Agile The Scrum Diaries

The Scrum Diaries – #8: A Happy Stakeholder

The Scrum Diaries

EMAIL March 8, 2019 From: Business Stakeholder Subject: Thank You for New System X Functionality! Dear Scrum Team:   I’m happy to report that the work for the Business Product Board has been completed. We are using the System X process that you worked so hard to put into production.  Also, the Product Board is …

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The Scrum Diaries – #2: Your Command and Control are Killing My Motivation and Creativity

The Scrum Diaries

Awareness As I’ve grown in my understanding of the concept of self-organizing development teams I’ve become more aware of the ill effects of command and control management. It takes the life out of people, makes them dull, limits them, disrespects them. At the same time, the person doing the controlling feels stressed, maybe angry, alone …

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