What's new?

Hey Reader,

I'm not always talking about what's been going on in my blog or my YouTube channel, so I thought I'd start sending you recaps of the posts and discussions from the past month.

We're a bit late with the month of September since it's our first issue. But here you go...

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New episodes in the Agile Audit podcast

This month we've released two new episodes

He knows how to win developers’ trust In this episode, I talk with Banky about technical knowledge and building relationships with developers. Banky shares his advice for Scrum Masters about patience, flexibility, and simplicity.

Losing sleep over Scrum In this episode, Nina and I share our stories of the first experiences we had as Scrum Masters and discuss what kind of support you need to be successful in the role.

Btw, did you know that you can join our podcast as a guest??? We'd love to hear from you.

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New videos and blog posts

In addition to our podcast episodes, we had a couple of new videos, of course.

What do developers want from Scrum Masters? In this one, I'm sharing a snippet from one of my mentorship calls. I talk about building relationships with developers, especially, if you are not technical. I share some of my thoughts on what developers really need from us, and how we can really help.

Technical Debt for non-techies Technical debt is not as technical as it sounds. In this video, I'm giving you plenty of examples to help you understand this concept. I also share some useful strategies for reducing tech debt in your product.

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Ranting about Scrum haters on a stream

This month I did another stream where we talked about a small post that kind of went viral in the community. I shared an email about it already. But I also jumped on a stream to share my thoughts on the subject and to share other similar posts.

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Recent store updates

In case you missed the updates we've made to the old product and the new products we've added, here's a quick recap:

✅ Ultimate Product Owner Guide [ Fully Done ] This is a unique guide that will give you a clear development plan for the Product Owner role alongside easy-to-use tools to define, develop, and deliver products your customers love. Get the guide 📖 [New Guide] Writing User Stories Workshop Teach your team how to create great user stories and organize the Product Backlog, how to split work in an Agile way, and deliver high-value functionality. Get the guide 🎥 [New Course] Jira for Scrum Masters and Agile Teams It's not about learning every single nitty-gritty detail of Jira. Instead, it's about getting familiar and comfortable using Jira on a day-to-day as a Scrum Master, Product Owner, or an Agile team member. Enroll today

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Quote of the month

This one comes from the DevOps Handbook that I've been reading for the past month.

Dr. Sidney Dekker, who helped codify some of the key elements of safety culture and coined the term just culture, writes:

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What's next?

In the upcoming videos, I'm thinking of posting about a new tool for remote collaboration. It's going to be a tutorial and review of the tool called FigJam, from the creators of Figma.

I'm also working on a comprehensive video on DevOps from a non-technical perspective. I really want to get it out next week, but I also want to meet up with a couple of experts to include that in the video, so it may actually take more time.

There's also something in the works on OKRs - objectives and key results.

In the products domain, I'm working on adding a couple of new things to the Scrum Master Startup Guide and I'm also thinking about releasing a new product related to new team members onboarding.

Stay tuned for that and more!

Yup, I think this is all I wanted to share with you. Talk to you next week. (I'm skipping my personal stories email this week)

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Darya Bagina ScrumMastered Founder

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