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Grease the Talk from Retros Audio Podcast #5amMesterScrum Show 1279

So a Team I coached held a retrospective which I facilitated and I went around post retro and greased the action plan with other managers, so people were not caught of guard.  I greased the future actions so they might go over smoother.
Now this scenario does not happen all the time but does every so often especially when the retrospective actions involve people outside of the core team.  There are cases when the effort a team wants to do involve others.  So to aid the team as their agile coach/scrum master I went around individually to any affected people and brought up the plan, gathered their feedback and their buy in before sharing the summary of the retro and the actions to be taken.
Scrum Masters need to do this from time to time and not just leave the probability of success up to the four winds.  Sometimes we have to get involved to facilitate a success just as much as a meeting.
That is our topic for today 4R Thursday program where we talk roles, requirements, reviews and retros.  Here we are talking the role of a scrum masters/agile coach and the post retro support activities on the #5amMesterScrum Show 1279.
 
This is the audio podcast version of the program found on LinkedIn, Youtube and Facebook.

Stand Together When in the Office Audio Podcast #5amMesterScrum Show 1278

I wanted to celebrate getting together anytime the team is in the office as a part of a hybrid work environment.  Today for one of my team I coach they were altogether in a room for their daily scrum or standup.  It was a great sight to be seen as I think it may have been a first.
Remote is ok but when teams are on-site they should really meet together so they can see how the others on the team are really reacting to discussion.  It makes the remote connection so much better later on.  While some might say of course, but I have seen many large corporations where the people stay in their cubes when they come to work, just as if theyr were at home.  They never leave their desks.
This #5amMesterScrum show is 1278 and a part of our We Team HR Wednesday series of the show.

Hire Someone to Guide You Audio Podcast #5amMesterScrum Show 1277

Late evening or afternoon show talking about Getting to the Next Level and I wanted to expand on the post we made today about the two turtles with the bigger one the coach and the smaller one the coachee. There are lots of ways to look at this. I'm going to gove two: one being knowledge shared and two patience sometimes pays off and don't in such a hurry to mark everything urgent.
I saw something on news media program and a gen Z eprson was complaining that everything was marked urgent. The older news person said the gen z was lazy. But were they really? Or were they just trying to work smarter?
Let's talk turtles for our Tuesday series topic Getting to the Next Level on #5amMesterScrum show 1277

How a Team Works Affects Sprint length Audio Podcast #5amMesterScrum show 1276

I just realized a subtle characteristic for sprint time box length.  If teams are working to 3 week or longer time boxes that is a good indication of teams working as individuals vs. as a group on a problem that needs to be solved.  There are cases in where maybe there could be lots of testing that would require the longer period yes. However..
I realized this just the other day as I was pondering why I was having troubles completing everything in my two week SWAY sprint lengths.  When i coach people in my mastermind and coaching program we usually work in 3 week sprints vs. two weeks.  I also reflected on teams I coached that were three or 4 week sprints and I realized they were that long because the people worked as individuals.
Where in a team efforts which is what scrum is really supposed to be about two weeks or less works well because there is more than one person working the issue.
Lets share and please let me know in the comments if you see the same trend.On our Wednesday show about Teams, We and HR on the #5ammesterScrum show 1276.

Triple Planning Post Holiday Audio Podcast #5amMesterScrum Show 1275

Welcome Back post Labor Day Holiday and for me it is triple planning day for My 3rd Sprint in Q3, 1st Week in Sprint 3 and of course today.  This is what I do to get to the next level.  When i don't do it, I do fall behind.  
On today's Getting to the Next Level program for the #5amMesterScrum show 1275.

Package Opening and Holiday Fun Share #5amMesterScrum show 1274 Podcast

Welcome to our Podcast version of our Live video show and today Fun Friday we have an idea for a book share before a holiday weekend.  So we are doing a pack opening of Alex Hormozi's new book.  
Plus I found the fortune cookies, so we are also doing Fortune Cookie Friday as well here on the the #5amMesterScrum show episode 1274

Mixing Reviews - Retros into Planning #5amMesterScrum Show 1273

Mixing pieces from Sprint Reviews and Retros into discussion at the Sprint Planning session.  Something all Scrum Masters or agile coaches should do.. Make them think a little bit more before blasting off from Sprint Planning.
Our #5amMesterScrum show 1273 as a part of our 4R Thursday - Roles, Reviews, Retros and Requirements programing 

Watch Out For Old Data Metrics #5amMesterScrum Show 1272

Watch out for social media as well as Metrics and Ranking published before your use them for your own decisions.  The other day I was at a meeting and the leader share a Ranking for the city of Philadelphia and we were at the bottom.  So I was curious as to what the measure was.  I googled the ranking info and its AI brought the study right to the top.  I was impressed and I saw some social media posts recently referencing the same info.  So read the data and most was from 1978 and 1992 study.  I'm like oh no!  The world has changed quite a bit since then.  In my brain I was thinking I hope they did not spend money on a study that just repackaged old data and someone is out there just re-posting without really knowing the data behind the metric.
Be careful of metrics and data that is being shared.