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Build Your Own Scrum Master

Create Free Board How to conduct this activity Silent Writing: Each participant writes sticky notes from the perspective of each stakeholder about the ideal Scrum Master (behaviors, support, attitude).

5 to 15 minutesTIME
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QuietENERGY
In personSETTING
Medium cognitive loadCOGNITIVE LOAD
Strengthens Learning Transfer This reflection and learning exercise strengthens Learning Transfer, one of the eight Gathering Effectiveness pillars.

How to run it

  1. Start For Free Build Your Own Scrum Master Retrospective What is this activity?
  2. Template created by: EasyRetro Team Has been used 2 times Create Free Board Build Your Own Scrum Master Template What properties does your perfect SM display?
  3. What does the perfect SM have to know about you as a team so that he/she can work with you well?
  4. Create Free Board How to conduct this activity Silent Writing: Each participant writes sticky notes from the perspective of each stakeholder about the ideal Scrum Master (behaviors, support, attitude).
  5. Sharing & Clustering: Place stickies under the relevant stakeholder columns, group similar ideas.
  6. Discussion & Voting: Use dot voting to select top 1-2 expectations per role.
  7. Create Free Board Create Free Board Check the list of templates created by our users
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Start For Free Build Your Own Scrum Master Retrospective What is this activity?

Template created by: EasyRetro Team Has been used 2 times Create Free Board Build Your Own Scrum Master Template What properties does your perfect SM display?

What does the perfect SM have to know about you as a team so that he/she can work with you well?

Create Free Board How to conduct this activity Silent Writing: Each participant writes sticky notes from the perspective of each stakeholder about the ideal Scrum Master (behaviors, support, attitude).

Sharing & Clustering: Place stickies under the relevant stakeholder columns, group similar ideas.

Discussion & Voting: Use dot voting to select top 1-2 expectations per role.

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Adapt this exercise for my exact room. Exercise: Build Your Own Scrum Master. Readiness: Publishable Draft. Core moves: Start For Free Build Your Own Scrum Master Retrospective What is this activity?; Template created by: EasyRetro Team Has been used 2 times Create Free Board Build Your Own Scrum Master Template What properties does your perfect SM display?; What does the perfect SM have to know about you as a team so that he/she can work with you well?; Create Free Board How to conduct this activity Silent Writing: Each participant writes sticky notes from the perspective of each stakeholder about the ideal Scrum Master (behaviors, support, attitude).. Return a concise facilitator script with timing, wording, safety notes, and remote/in-person adjustments.

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