The new workstyle made me cry thrice within the first month.
Discover how Natasha, an introverted finance professional, conquered her fears, embraced transparency, and found growth in the agile work environment. A story of resilience and transformation!
RSM vs PSM vs CSM vs IC Agile What’s the difference?
Scrum is an Agile framework invented by Dr. Jeff Sutherland that helps teams collaborate and succeed in a business environment where the business situation is rapidly evolving. Teams following the Scrum methods are encouraged to work transparently and self-managed while working on a problem and continually improve themselves through self-reflection. It is a global trend […]
Team members are not focused on customer value; instead, they are too busy pleasing the Scrum Master
Introduction When the first Scrum Team was created, Dr. Jeff Sutherland realized one major challenge. The team members were not looking at the customer value. They were focused on satisfying their manager, and this resulted in bad products and bad customer experience. So, How Did Dr. Jeff Sutherland Deal With This Challenge? Overcoming the Challenge […]
Dell Technologies: A Scrum@Scale Transformation
Introduction This is the story of how Dell Data Protection division of about 600 people transformed from waterfall development to Scrum. This division has an 80% market share and started out as Data Domain, which was a startup that was an industry disruptor. Data Domain was the first solid-state backup company that quickly gained a […]
What should my team members do if they cannot complete work on time and are unwilling to work overtime?
The Scenario: In an Agile development team, there is a phenomenon that has existed for a long time: Procrastination. Developers or team members stay idle in the early stages of development, and cannot complete the work in the later stage. Scrum Master Lisa found that, in a 5-person development team, the user stories are divided into 4. […]
A financial woman with an annual salary of 700K found the feeling of first love on her first meeting with an Agile teacher
I am a financial woman who loves life and socializing. After years of hard work in the IT industry, I finally became the director, leading two teams of about 20 people. But recently, my career is at a bottleneck, and my teams work overtime every day. I saw that my ex-colleague often posted on how […]
This call, which lasted only five minutes, led to years of contemplation by Scrum’s founding father.
An urgent phone call The call came from an executive at a top 500 company. The enterprise was an early adopter of Scrum and has been successful. Later, in the hopes of further improving efficiency within the enterprise, the well-known ‘Scaled Agile framework’ was used. “We immediately lost 30% of our productivity. Jeff Sutherland, you’re […]
Despite working overtime, our team can’t meet project deadlines. What should we do?
After 3 years at a big Advertising firm as one of the best-performing employees, Anthony decided to leave his company. Exhausted, burnt out, and stressed, it was simply not worth it for him anymore. To many of his colleagues, it was a strange decision. But, after you read this short story, you will understand why. […]
Lessons for Leaders: Empower Your Scrum Teams
In Scrum, the role of the management should always be one of a leader who empowers and supports their teams to succeed.
In-demand skills to future-proof your career in 2022
Today, COVID-19 and rapid developments in artificial intelligence(AI) are changing the landscape for the way we work in the future. In the next five to ten years, we can expect our workplace to look drastically different. The fear is that new AI technologies and automation will replace a chunk of work that is done by […]