Tips from a Scrum Master: Focus Your Efforts

This post is the first in a series of posts that I am publishing targeted at Scrum Masters and Scrum and agile practitioners.

Precious and few are the days in a sprint. You must maximize each day of your sprint for optimal results. I mark time on sprints by tweeting the day number and sprint number each morning, something like "Sprint 2, Day 4". This helps me focus each morning and it reminds me of the ever dwindling time remaining for the sprint and for the project. Consider doing the same via Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn or your favorite Social Networking site. You'll be surprised by the results and by the interesting conversations that you start.