Rethinking begins in the head – the mindful attitude as a SCRUM success factor

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Aha moments must be experienced, not told. This also applies to the success factors for successful agility: In reflecting on my everyday life as an Agile Coach for our adesso customers, there are always moments in which individuals or entire teams reach the point "There has to be a better way". If we adopt an attitude of departure in these moments and dare to endure the uncertainty, then we start a learning process that leads us to new experiences and ultimately to new insights.

Incorporating mindfulness facilitates this practical rethinking. It can be the soft skill for rethinking the possibilities and working successfully.

Am I already there or do I have to rethink things?
Recently I was able to hold another SCRUM Product Owner course for adessi. As usual, the participants enriched the exchange, learning and fun at work complemented each other, everything as always. When asked the peru consumer email list obligatory final question "What was your most impressive insight from the course?", one prompt answer stood out: "Rethinking." With the other participants nodding in approval, the colleague explained:

"Agility is not working without a 'specification', with repetitive rituals and meetings, but rather it is about adopting a contributing attitude." She continued: "Trust cannot be demanded, the product owner must earn it through his contribution to the team and the project. It is not enough for the product owner to place great trust and yet let the team work alone. The product owner must have a sense of collaboration and be completely focused on the common product goal. To adopt this attitude, you have to think differently, at least for me."

As an Agile Coach, I often experience that Product Owners in a classic role, such as project management or supervisor, act outside the team and only consider SCRUM values ​​to be relevant for the developers and the SCRUM Master. But the SCRUM values ​​form the underlying attitude that leads the SCRUM framework used to success. Only the correct use and interaction of these elements builds trust. By the way, here you can find the blog post " Agile software development - success with Scrum through mindfulness ", which discusses the SCRUM values.

Behind the participants’ desire for a change of thinking is the question: “Am I already there or do I still have to arrive (in the here and now)?”

A hands-on example: In my courses I like to use a video for the SCRUM value "openness" that helps you to locate yourself again and again. The core question of the video is "Where am I?" Transferred to SCRUM, we find the answer to the question "How do I think, what state am I in right now? Do I need to change my way of thinking?"