Earning your Scrum certification is definitely a worthwhile pursuit for your individual professional development. Your knowledge is validated by passing the exam, and you'll have a certification that you can add to your LinkedIn profile, your personal profile, your email signature, and anywhere else that's useful to display it.
Being a Scrum leader can sometimes be lonely; not all companies have a group of scrum masters, for example, who could rely on each other for support and problem-solving. If you're the only scrum master in a startup, to whom do you turn for help when your team is resisting some aspect of Scrum?
That's where the RemoteScrumStudy.com and Toolie Merchant fill the gap. There are several ways to interact with Toolie for help with being a Scrum leader.
- Subscribe to her blog. Toolie has a blog titled Practical Scrum on Substack where she writes about Agile/Scrum and Agile/Kanban issues.
- You can view short articles for free, or
- You can select a monthly subscription that also gives you access to a live chat with other subscribers.
- Monthly subscribers also get full access to more in-depth articles and the entire archive of Agile wisdom.
- Sign up for a mentorship. These are one-on-one 30-minute sessions that you can schedule twice a month at a mutually convenient time. You can sign up for an individual mentorship with Toolie Merchant whether or not you obtained your certification through RemoteScrumStudy.com or another certifying body. The important issue is to have someone who's been in your situation provide advice and solutions when you need them.
- Typically Scrum Masters and Product Owners sign up for this kind of assistance.
- That said, Stakeholders, Engineering Managers, and Developers trying to operate an Agile/Scrum or Agile/Kanban team are also welcome to sign up for a mentorship.
- Project Managers who are interacting with Scrum teams can also benefit from this kind of mentorship.
There's no reason to struggle alone when a highly-experienced Agile practitioner and mentor is available. Schedule an appointment with Toolie to apply for a mentorship.