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well answer to the second question where a team member is having conflict with srum master it self. i feel if i am giving the interview i would say,i will setup a 1-1 with that team member to understand why he have such thoughts for me ? being honest is also srcum master duty,and if any changes required from my end will try to fix or overcome them but again if he says i am not needed, then its his point of view. i am not hired by him. i am hired by an organisation and for them i am valueable.. also to make him understand the role and duty of scrum master , i will make him scrum master for 1 sprint,where he will get a flavour of activities i am performing as scrum master.:)
Transparency should be an attribute of the team. Where they are comfortable discussing issues, asking for help when needed and collaborating with other members .
Do more interviews like. You have done some videos where the other person is only answering you are not questioning them. This is a good video and you are grilling the candidate.
well to answer a question where PO is reaching directly to Developer, my answer is its very much fine if he reach out to them( it happen in my organization also) but i will explain to PO in very simple manner that such addon request/meetings will distract developer from the commitment he made for current work, and ultimately my report metric or my burn down chart our even our overall sprint goal may delay or even we may not able to meet them. yeah that it
I would say Backlog refinement is the best practice that every scrum team follows to refine the stories prior to the sprint and get clarity on the missing piece of information, so that they are ready for the next sprints.
For question at 9:00 - Senior team member having conflict with Scrum Master & directly saying SM's presence is useless whereas Team feels SM is important & Team has kind of indicated that Senior member is controlling them & trying to be their lead. This is clearly violating Scrum value of Respect & the role mentioned in Scrum framework - There are no leads & no one is going to control anyone. Also the senior member should only talk about the concerns THEY feel and need to become a representative for rest of the team members. If needed I will take 1-1 with others who share same feeling. As a SM - I will first of all try to gauge the situation in the sprint retrospective to understand from the team how the team dynamics are playing out. I will bring up the concern of senior team member & give him/her the chance to explain their position only & ask them to provide clear & to the point examples where they felt SM's role was not useful & then take rest of the team members point of view on the same. My approach would be to foster a red-tape or bureaucracy free conversation in the retrospective where team members can express if the Senior members behavior is bothering them. If it turns out to be accurate then clearly the Senior member is violating one of the Scrum Values i.e. Respect and question says that Team mentioned the Senior is controlling them - this is a violation of Scrum value is clearly an impediment for rest of the team members. I will take 1-1 with Senior member to further understand their position but if the matter is more related to Personality Problem & not related to the actual work where something can be improved, then as protector & impediment remover of scrum team , I as a SM would need to bring this issue with management to find a middle path.
Hi Sunand & Careers Talk Team, Thank you very much for your efforts. I have a request here, may you please prepare a video on Scrum KPI & Metrices? I am not able to find any such video on your channel. For e.g. Velocity Metrices Commitment Reliability Capacity Utilization Estimation variance Scope Changes Defect Leakage Backlog Health
There is no point of discussion on Non-technical Conflicts. Based on his past experience what was the conflict & how he handled the same can give as case study. Nice cross question Sunand.
Relevance of a Scrum Master is that he offloads PO from managing the team on a daily basis, reporting the scrum metrics and facilitating tons of meetings aiming at impediment removal. There is no one stopping the team from reaching PO directly for story clarifications but team and the PO won't be able to focus on their priorities without the SM. Similarly, there is nothing wrong with SM asking team to keep him in loop. He has been hired for impediment removal and he can't help the team deliver quality product if he is not in the loop. Hope this explains why SM is needed.
To make the product backlog ready for the next three sprints,we need to refine/groom the backlog.This way our scrum team will have the user stories ready to achieve sprint goal and there by have a quality working product with high business value.If we can groom the backlog on Day 4 of the sprint,it will not impact the current sprint goal.
In most of the projects PO will be in touch base with SM , may not reply to him , personally I feel any UI UX change is going to modify it may need to know other team people as well. It's recommended to loop SM. In some cases team people can reach PO directly. Comment me if I am incorrect
answer to the question where we talk abt product backlog : well i feel its very important part of scrum,though its not part of any ceremony, product backlog is created considering user requirement, or i would say its having more of epic stories, and these epics are picked and broke down further and taken care in sprint or may be 1 epic is covered in multiple sprint.
