#5amMesterScrum Lightning Talk 1,226 Live - Asking Permission to Coach and Allowing Leaders to do Their Job (We Team & HR Wednesdays) - Today's topics: (1) As an Agile Coach, Consultant, Leader, Program Manager, Project manager and Scrum Master I have always asked permission to join a team in their domain or asked their leader if it was ok to chat …

#5amMesterScrum Lightning Talk 1,225 Live - Practice some AI to 10X your time and try not to Binge Watch TV (2-4-1 10X Tuesdays) - Today's topics: (1) I was thinking of what I have been doing lately to 10X and get to places faster and I saw this 28 day AI challenge that I'm looking to try and (2) Oak Island starts a new season tonight as we speak a…

#5amMesterScrum Lightning Talk 1,24 Live - Goals and Metrics Don't Always Get you What you Want & Veterans Offer (Metric Monday) - Today's topics: (1) Goals Don't always get you what you want and maybe the metrics are not in harmony? and (2) Veterans offer for the balance of 2024 for 5 veterans to get free coaching Please like and subscribe and sha…

I spoke on "The Art of Delivering IT Products" with Tech-Social 11/7/2024 at 11am EST with Gabriela Santander and Edgar Martinez to discover "The Art of Delivering IT Products" in our upcoming Tech-Social Master Class tailored for C-level executives and delivery managers. Dive deep into strategies, insights, and best practices. I want to thank Let …

#5amMesterScrum Lightning Talk 1,223 Live - Being Happy to 10X you day and double your returns (2-4-1 10X Tuesdays) - Today's topics: (1) This afternoon I had to pick up Jerry our dog co-host/entertainer from the pet hotel and the people there were just so happy. It made me re-realize that just being happy especially with others grows in a good way…

#5amMesterScrum Lightning Talk 1,222 Live - Is Agile Dead - No! But how we teach it could be (We Team & HR Wednesdays) - Today's topics: (1) On this we team Wednesday I would like to open up discuss on a common theme I see and get asked. I even think it might be a part of our Panel discussion for ACP24. (Pakistan). We need to customize our training…

Take 2 #5amMesterScrum Lightning Talk 1,221 Live - He is Alive Take Two - Should I create Excuses? (2-4-1 10X Tuesdays) - Today's topics: (1) This afternoon's recording sound was terrible. I did a few recordings and wanted to try again with a live connection. I'm such an IT person testing in production. hehe Please like and subscribe and share 5amM…

#5amMesterScrum Lightning Talk 1,221 Live - He is Alive - Should I create Excuses? (2-4-1 10X Tuesdays) - Today's topics: (1) Been almost two months since I last did a show! Excuses galore. But why am I back? Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum. Please send me your topics. You are doing Great Please Keep on Sharing. 5am Mester Scrum …

#5amMesterScrum Lightning Talk 1,220 Live - SPC and Scrum Metrics (Metric Monday) - Today's topics: (1) The other day I saw one of my connections get a Six Sigma belt and it reminded of the connection of Statistical Process Control SPC and metrics we use in scrum. Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum. Please send me your topics. You a…

#5amMesterScrum Lightning Talk 1,219 Live - Designing Team Boards by Epic or by Person (We Team & HR Wednesdays) - Today's topics: (1) The endless debate on do we run a daily scrum by person or by epic or project. It really comes down to how the work is done by the team. Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum. Please send me your topics…

#5amMesterScrum Lightning Talk 1,218 Live - Scary Bears and Sharing with a Mastermind (2-4-1 10X Tuesdays) - Today's topics: (1) Just back from hiking in the mountains and there were lots of scary bears, but you know what was nice having people to talk things through with. A mastermind is a great place to share fears and questions. Sometimes we get…

Trying a Live show from the basement of our Philly Row Home. Sharing some Agile thoughts from building my train layout. The entire building process very agile mindset. Plus fortune cookie fridayBởi g5amMesterScrum

#5amMesterScrum Lightning Talk 1,216 Live - Peeling Away at Epics as Your Release Pieces (4R Thursdays) - Today's topics: (1) I wanted to share some optics that appear as you might peel away scope from an epic as you release parts or stories along the way. Maybe a different way of looking at things. Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScru…

