Mike Cohn and Mountain Goat Software bring you The Scrum Police: enforcers of the so-called Scrum rules. 0:16 Meet Brian Milner, New Director of the Scrum Bureau of Investigations (SBI) 0:28 See what happens when Scrum Masters fail to tell their bosses to keep quiet during daily scrums 0:36 Visit someone in lockup who thought they could be both Scrum Master and Product Owner (at the same time!) 0:41 No one (not product owners, not Scrum Masters, not even an author of the Scrum Guide) is safe from a knock at the door from the Scrum Police (aka SBI) 0:52 Watch out if you fail to create a Definition of Done 1:02 End a sprint planning meeting without a sprint goal, skip a retrospective, or bend any rule to fit your context at your own risk. 1:15 April Fools! Come and visit ScrumPolice.com and confess to your Scrum crimes or report a repeat offender. At ScrumPolice.com, we're publishing a growing list of "offenders" who had the audacity to approach agile as a set of solid principles and good practices and guidelines--instead of an etched-in-stone set of hard-and-fast rules. We're here to show them that it's the Scrum way or the highway! The Scrum Police is all in jest but the idea that there is only one true way to be agile is a prevailing myth that we hope this video and website will help bust once and for all! Further reading: Don't Call the Scrum Police: There's more than one way to be agile (https://www.mountaingoatsoftware.com/blog/dont-call-the-scrum-police-agile-rules-are-rare) Six Agile Myths Busted (https://www.mountaingoatsoftware.com/blog/six-agile-product-development-myths-busted) ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHRF_hk7XYY

00:00 Which teams should never do Scrum without a Scrum Master? 00:11 The difference between getting by and thriving 00:24 What good Scrum Masters add to teams 00:40 Does Scrum Master always need to be a full-time position? ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vP2qB8GQ_xA

Mike Cohn and Mountain Goat Software answer your questions about two agile terms that often get confused: Definition of Done and Acceptance Criteria (which some people call Conditions of Satisfaction). In this video, you'll find: 00:00 Introduction 00:39 Acceptance Criteria Defined 00:50 Example Acceptance Criteria 01:38 Acceptance Criteria Are Specific to One Story 01:56 What Is a Definition of Done? 02:08 Example Definition of Done Items 02:45 Difference between Acceptance Criteria and Definition of Done 03:37 Using Definition of Done and Acceptance Criteria Read more on our website: https://www.mountaingoatsoftware.com/blog/clarifying-the-relationship-between-definition-of-done-and-conditions-of-sa We also offer a course on Better User Stories, that includes how to add acceptance criteria. Lear more here: https://learn.mountaingoatsoftware.com/bus-mike-live/?utm_source=linkedin&utm_medium=organice&utm_campaign=video ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hq9O7mnUNM4

Learn about 5 typical paths that people take to become product owners in this video from Mountain Goat and Mike Cohn. 00:00 The roles people have before they become product owners 00:18 Moving from business analyst to product owner 00:36 From product manager to product owner 01:01 From project manager to product owner 01:16 Why product users make great product owners 01:33 Which developers make good product owners? ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ns3sv9hi3VA