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I think scrum, jira, backlogs and always tight deadlines condition people to never sit back and systematically learn something. Instead you feel the urge to alw
by Ididntdothis 7y ago
I think scrum, jira, backlogs and always tight deadlines condition people to never sit back and systematically learn something. Instead you feel the urge to always “produce” and feel guilty if you don’t. At least his happened to me. Lately I am making a conscious effort to work from home for a day and take a Udemy class or read a book about something where I feel i don’t have enough background in. The modern frenetic workplace discourages sitting down and systematically learning something.
So as manager take a look and see if your environment makes people into ticket closing machines or into people who have the freedom to allocate their time where they feel it’s most useful.
- vorpalhex 7y agoIn theory, scrum is supposed to provide intentional non-ticket time after retro and before the next ipm/scrum meeting. That time can and should be used for learning, hacking, contributing, etc. Reality of course differs.
- fastbeef 7y agoI was so stoked when I read about that part of scrum back in 2006. Not once has it materialized since.
- abacadaba 7y agoAre there still places left that don't do scrum? Hopeless to put "I am working for a workplace that does not practice scrum/sprints" in my cover letter?
- Ididntdothis 7y agoActually almost nobody does Scrum. They use some artifacts from Scrum but leave out the important parts.
- fastbeef 7y agoIt’s actually way, way worse than that. Nobody does Scrum and everybody seems to be getting into SAFe. https://www.scaledagile.com/safe-5-preview/ https://www.scaledagile.com/safe-5-preview/
- commandlinefan 7y agoThe first rule of software methodology: no matter what the methodology proposes, professional “managers” will turn it into a micromanaged waterfall process.