Is Technical Knowledge A Must For Scrum Masters? CI CD #1

"Scrum Masters with a technical background are preferred over the ones who don't"

How true is this statement?

If it is, then WHY is this the case?

In this video, I reveal the results of two simple but eye-opening Experimental Studies, that I conducted to get to the bottom of this little-explored pain point from the development team.

But we won't just leave it at that. We will explore the potential fix.

Let's not just talk about the problems.

Let's find solutions!!!

00:00 - Intro
00:31 - Pain Point
00:48 - My Reaction
01:15 - Experiment #1
02:29 - Why Was This Happening
04:03 - Experiment #2
04:58 - Solution

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Link to "Agile Product Planning", videos

1) How to define Product Vision

2) How to create a Product Roadmap (part-1)

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[cindystokes]

this is a fascinating discussion. I do not code. I got about halfway through Harvard’s CS50 and realized it just wasn’t for me. I could probably learn but not sure I’d enjoy it. The truth is, I have engineers all over my family. My father was one of the first CTOs for the NSA back in the 60s. My son codes Naval Academy training tools. I am engineer-empathetic. I am adept at TALKING to engineers and actually like them. So they liked me. I also had a basic understanding, because of my general experience in IT and navigating conversations in my family, of what could and could not be done with code. So the dev team LOVE me. I was not the the SM on the team I was one, but was put in the position of always acting as liaison anyway between dev team and the business side and even writing stories for them. They did NOT trust the SM, despite his technical background, and that’s a long story. If you grew up in a family with engineers and their complete opposites (who they tend to marry), you too could be scrum master material.

[meenamourya]

Hey Vibhor, this was exactly what I was looking for. I m trying hard to switch my career from operations to scrum master.. Your videos would be really helpful.. Will watch all your videos . please help us getting such more videos in future..thanks

[D]

I am exactly in same situation. Recently got my role changed from Business Analyst to Scrum Master. Being from Non Tech background I am strongly hoping that this series would help me. Thanks Vibhore for picking this topic.

[uzomaachusim]

Thank you for this. It's obvious that having a basic knowledge of the industry is very helpful in working better as a scrum master.

[VikasPatilBlr]

Very Good Videos. I liked it very much, now i am BIG FAN of U. Thanks VIBHOR.

[bhaskargyadangi]

Hey Vibhor, you are truly genius and this video truly helpful who is waiting for a answer to become a scrum masters from non-technical background however, you ended-up diplomatically.

[igorsk]

Thank you for the great video! if you have a video of the SDLC process and technical jargon i would be glad to see it!

[RajeevJain]

A good experiment and verynicely explained Vibhor

[keerthipt]

Vibhor, your videos are A+! Thank you!

[ashishdarji]

extremely superb content with respect to value. Loved it.

[Love]

Hey Vibhor, another great video
. Thanks for this

[rajadas]

Your every video has a common theme. Simplicity - the art of maximizing the work not done - is essential. Thanks for educating us in simple terms. Can you please share your opinion on following question - "Is scrum master entry level role"?

[BusinessRocketPro]

Very well explained. Keep up educating us

[mythilyponnappan]

Hi Vibhor,
Your videos are eye openers! It's just so crisp and easy to understand. Please continue to deliver these amazing videos, i am sure it's going to help n number of people. Thank you so much.

[krishnakishoreramadugu]

Can I know if it's videos you are referring with subject CI/CD?

[nikskathrotiya]

even big 5 IT companies don't have tech-scrum masters then how still they are able to deliver a solution on time? and what could be the main reason behind the team who's having non tech SM but still can able to deliver things on time.

[swapnavenu]

Please make a video on action items 8n retrospective for cloud migration process. Thank you

[marna_li]

I feel like a Technical Scrum Master is favored in a situation where there is a lot of tech talks - which in itself perhaps a bad sign that we focus on technical details themselves.

[suryasivanandam]

I've seen Scrum masters hired by service company working at client side are treated inhumane, like do something i don't give a damn you follow agile or not, Big bang delivery is important, create you make a video on this?