After implementing Scrum, some organizations slowly stray away from the basics that made their implementation successful. They loosen up Scrum practices, lose sight of core roles and responsibilities, and succumb to their muscle memory of how things were done before. Teams have little accountability and fail the transparency test. Denise Dantzler reminds us of the roles and responsibilities of the ScrumMaster, Product Owner, team member, leadership team, organization, Scrum coach, and stakeholders. She then identifies and discusses pitfalls, and recommended actions in each role to rejuvenate a Scrum implementation. Denise explores overall process improvement opportunities for Scrum implementations, including mid-sprint poker, release planning, and the importance of a Sprint Zero. Learn the critical adjustments you and your organization can make to remain successful over the long haul with Scrum.
Denise Dantzler
Werner Enterprises
In the past twenty years, Denise Dantzler has served in various senior management roles across diverse industries—banking, transportation, telecommunications, payment processing—leading teams spanning all IT functions, business analysis, technical writing, HRIS, QA, and PMO. Starting in 2009, Denise managed the Scrum implementation within her company, serving as ScrumMaster and Scrum Coach while simultaneously managing various engineering teams. A Certified ScrumMaster and IT Project Manager, Denise has a passion for coaching others and offers leadership training to emerging leaders, Scrum training, and a deep-dive into Scrum lessons learned. Contact Denise for more information at [email protected].
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