Intent
The Scrum Exchange is a twice-yearly event hosted by Tobias Mayer and friends. Its purpose is to bring together dedicated and passionate Scrum practitioners of various levels of experience, in order to share their ideas, insights, stories, interactive exercises and methods of coaching with one another, so that the Scrum community as a whole grows stronger, closer, more thoughtful, and more supportive.
Implementation
This is not a conference. There are no name badges, no tracks, no keynotes, no superstars, no leaders, no pre-ordered corporate lunches, and no product promotion or sponsorship.
Each Exchange has a space-holding facilitator who will offer light-touch opening and closing activities, and maintain the framework for the day. The program is created on the day, by whoever is there. Everyone is an equal participant and can choose to do as much or as little as they like.
Occasionally guest facilitators will be invited to offer sessions on specific topics of interest.
ReflectionPeriods of reflection will occur throughout the day to share learnings, adjust the agenda, raise (and resolve) concerns, assess value and find ways to improve on the fly. Participants take responsibility to meet their own needs and to serve the group as a whole.
The Law of One Bum
Throughout the day we ask participants to honour the law of one bum, which goes something like this:
If you are not getting value from a session, stay there, and figure out what you can contribute to make the session valuable. And if you fail, stay there, and try again differently.
