Posts Tagged scrummaster
What will you do tomorrow?
Posted by David Bland in agile, scrum on November 12, 2009
Distributed Scrum Teams can be a challenge on many different levels. In the past, I’ve attempted to explain this by deep diving into all of their idiosyncrasies while citing Jeff Sutherland’s excellent White Paper on the issue. I’d then draw communication diagrams and illustrate how bi-directional, high bandwidth communication is important instead of using uni-directional, [...]
Agile Salary Trends
Posted by David Bland in agile, jobs, scrum, trends on October 29, 2009
Finding accurate salary data can be a somewhat daunting task, especially when dealing with anything Agile related. Recruiters sprinkle Agile terminology throughout online job postings with reckless abandon, however you can still sort through the noise to find useful Agile salary data. You only need to know where to begin. Luckily for us, Indeed.com has [...]
10 Questions for Your Scrum Master Interview
Posted by David Bland in agile, jobs, scrum on July 5, 2009
So here you are, sitting across from a potential employer to interview for a Scrum Master position. The interviewer is prepared to ask you a series of questions to determine your worthiness, but where is your list? How do you determine if this is truly an agile company? Since I’ve been on both sides of [...]

