In June of 2008, I went to UCLA for a two-day training course to get a ScrumMaster certification. The class was taught by Chris Sterling from SolutionsIQ. I went back to work and started applying what I learned immediately.
The challenge was, I was trained to use Scrum, but others weren't. It was as though only one player knew the rules of the game. So how can I fix this...workshops. By holding a few workshops (or crash course), I was able to get the team up to speed...kind of. I couldn't fit all two days of exercises and material into a four-hour meeting.
After one sprint (two weeks), the team had felt what it is like to sprint. It sure was fast and felt short.
So now the team knows (or was at least informed) of the rules, guidelines, and goals of Scrum, the next challenge is to get them to play as a team. They are in the forming stage of the Tuckman model, and over time, will hopefully get to the performing stage.
By continuous inspection and adaptation, I am looking forward to watching the team evolve and improve over the next few sprints.
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