#5amMesterScrum Lightning Talk 1,215 Live - Stirring Up Trouble on Planning Poker for a Monday (Metric Monday) - Today's topics: (1) Last week we talked averages better than single points. Today I wanted to explored a controversial idea that planner poker is not always needed to establish points? It might depend on how your team is operating? Pleas…

#5amMesterScrum Lightning Talk 1,214 Live - Why Ask These 3 Question? More than just an ice breaker and Fortune Cookie (Fun Friday) - Today's topics: (1) I love to ask these 3 questions What Fun did you have last?, What Fun do you have planned next and What is Blocking you from having Fun? There is a deeper reason than just an ice breaker and (2) i…

#5amMesterScrum Lightning Talk 1,213 Live - Natural Retros Do Occur (4R Thursdays) - Today's topics: (1) Facilitating a Sprint Review yesterday and a natural retro started up. We cancelled the retro the day before because half the team was busy with a release and did reschedule for the following Tuesday. What did I do and how I handled it. Please l…

#5amMesterScrum Lightning Talk 1,212 Live - Metric Averages are Better Than Single Points (Metric Monday) - Today's topics: (1) Metric averages or trends are so much better that single point measures that lead to multipoint failures. Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum. Please send me your topics. You are are doing Great Please Keep …

#5amMesterScrum Lightning Talk 1,211 Live - How I Got $11 1st Class one way Airline tickets (2-4-1 10X Tuesdays) - Today's topics: (1) Some might say that has nothing to do with agile but I will argue it does. Focusing on a limited number of avenues of work and flexible with delivery times. Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum. Please…

#5amMesterScrum Lightning Talk 1,210 Live - Why Metrics At All? Because they Work! (Metric Monday) - Today's topics: (1) Why metrics at all is an argument that you will here from now to forever. The answer is they work. How many track steps or calories? I know when I do track those I do much better on my health goals. Please like and subscribe and …

#5amMesterScrum Lightning Talk 1,209 Live - My Top 3 Favorite Metrics to Start a Team with (Metric Monday) - Today's topics: (1) There are lots of questions out their about 3 favorite metrics to start with. I'm curious how many think of the backlog as one? Love to hear your top 3 or even 5. Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum. Please…

Thursday Night Interview Program with Rachelle Williams Agile Coach and Business Woman, who recently posted about her journey to land that new agile coaching opportunity and I was eager to get her on the show. Rachelle who brings years of experience from scrum master and agile coaching to the table for our Interview No. 24. Rachelle Williams Method…

#5amMesterScrum Lightning Talk 1,208 Live - Business Crashing your Sprint, then get a Cadence (4R Thursdays) - Today's topics: (1) Get a cadence where the Requirement Refinement session is on the same day as Sprint Review/Planning. If you hold Sprint Review or Planning on Wednesdays then hold Refinements on Wednesday. Make life as simple as possibl…

#5amMesterScrum Lightning Talk 1,207 Live - Thankfulness Practice, Who wants to work with un-Happy people? (2-4-1 10X Tuesdays) - Today's topics: (1) Who wants to be Unhappy or let alone work with unhappy people. I was listening to a podcast Expert Edge and they had Jon Gordon talking about a positive mindset. And I was like yeah I'm out of practic…

#5amMesterScrum Lightning Talk 1,206 Live - Helping Others Out and HR Interview Scenario for future Scrum Team Hire (We Team & HR Wednesdays) - Today's topics: (1) My son is starting a new business at age 11 and he asked if I would pitch in. I said yes, but I'm really not sure what I signed up for as of yet. Anyway it made me think, what question w…

#5amMesterScrum Lightning Talk 1,205 Live - Its Not Too Late. Oh by the way 30K download for the podcast today (2-4-1 10X Tuesdays) - Today's topics: (1) Today was full of distractions about 18K steps worth. I was listening to Ed Mylett during some of those steps and he was talking about putting in the extra learning or getting those reps in. It re…

