http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scrumdevelopment/ Scrum Users Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:26:27 GMT Bas Vodde http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scrumdevelopment/message/43017 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scrumdevelopment/message/43017 Hi Thierry, Sorry. It was from a book called "Flexible Product Development" published in 2008. The book is ok, not the best ever written but has some good Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:17:55 GMT thierry henrio http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scrumdevelopment/message/43016 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scrumdevelopment/message/43016 Hello Bas, ... Would you give us any focused resources to such a definition ? And how do you believe such a definition scales ? Curious, Thierry Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:55:28 GMT Bas Vodde http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scrumdevelopment/message/43015 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scrumdevelopment/message/43015 Hi Fredrik, My favorite definition of cross-functional team is from Preston Smith: "Cross-functional means that team membership includes all the key functions Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:47:31 GMT Bas Vodde http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scrumdevelopment/message/43014 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scrumdevelopment/message/43014 Hi, Uhm, well I usually never do a Scrum of Scrums more than one level. Also, I always consider it just as one way of coordinating between teams (and Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:20:12 GMT thierry henrio http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scrumdevelopment/message/43013 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scrumdevelopment/message/43013 Hello all On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 10:03 PM, thierry henrio ... At last, a friend came to my rescue, and then, I believe it is slide 7 of Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:02:21 GMT Michael James http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scrumdevelopment/message/43012 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scrumdevelopment/message/43012 One way or another, the team benefits from someone to model behavior. If the ScrumMaster can pair program with others to model technical skills (TDD in Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:30:30 GMT m1ke_pearce http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scrumdevelopment/message/43011 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scrumdevelopment/message/43011 In our teams, the scrum master is a facilitator, tasked with helping the team achieve their goals in any way they can. They are also generally team leads in Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:14:48 GMT tobias.mayer http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scrumdevelopment/message/43010 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scrumdevelopment/message/43010 ...just passed 10,000 views :-) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1RqhRcPJZ0 --Tobias Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:22:18 GMT sschuermann303 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scrumdevelopment/message/43009 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scrumdevelopment/message/43009 There was one person beeing disapointed, he said we did not have a good order of things and some other things. He was a CSM, so he must know what he is talking Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:41:43 GMT Ron Jeffries http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scrumdevelopment/message/43008 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scrumdevelopment/message/43008 Hello, Alireza. On Friday, November 20, 2009, at 2:27:09 AM, you ... For those who are thinking that a Scrum Team has a manager: well, no, it doesn't. Ron Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:51:03 GMT matt.evon http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scrumdevelopment/message/43007 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scrumdevelopment/message/43007 Chuck, Thanks for you answer from the "trenches". Just out of curiosity, how big is your project: - number sites? - number of people? - number of teams? Matt Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:48:55 GMT matt.evon http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scrumdevelopment/message/43006 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scrumdevelopment/message/43006 Bas, Thanks for you comments. ... Win7 is composed of 25 feature teams. Would all 25 feature team heads participate in Scrum-of-Scrums? It is a big meeting... Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:31:04 GMT Sarath Kummamuru http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scrumdevelopment/message/43005 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scrumdevelopment/message/43005 I would say it is important that we need this role to LEAD and MENTOR rather than manage. The big mind set difference that I try to bring in project managers Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:27:44 GMT Alireza Haghighatkhah http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scrumdevelopment/message/43004 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scrumdevelopment/message/43004 I think it's not very important to call him "Manager", "Scrum Master" or anything else; we need this role to manage process and coach team. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:42:07 GMT fredrik.vestin http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scrumdevelopment/message/43003 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scrumdevelopment/message/43003 To me, this definition is ridiculous, i.e that a Scrum master is not a manager. The Scrum master manages the process and therefore he or she IS a manager.