Your Team Has to Work Remotely. Scrum Master: Time to Step Up!
Help your team and organisation through these hard times
Are you a Scrum Master in the middle of the COVID-19 crisis? Do you and your colleagues suddenly have to work from home? Then you may ask yourself if you can be effective in the coming weeks or months. The answer is Yes! You will have your work cut out for you.
Sure, the highest priority is to flatten the curve. But life will resume to normal eventually. Meanwhile, it’s all hands on deck. As a servant leader, your responsibilities are the same whether your team is remote or co-located. On the other hand, in this New Normal, how you fulfil those responsibilities differs. This article will help to embrace your role during these hard times.
Service to the Development Team — facilitation
Facilitation will probably not be your main concern. If it is, your team may work flawlessly. Chances are though that you aren’t focusing on what matters most. Still, the article isn’t complete without mentioning facilitation. You need to help ensure that all events continue flawlessly. You can find plenty of reading material on the Internet on the topic of online meeting practices and tools. Here is a good article to start:
