#5amMesterScrum Lightning Talk 1,182 Live - Watching a Local Kids Team Play and Work Together and Fortune Cookie (Fun Friday) - Today's topics: (1) Sometime we over do what it means to be a team.  Watching Kids play together can remind you that it can be fun as well and (2) Fortune Cookie Friday. Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum.  Please send me your topics.   You are are doing Great Please Keep on Sharing. 5am Mester Scrum 5am Mester Scrum Lightning Talk 1,182 went live on Youtube, LinkedIn and Facebook Fun Friday 4/19/2024 from Philadelphia, PA  Happy Sc ..read more

Thursday Night Interview Program with Dr. Karen Kramer,  Author, Business Women, Coach. We'll be discussing Helping People to take back their Life & Live it on Purpose Dr. Karen Kramer helps women who have gone through a major event that has led them to question "Who am I?" and "What do I want?" to take back their life and live it by their design.  Dr. Karen is in book Volume 19 (the one before mine volume 20) of the “Change Series Insights Into Self Empowerment”, with her section “Good Grief! - Death, Divorce & Other Losses”. https://www.facebook.com/DrKarenKramer The Thursd ..read more

#5amMesterScrum Lightning Talk 1,181 Live - Sharing Quasi Roadmap at Reviews don't loose the Opportunity (3R Thursdays) - Today's topics: (1) So many teams miss out on the opportunity to share quasi Roadmaps at Sprint Reviews.  The sad part it is a chance to get feed back from customers on what is up next for the team and look for an priority changes that could be made before Sprint Planning. Plus it can be reused at Sprint Planning if done right. Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum.  Please send me your topics.   You are are doing Great Please Keep on Sharing. 5a ..read more

5amMesterScrum Meetup session Talking Questions recorded on 4/17/2024 at 6pm EST Topic: Conversations on the Importance of Asking Questions This will be a dialog discussion between Amit Kumar, Team Manager & Cybersecurity Adjunct Professor and Greg Mester co-Author of The Change Book Vol 20 and everyone in the meetup group. Thoughts: - Why should we ask questions? - Encouraging Questions - The importance of Questions - How do we get people to ask questions? Co-Hosted by: Amit Kumar, Team Manager & Cybersecurity Adjunct Professor at Villanova University His LinkedIn profile can be found ..read more

#5amMesterScrum Lightning Talk 1,180 Live - HR & PO Offshore Fail (We Team & HR Wednesdays) - Today's topics: (1) So on tax day I was able to witness and combination of HR and Product Owner Offshore Failure.  The HW Department help create an Offshore support structure and the Product Owner promoted it to their customers, but when the system crashed overnight no one was empowered to communicate nor may fix the problem offshore. Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum.  Please send me your topics.   You are are doing Great Please Keep on Sharing. 5am Mester Scru ..read more

#5amMesterScrum Lightning Talk 1,179 Live - Bad Habits Creep into Public Domain (2-4-1 10X Tuesdays) - Today's topics: (1) Watch out for the bad habit of minimizing issues, because those bad habits can loose you customers.  You will say what you practice sooner or later. Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum.  Please send me your topics.   You are are doing Great Please Keep on Sharing. 5am Mester Scrum 5am Mester Scrum Lightning Talk 1,179 went live on Youtube, LinkedIn and Facebook 2-4-1 10X Tuesday 4/16/2024 from Philadelphia, PA  Happy Scrumming, Please Don ..read more

#5amMesterScrum Lightning Talk 1,178 Live - Group Gaming Experiment Results are In and Fortune Cookie (Fun Friday) - Today's topics: (1) The results from my gaming experiment with my students and (2) Fortune Cookie Friday. Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum.  Please send me your topics.   You are are doing Great Please Keep on Sharing. 5am Mester Scrum 5am Mester Scrum Lightning Talk 1,178 went live on Youtube, LinkedIn and Facebook Fun Friday 4/12/2024 from Philadelphia, PA  Happy Scrumming, Please Don't forget to sign up to our 5amMesterScrum newsletter for fre ..read more

Thursday Night Interview Program with Duane Hill, Jr. We'll be discussing Duane's life as a scrum master, coach, and the proud creator of ScrumBuddies Coaching in Interview No. 17. Duane’s goal is to help emerging scrum masters grab their next role. Duane Hill, Jr. Former educator turned Scrum Master turned Scrum Master Coach. My goal is to create space for agile in school systems across the United States to increase buy-in with students and retain teachers. Now a Scrum Master at Scrum Alliance. Until then he helps empower and equip new and aspiring scrum masters through ScrumBuddies. Driving ..read more

#5amMesterScrum Lightning Talk 1,177 Live - Communications Top Skill - use Sprint Review to develop that skill (3R Thursdays) - Today's topics: (1) Report on Skills in the New World of Work by Scrum Alliance and Business Agility Institute share that Communications is the highest sought after skill by employers. .  Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum.  Please send me your topics.   You are are doing Great Please Keep on Sharing. 5am Mester Scrum 5am Mester Scrum Lightning Talk 1,177 went live on Youtube, LinkedIn and Facebook 3R (Requirements, Reviews, Retros) Thur ..read more

#5amMesterScrum Lightning Talk 1,176 Live - Pretend You Know Nothing - Act as New Customer (2-4-1 10X Tuesdays) - Today's topics: (1) So many teams and creators assume for some reason the new customer knows the same things they do or understands the company process.  My advice is that if your product is for a new customer, assume they know nothing and turn off what you already know. Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum.  Please send me your topics.   You are are doing Great Please Keep on Sharing. 5am Mester Scrum 5am Mester Scrum Lightning Talk 1,176 went live on ..read more