Scrum master exchange - miracle cure or the ultimate comfort zone crash?

Dear Dresden Agilists,

When we enter a new environment, we immediately notice a thousand things that are not right for us. We used this effect for an experiment: What becomes visible when a Scrum Master puts the team in the hands of a colleague for three sprints?

A great idea, you might think. After all, Scrum Masters are the ones who encourage the teams and the organization to try things out, uncover blind spots and make dysfunctions visible.

We tried it out at Carl Zeiss Digital Innovation. Four Scrum Masters swapped one of their two teams with another colleague for a duration of three Sprints.

The Scrum Master exchange experiment was insightful and surprising for all participants in many ways. Are you curious on how it went?
Glad to hear :) So join us for this Meetup as Oliver Effner will share some insights first, which we use as an impulse for the follow-up discussion.

Hope to see you there!

Key information:
📅 Date: Wed 09.04.2025
🚪 Doors Open: 06:30 PM
🎤 Event Start: 07:00 PM (Please be on time!)
🏁 End of event: 09:30 PM
📍 Host / Location: ZDI Dresden GmbH, Bergstraße 60 · Dresden - just use the side entrance on Bergstraße (follow the signs). Parking can be a bit tricky, so we recommend to use public transportation (Bus 66 or 61 or Tram 3 or 8)

Refreshments: Drinks and some snacks will be sponsored by ZDI
Language: English or German, depending on what works best to include all participants.

Pictures: We might take some snapshots during the event. Pics can be used at Meetup, by ZDI or in network-relevant Social Media, such as LinkedIn.