Analogue to Mom-swapping it is possible to swap Scrum Masters for a sprint. Interesting to do!
It is a phenomenon on television, Mom-swapping. You just pull 2 mom's from very different families and put them back in the other environment, have some rules around it and you have attractive TV.
This can be done at work too! Maybe a next TV series can be Boss-swap or Secretary-swap, that will be shocking too. But hey I'm Agile coach, so let's focus on Scrum Master-Swap.
As a matter of fact that is not a bad idea if you think of it. All will benefit of the fact that a new process oriented person is inserted in your scrum team! At least you get new insights and a glimpse of how we can do things differently (positive approach of course!). Rules can be simple, the first sprint the 'inserted' SM will follow the practices of the team, the second sprint the Scrum master is in charge of the ceremonies.
For the conveniences you can decide to bring down the length of a sprint to 1 week. The whole experiment will take 2 weeks then. Prior to the swap the SM's will have a look in the backlog of the other team, nothing more as preparation. At the end, an overall evaluation and share experience with the two teams and the Scrum Masters will complete the experiment then!
Well try it, I guarantee an exiting period!
Please feed back your experiences!
Happy swapping!