#5amMesterScrum Lightning Talk 1,204 Live - Blindly checking off Report can Lead to total Mistrust and Lost Customer (Metric Monday) - Today's topics: (1) Last week my wife asked me to take her car to the dealership for a scheduled service check. I asked the service manager if they could do a diagnostics as I was worried about traction and also the…

#5amMesterScrum Lightning Talk 1,203 Live - Getting that Extra Base in Baseball Agility (2-4-1 10X Tuesdays) - Today's topics: (1) Getting that extra base in baseball as I watched my son grab that extra base because he was aware and practiced for it. Applying a little baseball agility to business and operations. Please like and subscribe and share …

#5amMesterScrum Lightning Talk 1,201 Live - Don't Need All the Metrics At Once (Metric Monday) - Today's topics: (1) Bring in Metrics as they make sense or could be helpful. Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum. Please send me your topics. You are are doing Great Please Keep on Sharing. 5am Mester Scrum 5am Mester Scrum Lightning Talk…

#5amMesterScrum Lightning Talk 1,201 Live - Fun Pirate Friday and Fortune Cookie (Fun Friday) - Today's topics: (1) Reflecting on the fun our co-host Eddie had at the recent home run derby and him winning the championship for his baseball team I wanted to revisit the idea of a baseball retro. Plus I think the MLB All-star game is coming up next mon…

5amMesterScrum Meetup Handy SW Tools For Studies, Product Mgr & Health Topic: the tools I use that helped me with Masters degree, my job as a product manager and with my fitness goals. Rob Jackson Product Manager - As an information technology professional, I am passionate about helping users operate more efficiently and seamlessly. I have extensiv…

#5amMesterScrum Lightning Talk 1,200 Live - Requirements Follow-Up sometimes Writing them down is not Enough (4R Thursdays) - Today's topics: (1) Reflecting on my year of teaching and during the semesters I created a pretty simple requirement for each grades. At 1st I verbally shared, then written shared with the students and then in the end I had …

#5amMesterScrum Lightning Talk 1,199 Live - Hybrid or Remote jobs - Virtual Commute Time, what are you doing with it? (2-4-1 10X Tuesdays) - Today's topics: (1) So I had a few days that I had to go into the office that were cancelled and it made e think how are people using their "virtual commute time"? My recommendation is to use it to grow yourse…

#5amMesterScrum Lightning Talk 1,198 Live - One Review or Two (4R Thursdays) - Today's topics: (1) Lots of teams think all they should do is a story review with the PO or Stakeholder and then they don't need to do a Sprint Review. Its redundant! Well there are three sets of stakeholders that should be a part of any review besides the PO: Other stak…

#5amMesterScrum Lightning Talk 1,197 Live -Scrum Framework Built to Optimize both Individual and Team team Time (We Team & HR Wednesdays) - Today's topics: (1) Finding that balance between team and individual time and Scrum tries to frame that balance Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum. Please send me your topics. You are are doing …

#5amMesterScrum Lightning Talk 1,196 Live - Being Thankful During Your Job Search (2-4-1 10X Tuesdays) - Today's topics: (1) Just reflecting on all the competition out there for jobs or career promotions and I realized that a practice of being Thankful might go a long way. Practicing Thankfulness for all the applications, the new connections and ev…

Thursday Night Interview Program with Viktoriia Kondratova Business Analyst and World Traveler from the USA to Ukraine and back again to the USA Interview No. 23. Viktoriia Kondratova business Analyst and ServiceNow experience BA successfully combines technical knowledge & ability to quickly grasp the core of business challenges organizations are f…

#5amMesterScrum Lightning Talk 1,195 Live -Onboarding New People with pre setups and if Onboarding is not documented then make it a part of their tasks during onboarding (We Team & HR Wednesdays) - Today's topics: (1) So many companies waste time not getting new hires up to speed with a good onboarding system. I would like to share documentation an…

#5amMesterScrum Lightning Talk 1,194 Live - Your Growth Journey Let Look at this Snake Skin (2-4-1 10X Tuesdays) - Today's topics: (1) Found this snake skin while getting my miles per day in. It made me think about your journey on your career path. Growing to a point, feeling restricted in your growth, finally deciding it was time to break through,…

