Ryan Ripley

YDS: How Do I Get Scrum Master Experience?

YDS: How Do I Get Scrum Master Experience?

On today's episode of YOUR DAILY SCRUM: How Do I Get Scrum Master Experience? A listener asked Todd and Ryan how to get Scrum Master experience after getting certified as a Professional Scrum Master. Quite a few Scrum Master's have gotten creative as they've looked...

YDS: Why Won’t the Developers Attend the Daily Scrum?

YDS: Why Won’t the Developers Attend the Daily Scrum?

On today's episode of YOUR DAILY SCRUM: Why won't the Developers attend the Daily Scrum? A past student left us a comment in our Slack channel asking how to get the Developers on their Scrum Team to attend the Daily Scrum. This is a common issue that many Scrum...

YDS: Where does a Project Manager Fit on a Scrum Team?

YDS: Where does a Project Manager Fit on a Scrum Team?

On today's episode of YOUR DAILY SCRUM: Where does a Project Manager fit on a Scrum Team? We get this question pretty often, especially when speaking at conferences: I'm a project manager at a company that just adopted Scrum, am I now out of a job? The quick answer...

YDS: Can One Person Be the Scrum Master and Product Owner?

YDS: Can One Person Be the Scrum Master and Product Owner?

This question is one that Todd and I are asked in almost every Professional Scrum Master course that we teach. There are many organizations that have one person perform both accountabilities. Is this anti-pattern allowed according to the Scrum Guide? Yes. Should you...

Success Stories

This was the first Scrum.org course I took that was co-facilitated, and I believe Ryan and Todd did an excellent job of playing off one another. The breakout sessions and real-world cases the trainers provided were invaluable. I thoroughly enjoyed my learning time and interaction with them, and hope to maybe take another course from them in the future!

Mike Torrence

Todd and Ryan did a great job in running the class and explaining things. I really enjoyed the conversations with Todd and Ryan and with the other people attending the class. I feel like a renewed scrum master after taking this class.

Krista Van De Wetering