Presentation from ScrumGathering Canada, in March 2018, in Toronto, Ontario. Given by Joanne Stone (@jojostone) and Mike Kaufman (@mkaufman811).

1. A Good Scrum Master
is Hard to find …
ScrumGathering Canada 2018
@jojojostone
@mkaufman811
@CanadaScrum

2. Agile Coach & Leader
Build passionate teams and
leaders that create
amazing products.
Continuous learner –
Collector of book titles
Community supporter and
builder
Background
Software Developer, Manager, Program Manager,
Change Agent, Scrum Master, Agile Coach
Small and Large Companies
Telecom, Retail and Banking
Agile Transformations

3. Agile Coach & Trainer
Build passionate teams and
leaders that create
amazing products.
Continuous learner –
Collector of book titles
Community supporter and
builder
Background
Software Developer, Manager, Program Manager,
Change Agent, Scrum Master, Agile Coach
Small and Large Companies
Data Protection, Telecom, Insurance and Banking
Agile Transformations

4. Who wants to be a scrum master?

6. What have been some of your
challenges?

7. Internal Community

8. Hire External Coaches/Scrum Masters

9. Find the Change Champions

10. Roadshow – Connecting and personally
finding people

11. Change Champions were identified!

12. Paired with External Consultant

13. 6 Months Later … 6 Internal Scrum Masters and
Coaches

14. External Community

15. Toronto Community Blossomed
from 50 – 2000+ members in 2 years

16. Community needed help

17. How can we help new scrum masters and agile
coaches? Did they want help? How can we
help?

18. Pitched the Idea at Toronto Agile Open
Space

19. Formed a mentorship group for 6 folks meet
bi-weekly

20. Personalized Journey based on their needs

21. Results – Two team member hired as a scrum
master

22. Recruiters & Managers

23. Unable to set up an internal group or
mentor in your community?

24. Start Connecting with your local Agile Group!

25. Discover the Different Types of Scrum
Masters/Coaches

26. Connect by the Interactive Learning with other
Community members

27. Now you found a candidate what do you do?

28. Let the team pick the scrum master – group
interview

30. Community is Key!
• Toronto Agile Community
• Agile TO
• Agile Toronto Open Space
• Coach Retreat
• SystemsThinking TO
• Agile Lunch
• Agile Drinks
• Agile North (Barrie) meetup
• Agile Mississauga meetup
• Halton Agile/Lean Network
• Hamilton Agile meetup
• Waterloo Lean/Agile P2P meetup
• Coaching Circle P2P (Waterloo)

31. Questions?

32. Joanne Stone
Agile Coach & Leader
www.lodestones.ca
joanne@lodestones.ca
Twitter: @jojojostone
Linkedin:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/joa
nne-stone-b346104a
A Good Scrum Master is Hard to Find …
Mike Kaufman
Agile Coach & Trainer
mkaufman811@gmail.com
Twitter: @mkaufman811
Linkedin:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/mk
aufman811