Double Duty as Product Owner and Scrum Master: Why It's a Bad Idea.

Are you under pressure to fill two roles? Product owner and Scrum Master? You aren't alone. Learn why wearing the hats of a Scrum Master and product owner simultaneously is a bad idea. And discover what the pirates and the folks at Stanford have to teach us about the danger of combining roles that have different skill requirements.
Reference:
What 17th-Century Pirates Can Teach Us About Job Design, Huggy Rao, Harvard Business
Review, October 2010. hbr.org/2010/10/column-what-1...
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Inside "Double Duty As Product Owner And Scrum Master: Why It's A Bad Idea."
00:00 The Stanford study on pirate ship captains
00:25 Two areas of leadership tasks/responsibilities
00:53 The # 1 problem with being a product owner and Scrum Master
01:36 How pirates and Scrum teams divide work
02:22 Consider what you might lose in doing both roles

[@geenabuxton6837]

Seeing Mike dressed like a pirate wasn’t on my bingo card today, but this is great!

[@MountainGoatSoftware]

Thanks, Geena. It was fun to make.