Product owner cannot have one to one interaction everytime with a single resource assign work and create dependency in the scrum team. It is deviating the key value of agile,transparency in the team.why scrum master is needed here is negate this one man dependency in the team and help making the team cross functional.Any clarification or requirement should be done with the scrum team rather than with a single resource,if that resource is not availbale the next sprint due to health or any other emergency,will the sprint goal be achieved.Hence,the SM.
answer to the last one where question is abt , which value is important, i feel there is no such choice,each value is equally important and has to be adapted to a successful scrum master. :)
how long a candidate should speak to answer a question? In scenario based interview we might need to define first then give an example with our real-time experience it sometimes makes the answer long. and sometimes the interview panel seems hurry. What should we do in that case?
The answer to the conflicts question is too long. Need to be short and exemplify with reiterating Scrum values of openness, transparency, collaboration . So have a team discussion on the issue , if does not get resolved than 1 on 1
Hi Amit , we are having full time jobs like you do , also have other personal commitments/ not well last week . So request you to have some patience please. Also its not possible to have 1o1 call with all . On your query , i am already making one video, as its the most ask question for now. thanks again !!
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well answer to the second question where a team member is having conflict with srum master it self. i feel if i am giving the interview i would say,i will setup a 1-1 with that team member to understand why he have such thoughts for me ? being honest is also srcum master duty,and if any changes required from my end will try to fix or overcome them but again if he says i am not needed, then its his point of view. i am not hired by him. i am hired by an organisation and for them i am valueable..
also to make him understand the role and duty of scrum master , i will make him scrum master for 1 sprint,where he will get a flavour of activities i am performing as scrum master.:)
nice idea :)
This is exactly what we expect from interview video . Please add such more videos rather listen to the experience of recent selected scrum master .
check below - ua-cam.com/play/UUMOfao-LwRY1gf61_PdJ_RWQg.html
Transparency should be an attribute of the team. Where they are comfortable discussing issues, asking for help when needed and collaborating with other members .
great input , keep sharing your thoughts
Do more interviews like. You have done some videos where the other person is only answering you are not questioning them. This is a good video and you are grilling the candidate.
thanks , purpose of both sessions are different
well to answer a question where PO is reaching directly to Developer, my answer is its very much fine if he reach out to them( it happen in my organization also) but i will explain to PO in very simple manner that such addon request/meetings will distract developer from the commitment he made for current work, and ultimately my report metric or my burn down chart our even our overall sprint goal may delay or even we may not able to meet them. yeah that it
This session was really helpful. Plz do more sessions like this.
Sure, Great you find value 👍
I would say Backlog refinement is the best practice that every scrum team follows to refine the stories prior to the sprint and get clarity on the missing piece of information, so that they are ready for the next sprints.
Thanks for inputs, rightly said
Backlog refinement can help in meeting the DOR criteria so that the user story can be picked for the next sprint ?
@@deepakmadhanagopal6321 exactly
Do more such stress interviews with follow up questions
Sure, if you want to participate, drop email to sunandsharrma@gmail.com
For question at 9:00 - Senior team member having conflict with Scrum Master & directly saying SM's presence is useless whereas Team feels SM is important & Team has kind of indicated that Senior member is controlling them & trying to be their lead.
This is clearly violating Scrum value of Respect & the role mentioned in Scrum framework - There are no leads & no one is going to control anyone.
Also the senior member should only talk about the concerns THEY feel and need to become a representative for rest of the team members. If needed I will take 1-1 with others who share same feeling.
As a SM -
I will first of all try to gauge the situation in the sprint retrospective to understand from the team how the team dynamics are playing out. I will bring up the concern of senior team member & give him/her the chance to explain their position only & ask them to provide clear & to the point examples where they felt SM's role was not useful & then take rest of the team members point of view on the same. My approach would be to foster a red-tape or bureaucracy free conversation in the retrospective where team members can express if the Senior members behavior is bothering them. If it turns out to be accurate then clearly the Senior member is violating one of the Scrum Values i.e. Respect and question says that Team mentioned the Senior is controlling them - this is a violation of Scrum value is clearly an impediment for rest of the team members. I will take 1-1 with Senior member to further understand their position but if the matter is more related to Personality Problem & not related to the actual work where something can be improved, then as protector & impediment remover of scrum team , I as a SM would need to bring this issue with management to find a middle path.
Thanks for taking time and explain in detail
@@CareersTalk is this a good answer from interview point of view ?
Hi Sunand & Careers Talk Team,
Thank you very much for your efforts. I have a request here, may you please prepare a video on Scrum KPI & Metrices? I am not able to find any such video on your channel.
For e.g.
