum Masters, actively participate in Agile
communities and forums, reflect on your experiences, seek feedback, and
iterate on your approach. Embrace a growth mindset and be open to learning from both
successes and failures. A typical day as a Scrum Master involves facilitating
daily stand-up meetings, coaching the team on
a giant practices, helping deemed to
remove impediments, assisting product owner
in backlog refinement, conducting retrospectives, collaborating with
the stakeholders, and ensuring the teams adherence for Scrum principles and goals. One thing is to make sure you have a thorough
understanding of the Scrum pillars and values as coaching the team
is a big part of your job. You'll need excellent
communication and facilitation skills, get to know Agile
management tools like JIRA. Every day you'll be
facilitating Scrum ceremonies. I'm working with a team and the product owner on the work being delivered
during the sprint. To develop your skills, consider shadowing other Scrum Masters
in your organization or take a certification class or join a community of practice