A member of the scrum team does not want to participate in sprint planning. What do you do?

Part 12 of our #scrummaster #interviewquestions series where John McFadyen answers common questions posed of #scrummasters and #agilecoaches during interviews and engagements. In a perfect #agile world, each member of the #scrumteam understands the benefits of #scrum and attempts to live, breathe and act based on the #agile values and principles. Attempts to use each of the #scrumevents to optimize their performance and identify opportunities for growth and improvement. That said, people are complex and often you will find that not everybody in the team supports a particular event or wants to participate. This is an interesting interview question because the team could be experiencing this very issue of non-participation or resistance to adoption of #scrum and the interviewer is genuinely interested in how you would deal with that. It gives you a great opportunity to demonstrate why you are a great coach as well as a #scrummaster, and it provides them with the insight they need to make a decision about whether you are the right person for the job or not. In this short video, John McFadyen explains how he would deal with a person who saw scrum meetings and events as a waste of time and refused to participate in them. If you are interested in becoming an agile coach and value mentored, coach-driven skills development in your journey to mastery, visit our Growing Agile Coaches page on https://www.johnmcfadyen.com/growing-agile-coaches/. If you like the idea of becoming a scrum master and want to achieve internationally recognised and certified accreditation as a scrum master, visit our Certified Scrum Master (CSM) course page on https://www.johnmcfadyen.com/training/certified-scrummaster/. If you are already a scrum master and want to upskill to a more advanced level of knowledge and agile coaching capability, visit our Advanced Certified Scrum Master (A-CSM) course page on https://www.johnmcfadyen.com/training/advanced-certified-scrummaster/. If you have several years’ experience as a scrum master and want to validate and certify your professional skills, visit our Certified Scrum Professional Scrum Master (CSP-SM) course page on https://www.agilecentre.com/courses/scrum-master/certified-scrum-professional-scrum-master/. For more information on John McFadyen, visit https://www.johnmcfadyen.com or connect with John on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnmcfadyen/. #agile #agilecoach #agilecoaching #agileprojectmanagement #agileproductdevelopment #agility #businessagility #scrum #scrummaster #scrumtraining #scrumcertification #scrumalliance #agilecentre #johnmcfadyen #coach #coaching #certifiedscrummaster