Being the scrum master at your company is not something to take lightly. The idea of just taking a class or reading a few blogs and forums will prepare you for the challenges of being the leader of your agile/scrum project is not a wise one. There are many things to consider and we are going to talk about all of them.
You can head over to Part 1 of the new scrum blog that I am going to be writing for in the years ahead.
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I made an Agile / Scrum India offshore model working including dependency with NYC teams. Some "tricks":
1- have a Scrum Master or similar (a coordinator profile) in offshore. Without this you are dead.
2- the team should be autonome. even if there are depenencies for code... the team members should be all in offshore (minimize a team composed of different location).
3- If the Scrum Master leader is elsewhere (like in NYC) have him/her attend 2 times a week the India daily run by the India coordinator.
4- Each sprint, work with the team to define 2 or 3 Agile practices to improve. e.g.: for the next 2 sprints we will improve the review demo & process (how do we do this...).
5- If you have other country dependencies, try to have someone of the same culture in different location. e.g.: I have India ressources in NYC that attend some meeting and help the cultural and language issues.
6- Share photo of their Retrospectives, teams in restaurant, burndown... And post them in your office (same in India).
7- Understand the culture difference. Critical!
8- Use Video conference from time to time.
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