Big Dreams Made From Smaller Pieces, Turning No's into Yes's to Help along our Career Journey, Based on Greg Mester's new co-Authored Book "The Change: Insight's Into Self Empowerment" Sharing the audio portion of my seminar share at the Zip-inar online meeting held on May 29, 2024. The presentation seems to adjust little by little every time I giv…

Thursday Night Interview Program with Melissa O'Connell. Talking empathy and life coaching, Interview No. 22. Melissa O'Connell CEO and Founder. She Helps Empathic & Highly Sensitive Professional Women stay Positive, Productive & Profitable in Work & Life. Melissa is a Certified Life Coach, CEO/Founder of “Creative Girl Helping the World” and "The …

#5amMesterScrum Lightning Talk 1,193 Live - Getting Back into the Groove and Returning from Vacation (4R Thursdays) - Today's topics: (1) I think there might be a 5th R - recovery? Getting back into the groove after a vacation. Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum. Please send me your topics. You are are doing Great Please Keep on Sha…

#5amMesterScrum Lightning Talk 1,192 Live - Fun Pirate Friday and Fortune Cookie (Fun Friday) - Today's topics: (1) I was enjoying watching "One Piece" on Netflix with my kids and the main character was creating his pirate flag wearing his straw hat. I figured we have done mascots for teams so why not pirate flags? and (2) Fortune Cookie Friday may…

My recording from the IIBA Philadelphia May Chapter Meeting: taken from my co-Authored The Change Book presentation titled Big Dreams Made From Smaller Pieces, Turning No's into Yes's to Help along our Career Journey Greg brings stories about bringing people to work together, certification journeys, saying Yes to Yourself, assembling the F/A-18E/F …

#5amMesterScrum Lightning Talk 1,191 Live - New 4 R Thursdays - I added Roles to the topic area (4R Thursdays) - Today's topics: (1) So I was cleaning up the 5amMesterScrum slack group channel selection and it dawned on me that I should make room for role specific discussion and Thursday's made the most since Thursday is usual an R and roles starts…

Topic: Conversations about the Shifts in Agile Space and the Business Agility Institute/Scrum Alliance Skills In The New World Of Work Report This will be a dialog discussion between William Strydom, Integral Agilist, Professional Coach and Leadership Developer and Greg Mester co-Author of The Change Book Vol 20 and everyone in the meetup group. Th…

#5amMesterScrum Lightning Talk 1,190 Live - Let the Team choose the Measure Unit (We Team & HR Wednesdays) - Today's topics: (1) We are in the process of debating measuring velocity with points or hours. If something has to be measured to help the team let the team make the call and not the manager scrum master or agile coach when possible. Please …

Thursday Night Interview Program with William Strydom. Talking Shifts in Agile Space, Interview No. 21. William Strydom, Integral Agilist, Professional Coach and Leadership Developer. An Agilist who is currently spreading the joy of modern ways of working and agility across teams, departments and organizations. He believes in evoking excellence in …

#5amMesterScrum Lightning Talk 1,189 Live - Oh No! Retro Got Cancelled! What do we Do? (3R Thursdays) - Today's topics: (1) So many times I hear scrum masters and agile coaches panic because the Retro got Cancelled. This happens more often than one might know. Things come up such as production issues, all-hands meetings or just people are sick. So …

#5amMesterScrum Lightning Talk 1,188 Live - Maker, Team and Scope Manager Time (We Team & HR Wednesdays) - Today's topics: (1) I was listening to Alex Hormozi's podcast The Game and he was talking about conditions for success as a person or a team. He shared the ideas "maker" and "manager" time. How the maker time was quite dedicated time to creati…

#5amMesterScrum Lightning Talk 1,187 Live - How are Those Goals? Using OKRs to Help with Frustration (2-4-1 10X Tuesdays) - Today's topics: (1) Just revisiting and preparing for Saturday's Webinar on Goal Setting with OKRs. At the last webinar people started right away on their goals and some rethought their goals on the why front. Please like and …