Scrum Master
Assessment Template Details
Scrum Master
This template focuses on the core competencies and characteristics of a great Scrum Master. Influenced by many Agile & Lean thought leaders, this template provides an opportunity for a Scrum Master to reflect and improve on the behaviors, qualities, and practices required to assist organizations in competing in today’s fast-moving business environments.
References
Works of thought leaders that influenced the Practice's Technique Criteria, assigned Agility Stage, and impacted Business Outcomes.
Questions/Practices by Practice Dimension
27 total practices
Value Driven
• Agile Planning Facilitation
• Backlog Management Coaching
• Sprint Review Facilitation
• Stakeholder Engagement Coaching
Dynamics
• Creating Accountability
• Creating Safety
• Working Agreements Coaching
Quality
• Definition of Done Coaching
• Technical Techniques Coaching
Adapt
• Daily Scrum Facilitation
• Sprint Planning Facilitation
Improve
• Developing Cross-Functionality
• Metrics Coaching
• Retrospective Facilitation
Leadership
• Coaching
• Courage
• Creating Visibility
• Facilitation
• Growth Mindset
• Lean Agile Practices Knowledge
• Outcome Focus
• Promoting Flow
• Promoting Quality
• Promoting Sustainability
• Scrum Master Service (Org)
• Self-Awareness
• Training Instructor
Practice Technique Criteria Example
Retrospective Facilitation
Starting (0)
The team is skipping retrospectives
Developing (1)
The scrum master coaches the team to have retrospectives on cadence. At a minimum, at the end of every iteration.
The scrum master facilitates the retrospectives in regards to people, relationships, process and tools
Emerging (2)
The scrum master uses different facilitation techniques to get all team members included in generating ideas
The scrum master fosters an environment of safety so that team members bring up their concerns and feelings and problems are discussed without blame or accusation
Adapting (3)
The scrum master ensures improvement proposals are added to the backlog to be implemented in the future
Team members rotate facilitating retrospectives and is not solely up to the scrum master
Facilitates program level retrospectives when applicable.
Escalates issues coming out of retrospectives to others in the program when applicable
Optimizing (4)
Data is leveraged to gain insights such as flow and quality metrics
Retro improvement items are measured
The most important improvement proposals are implemented next iteration
As soon as a problem occurs, the team stops to inspect and adapt
Works with leadership in the organization to improve things outside of the teams control