32 Scrum master interview questions

Luis GonçalvesAgile, Scrum15 Comments

In this blog post,, I am writing something different, a resource that you will hopefully find useful. I am providing 32 Scrum Master Interview Questions that anyone can use to interview Scrum Masters. This is a collection of questions that I have been accruing over several years and I believe they are extremely beneficial; please feel free to use them next time you are interviewing a candidate.

Cross functional team is not enough

Luis GonçalvesAgile, Scrum4 Comments

Cross functional team In my previous blog post, I explained how cross-functional teams are not enough to create high performing organisations. Cross-functional teams are mandatory, but not a guarantee of, success. I explained that several organizations have cross-functional teams built around a matrix organization. The blog post explains quite well how this matrix setup can hurt companies quite badly. In … Read More

Sick and tired of Agile estimation

Luis GonçalvesAgile, Scrum16 Comments

Agile Estimation During this last week, I finally had the opportunity to read a book that was on my reading list for long time: Black Swan by Nassim Nicholas Taleb. The book is about uncertainty and unexpected events. NNT (as the author calls himself) explains that we live in an extremely complex world where we cannot predict all the events … Read More