XP Days – Liberate Your Scrum Events!

Liberate Your Scrum Events!Explore the power of Liberating Structures in your Scrum EventsEvelien Acun-Roos
Laurens Bonnema
Do your Scrum Events feel like they could use a boost? Do they suffer from one-way communication with little or no interaction or engagement? Are participants disconnected? Does it feel as if only the Scrum Master is not bored?Explore how to boost your Scrum Events and make them more interesting, engaging and active through Liberating Structures in this short presentation followed by a high-intensity workshop. You’ll walk out of this workshop armed with the 7 Liberating Structures for highly effective Scrum Events, ready to give them a boost!
Goal of the session:Learn about Liberating Structures and how to apply them to boost your Scrum Events
Intended audience:Agile Coaches, Scrum Masters, Development Team members
Expected experience:All
Session Type:90 min discovery session
Materials:First rough-cut of the presentation and workshop as tried out at an OpenKitchen recently.
Do your Scrum Events feel like they could use a boost? Do they suffer from one-way communication with little or no interaction or engagement? Are participants disconnected? Does it feel as if only the Scrum Master is not bored? We see this all too often. And it makes us sad. It is entirely avoidable. Whether you are a Scrum Master, a Development Team member or a Product Owner, you can liberate your Scrum Events from the template-zombie apocalypse through effective use of Liberating Structures!Explore how to boost your Scrum Events and make them more interesting, engaging and active through Liberating Structures in this short presentation followed by a high-intensity workshop. According to their inventors, Keith McCandless and Henri LIpmanowicz, Liberating Structures are easy-to-learn microstructures that enhance relational coordination and trust. They quickly foster lively participation in groups of any size, making it possible to truly include and unleash everyone. Liberating Structures are a disruptive innovation that can replace more controlling or constraining approaches.You’ll walk out of this workshop armed with the 7 Liberating Structures for highly effective Scrum Events, ready to give them a boost!