Master English for Scrum Masters. Learn vocabulary to facilitate agile ceremonies, remove blockers, and coach teams on scrum methodologies.
Practice RoleplaysKeeping the team focused on answering: what did I do, what will I do, and are there blockers?
Encouraging open, blameless communication about what went well and what needs improvement.
Communicating with external teams or management to resolve issues hindering the development team.
Explaining scrum principles and guiding the team to adopt self-organization.
Helping the product owner and the team reach consensus on sprint commitments.
Make sure your English is ready for the technical and behavioral questions.
Interview Prep“Scrum”
An agile framework for managing knowledge work.
/SKRUM/
“Sprint”
A set period of time during which specific work has to be completed.
/SPRINT/
“Stand-up”
A daily brief meeting where team members update each other on their progress.
/STAND-up/
“Retrospective”
A meeting held after a sprint to discuss what went well and what could be improved.
/ret-roh-SPEK-tiv/
“Blocker”
An issue that prevents a team member from making progress on a task.
/BLAH-ker/
“Backlog”
A prioritized list of work for the development team that is derived from the roadmap.
/BAK-lawg/
“Velocity”
A measure of the amount of work a Team can tackle during a single Sprint.
/vuh-LAH-sih-tee/
“Story points”
A unit of measure used to estimate the effort required to implement a user story.
/STOH-ree poynts/
“Burndown chart”
A graphical representation of work left to do versus time.
/BERN-down chart/
“Facilitator”
Someone who helps a group of people understand their common objectives and assists them to plan how to achieve these objectives.
/fuh-SIL-ih-tay-ter/
“Servant-leader”
A leader who focuses primarily on the growth and well-being of people and the communities to which they belong.
/SER-vunt LEE-der/
“Empowerment”
Authority or power given to someone to do something.
/im-POW-er-munt/
“Iterative”
Relating to or being a process that involves repeating a series of operations.
/IT-uh-ruh-tiv/
“Increment”
The sum of all the Product Backlog items completed during a Sprint.
/IN-kruh-munt/
“Cross-functional”
Denoting a group of people with different functional expertise working toward a common goal.
/kraws FUNK-shun-ul/
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