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Daily Collaboration: Bridging Business and Development
The fourth principle of the Agile Manifesto emphasizes the necessity of daily collaboration between business people and developers throughout a project. This approach fosters better understanding, reduces misunderstandings, and enhances trust, ultimately leading to products that meet customer needs. Such partnerships enable continuous improvement and innovation, avoiding the pitfalls of isolated workflows.
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Fire Hazards
Once upon a time there was a team of dedicated, intelligent, passionate developers and QA engineers who worked on XYZ platform at ABC company. Every day they came to work with the intention of building the best dang platform that ABC had ever seen. However, this team was NOT the original builders. They were the…
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Your Reputation Precedes You
How do scrum masters search for jobs? Just like anyone else. We check openings on places like Indeed, Dice, and LinkedIn. We submit resumes. We go to interviews. We network as much as we can. In fact, we network A LOT. Most people in the tech industry get jobs based on recommendations from their peers. …
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Don’t Take Daily Stand-ups for Granted
For the uninitiated, gathering every day for 15 minutes to discuss the goings-on of current work might seem a little redundant and useless. All the same people say many of the same things over and over again. But to the experienced, there’s a lot more to it than that.
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Traditional Project Management vs. Agile Project Management: Week 7
How the heck are you supposed to have an up-to-date status of your team’s needs, let alone an up-to-date status of project progress? As of last week, we have twice-a-week scrums on Tuesdays and Thursdays. I can glean only a smattering of what the team is working on at these meetings since said meetings seem…
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Traditional Project Management vs. Agile Project Management: Week 5
I love how everyone assumes that the project manager – ME – already knows everything. I can only wish I was omniscient. It is assumed that I know everyone who is responsible for certain test areas. When I don’t and I ask who these people are, I am met with the “duh” look and a…
Scrum Bubbles 