SPaMCAST 715 - Work Entry or Work Intake, Product Owner, Scrum Master, and Meeting Scheduler - NOT!, Essays and Conversations

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">A funny thing happened on the way to the essay this week. I was distracted by feedback from a colleague on a workshop Jeremy Willets and I developed and delivered this week. We discuss why the phrase work entry describes how work gets to teams and organizations, and why “work intake” masks problems in the real world. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We also have a visit from Susan Parente and her Not A Scrumdamentalist column. This month Susan answers a listener's question about whether it makes sense for a Scrum Master to also play other roles on a team. </span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Do you have questions that you would like Susan, Jon, Jeremy, Tony, or myself to answer?  Leave a voice message at 01.440.668.5717 or an email at</span> <a href="mailto:spamcastinfo@gmail.com"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">spamcastinfo@gmail.com</span></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;">.</span></p> <p><strong>Re-read Saturday News</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Chapter 4 of</span> <a href= "https://amzn.to/38G0ZD3"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Coaching Agile Teams by Lyssa Adkins</span></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;">, discusses the idea that a team, individual, or organization follows a path from a learner to mastery to a teacher using the Shu Ha Ri metaphor. The concept of Shu Ha Ri represents a continuum of learning. In martial arts or any demonstrable activity, practitioners must learn and practice before they can take the next step forward. Carol Dweck, in her book Mindset, postulated that even the most gifted athletes need an open mindset to succeed in the long run. To progress across the continuum of learning everyone needs to put in the work. I suspect that for many, the Shu state is the hardest to accept because we all want to believe we are special and we are all impatient to meet the prize of mastery.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Remember to buy a copy of  Coaching Agile Teams by Lyssa Adkins (SPaMCAST