The Scrum Hawk
I guess you’ve all heard about chickens and pigs in Scrum. A client of mine just offered me a new one: The Scrum Hawk. He explains it like this :
“When SCRUM is new to an organization, the first couple of sprints will likely not go as well as planned. At this point, the scrum chickens magically transform into hawks, ready to pounce on the scrum team. “Pouncing” may include attending the daily standup meetings to put pressure on the team.”
Who are these Hawks?
What are Scrum Hawks doing to your new (or not so new) team?
How are they affecting the team?
How do we ground these Hawks and get them to cluck again?
Categories: Scrum
Scrum Hawks can be anyone of us, a Product Owner, Scrum Master, Chickens and Pigs or the upper echelons of management. It’s important to recognize that the scrum team needs to be shielded from the Hawk(s) as comments they make or directions they set can distract team focus and motivation. No doubt about it, the spotlight is on the team; however, Hawks should deal directly with the Scrum Master, and let the Scrum Master deal with the team at his/her choosing.