Scrum Bubbles

Category: traditional project management vs. agile project management

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Traditional Project Management vs. Agile Project Management: Week 4

    So in my current role of PM, I’m experiencing the NEED to babysit EVERYONE on this project far more than I have in the past as a Scrum Master.  Here are some examples: No one is sharing information even after I’ve requested it.  I have to pull it from them.  For instance, I had no…