8 Companies Who Employed Smart Thinking to Pivot During COVID-19 Towards the start of the pandemic, we championed the stories of seven companies, from seven industries, who had made smart changes to their business models to thrive during COVID-19. From in-person baking classes moved online, to whole retail chains gone dark to support home deliveries…
Boost your Career with a CSM Certification A CSM certification is an invaluable addition to your resume. But it’s more than just that! It can significantly help you with your professional life, and also greatly benefit the organization you work for. 9 ways getting a CSM certification can benefit your career Certified ScrumMasters earn…
Enhance your Team Management Skills with a CSM Certification As a certified ScrumMaster, you will gain access to valuable team building and management methodologies. Here are some the ways that a CSM certification can help you improve your team management and collaboration skills: As a CSM, you will have the opportunity to motivate and lead…
Why do Project Managers Make Such Great ScrumMasters? You don’t have to be a project manager to become a ScrumMaster. In fact, according to a recent survey of more than 2,100 ScrumMasters by Scrum.org and Age of Product, about 31 percent said they held a project manager title before they became a ScrumMaster. That said,…
Five Immediate Ways You Can Use LinkedIn to Find a New Job! More than 95% of recruiters use LinkedIn to find talent, and there are currently more than 20 million open jobs available on the platform. However, if you struggle with making meaningful connections or closing opportunities using LinkedIn, you’re not alone. According to experts…
Job hunting while the world is on stand-still can feel like running on a hamster wheel. You’re working as hard as you possibly can, and running non-stop, but you’re still getting nowhere. If you look at the numbers though, you’ll see that employment in the US is turning itself around, with payroll employment rising by…
Is your Daily Scrum getting repetitive or monotonous? Have you had any feedback that the format is stale, or have you noticed team members not paying as much attention as you would like them to? Here are some of our favorite ideas for spicing things up a bit, ideas that you can implement, either as…
What does Business Agility truly mean? Failing fast, creating iterative strategies, delivering minimum viable products, and rapidly adapting to change and uncertainty. COVID-19 – and the unprecedented global disruption it has caused – has forced organizations of all sizes in all industries to deal with rapidly changing markets. In fact, 43% of small business owners…
Schedule your Collaboration Time Looking for some ideas to make your team more effective? Why not schedule collaboration time from the outset. Many scrum teams, especially if they are new, struggle to find opportunities and reasons to collaborate and work with one another. They may even find it awkward to approach one another and ask…
Have you ever considered improving your Sprint retrospective with the help of an external facilitator? If you can’t think why that would help, just keep reading. As the ScrumMaster, you know that a successful retrospective is key to the continued improvement of the team. This is where the team discusses the sprint as a whole…