Agile/Scrum
Main contributor:Â Mark Hall
Focus- close to customer, Collaboration, Curiosity, Courageous decision-making
Agile continues to be a major player in product development but we find our clients are struggling when they hire consultants who are way too prescriptive in implementing Agile/Scrum. WGA counters this trend in our blog by sharing client success stories when WGA Trains/certifies 25-150 people in an organization allowing them to understand what is possible in using Agile Thinking and figuring ways for your teams to best adapt to Agile and adopt. Agile practices must be molded to the culture rather than overwhelm or try to change it. Infusing Agile behavior organically is the best way to have success. Because Agile gets our clients much closer to their customers, revenues increase and Product Quality does too.
WGA believes in training organizations for Agile rather than siloing knowledge within specific roles. Our competition trains and certifies only by role. Scrum Master has their own classes. Product Owners and team members are the same. The entire purpose of Agile is to have teams collaborate as equals, therefor we train an organization’s Management, Operations, Product Management/Owner, Scrum Master, Team members, Sales & Marketing ALL in the same class. Now the organization is fully engaged.
Like any 25- to 30-year-old methodology, The Agile Body of Knowledge needs to be refreshed, reenergized, and measured against the value it brings. WGA is making a difference in the Agile world by challenging some of its stale concepts and adding new knowledge and customer success stories. WGA Scrum Foundation and Pillars™ The Foundation The…
