The Scrum Master is accountable for making sure every Scrum event takes place and is positive and productive. Good facilitation is a large part of that. It is less about running the room and more about helping the Scrum Team get value from each event, while building the team's own ability to manage itself.
You'll start with what it means to be a facilitator and some tips for doing it better. Then you'll focus on the Sprint Retrospective, the event where the Scrum Team plans ways to increase quality and effectiveness. You'll see how to facilitate it, what makes a retrospective effective, and why it is worth holding every Sprint.
With facilitation skills in hand, you'll be ready for the next module, Coaching Teams & Resolving Conflict, where you look at helping the team grow and work through disagreements.
What it means to be a facilitator in Scrum, with practical tips for facilitating better. The first video in a three-part series.
Approaches to facilitating the Sprint Retrospective so that the Scrum Team has a productive, useful conversation about how to improve.
Tips for making retrospectives more valuable, from a trainer who describes how his own approach has been refined over time.
The value of holding a retrospective every Sprint, explained with an analogy drawn from a team that questioned whether it was needed.