I started a new contracting position yesterday and am trying to work out my thoughts. This place is extremely large and very corporate feeling. The office is very quiet, which is nice in some ways, but also unsettling. The people are cordial, not extremely nice, but professional. The applications look large are formidable.
I just got back from a stand-up and it has left a really bad opinion of the group.
My last team had an excellent Scrum Master. He made sure that our meetings stayed on track and were held within the allotted time. For example, in our stand-ups all team members were: required to be to the meeting on time the time, (literally) stand up during the meeting, duration was 15 minutes, and all discussions were held for after the meeting Each person was asked to concisely describe what they did yesterday, what they are doing today, and if there was anything that was blocking them with their work.
I am a strong proponent for a separate person taking on the Scrum Master role. This team does not have the same idea, as a Senior Developer took the role of running this morning's stand-up. The meeting started late, 1/3 of the people showed up even later than the start of the meeting, there was no direction to the meeting by the 'Scrum Master', all the 'updates' were very confusing, and it seemed like the team is overall confused on the expectations and deliverables needed in the next few months. I have a grooming session later this afternoon with them, hopefully this will be better, but I'm not really holding my breath.....
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