Scrum Mate

The friendly and professional #agile tool for developers, creatives, product and business people.

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@truist Thank you very much for your kind words. It means the world to us!

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Have more control and visibility of all your reported work time with our new feature: My Work logs. Easily Add new work logs and get access to:
✅ the total recorded work for each day
✅ the logged work from specific date ranges
✅ a list of stories containing your logged work

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Traditional successful managers sometimes struggle to adopt an agile mindset.

Why is that? Certified Scrum Trainer, Scott Dunn @sdunnrocket9 shared some insightful thoughts about this topic in his excellent article --> https://t.co/kKzaiXvkiN

#team #scrum #agile #agilecoach

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Transforming user needs into well-written user stories is just a small fraction of all the responsibilities, traits, and skills that come with being an outstanding product owner.
Read our take on what really makes a good #productowner --> https://t.co/MOSyjEPcZx
#scrum #agile

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Efficiency is NOT about the output but about the outcome. Can we shift gears ⚙️? Too often #teams focus too much on getting the features right and forget about the purpose of what they're doing: improve #business goals. https://t.co/kP48j9eZxR

#agile #agility #agilecoach

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Hi everybody, hope you’re heading towards a great week! :-) We started the week with a new homepage and are excited for you to check it out and let us know what you think. Go to
https://t.co/Syz9Yes1l1 and leave us your comments below.

Happy Monday, everyone!

#agile #agilecoach

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Transform the way you lead and you will transform culture. We stand by this quote by @DanielMezick: "The fastest way to change culture is to change the way decisions get made, who makes them, and why. Most other (and slower) methods of changing culture do not actually work."

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Having a great team spirit is a principal element of high-performing #Scrum teams. However, in some situations, there could be a team member that shatters the dynamics of the team with their behavior.

What are some examples of toxic ☣️ behavior?

#scrummaster #agile #toxic

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What makes #ProductManagers THRIVE in such a broad role? A lot of it comes down to having the vision 👀 and the ability to efficiently juggle the 3 main aspects of their job: Business, Tech, #UX, says @bfgmartin from @MindtheProduct --> https://t.co/75jyijiRCe

#business #agile

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.@PreEmptive is a trusted global leader of protection tools for Desktop, Mobile, Cloud, and IoT applications. We're proud that we could add our tiny contribution to their success in developing a protection solution for JavaScript applications. https://t.co/jWFHobQYrv #agile

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How can you become a better team player? In an article for @hackernoon, Mike Chen says it comes down to empathy.

✅ Empathy for other #engineers
✅ Empathy for other teams
✅ Empathy for your users
Read more here: https://t.co/v0jzhj0vFa
#agile #agility #scrum #agilecoach #team

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You can build extraordinary teams with ordinary people. 🌟 As @cagan writes:
"The leaders don't trust the teams." Read more on Marty's article here --> https://t.co/e7kqLroQ4W

#productivity #teams #scrum #agile #agility #agilecoach

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Scrum Mate is now available an iOS! 🍏With the new Scrum Mate iOS app, you can manage your Scrum Mate projects directly from your iPhone or iPad, handle your to-do's, access team boards, receive notifications, and update story cards on the go. #agileapp

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Is your retrospective boring 🥱 or leading nowhere? You may need to rethink it.
Listen to @ds_horowitz, CEO of @RetriumHQ list some ways to liven it up in an interview w/ @duarte_vasco for the @scrumpodcast ---> https://t.co/MVzhsZqKxW

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Being a #productowner is not about continuously adding stories to the team, but about transmitting a clear vision and empowering them to progress.

Watch @henrikkniberg, Owner & Agile/Lean Coach explain more on his excellent video --> https://t.co/g11pGpRB8z
#agile

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Are you a #micromanager? It's time to turn traditional management upside down. How? By moving from being a manager to becoming a leader.
📖 Read more about The Role of An #Agile Manager on this post by Agile coach @bckopel https://t.co/WzIjI8D16a

#agilecoach #management #scrum

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Stay away from another status meeting! 🙅The #DailyScrum must be engaging and motivating and leave the team motivated to achieve the goal! Read more about how to improve daily scrums with a touch of lean principles. https://t.co/Wgr6jnffW6 #agile #agilecoach #scrum #userstories

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Although the Team Happiness Metric is not necessarily equal in all #Agile teams, there's an idea that happiness is attached to how productive a team is. How can you measure team happiness? Alex Brown, former COO at #Scrum Inc shares:

https://t.co/j1YYnf6nFe

#agilecoach

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The Scrum Mate mobile app for iPhone and iPad is now ready for public beta testing. 🤩 #agiletool #agileapp

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Is adding extra pressure in #agile to deliver faster beneficial? Nope. All the pressure the team needs should come from their sprint schedules. Why? Because too much pressure can hinder quality. Here's a quote from @mikewcohn's article: https://t.co/oBTe2YMvsY
#agiletips #scrum