Velocity Metrices
Commitment Reliability
Capacity Utilization
Estimation variance
Scope Changes
Defect Leakage
Backlog Health
Thanks for inputs. We covered metrics in 2 different session,will create more in future
There is no point of discussion on Non-technical Conflicts. Based on his past experience what was the conflict & how he handled the same can give as case study. Nice cross question Sunand.
Relevance of a Scrum Master is that he offloads PO from managing the team on a daily basis, reporting the scrum metrics and facilitating tons of meetings aiming at impediment removal. There is no one stopping the team from reaching PO directly for story clarifications but team and the PO won't be able to focus on their priorities without the SM. Similarly, there is nothing wrong with SM asking team to keep him in loop. He has been hired for impediment removal and he can't help the team deliver quality product if he is not in the loop. Hope this explains why SM is needed.
Second question. Put the issue in team meeting..
and not everyone has to like you as long as you are doing your sm master job effectively.
nice
Very nice session.. Really loved it.. Its enriching and very inaightful
Glad you find value 😀 🙏
Thank you Sunand. Its very helpful session..
Glad you find value 😀
Hello sir
Can you please help me as well for scrum interview?
It would really boost my confidence.
drop email with your linkedin profile and resume - sunandsharrma@gmail.com
What book would u recommend Sunand
To make the product backlog ready for the next three sprints,we need to refine/groom the backlog.This way our scrum team will have the user stories ready to achieve sprint goal and there by have a quality working product with high business value.If we can groom the backlog on Day 4 of the sprint,it will not impact the current sprint goal.
Nicely sum-up , i would suggest please watch our detail session on backlog refinement
In most of the projects PO will be in touch base with SM , may not reply to him , personally I feel any UI UX change is going to modify it may need to know other team people as well. It's recommended to loop SM. In some cases team people can reach PO directly. Comment me if I am incorrect
answer to the question where we talk abt product backlog : well i feel its very important part of scrum,though its not part of any ceremony, product backlog is created considering user requirement, or i would say its having more of epic stories, and these epics are picked and broke down further and taken care in sprint or may be 1 epic is covered in multiple sprint.
Product owner cannot have one to one interaction everytime with a single resource assign work and create dependency in the scrum team.
It is deviating the key value of agile,transparency in the team.why scrum master is needed here is negate this one man dependency in the team and help making the team cross functional.Any clarification or requirement should be done with the scrum team rather than with a single resource,if that resource is not availbale the next sprint due to health or any other emergency,will the sprint goal be achieved.Hence,the SM.
Great session Sunand as always 👏
Would love to see more of it
Glad you find value 😀 will try similar session in future
answer to the last one where question is abt , which value is important, i feel there is no such choice,each value is equally important and has to be adapted to a successful scrum master. :)
I really like the session and do want to see more.. also i am also wanted to give such interview.. please help..
Please drop email sunandsharrma@gmail.com with subject mock interview will discuss
very nice
Thanks. Please watch others sessions
how long a candidate should speak to answer a question? In scenario based interview we might need to define first then give an example with our real-time experience it sometimes makes the answer long. and sometimes the interview panel seems hurry. What should we do in that case?
Always tell panel that if they feel I am stretching they can stop you in between. Give them overview and then ask shall I explain in detail ?
@@CareersTalk Thank you for your quick response. how about if candidate refer an article written by him or ask to share the same through the email?
yes , he can add link in his/her resume , if interviewer's need they can click
Can you please let me know the name of the book which I can refer for Safe
for SAFe 5.0 , i would suggest check this book - amzn.to/3RlxaJ3
@@CareersTalk thank you 🙂
Hi sunand I want to give mock interview
Please drop email at sunandsharrma@gmail.com with LinkedIn, let's connect there
Did you drop email for mock session? Just checking
Scrum master post for project not for a single person wish, if a senior is not happy can escalate to management.
The answer to the conflicts question is too long. Need to be short and exemplify with reiterating Scrum values of openness, transparency, collaboration . So have a team discussion on the issue , if does not get resolved than 1 on 1
great input , keep sharing your thoughts
I have mailed my queries on mentioned email but not getting a reply.
Hi Amit , we are having full time jobs like you do , also have other personal commitments/ not well last week . So request you to have some patience please. Also its not possible to have 1o1 call with all . On your query , i am already making one video, as its the most ask question for now. thanks again !!
@@CareersTalk Thanks feels better now after your feedback.
Normally interviews go like this only sunand ..
😀
Sunad asked very right questions, however i felt the answers given are not upto the mark
Too bad he doesn't give proper answers to these questions
thanks again for everything you do!! i couldnt find your email above??
Sunandsharrma@gmail.com