- Scrum/agile is not about getting more done…about getting the right things done
Scrum Pillars
- Transparency
- Keep track of your daily/weekly tasks (example: Trello)
- Buckets: New, To Do, In Progress, Blocked, Done
- 👆Kanban
- Use “interruption” to track interruptions
- Helps to track “offenders”, but also helps you identify problem areas (maybe you shouldn’t get interrupted about X as much)
- You should not actively be working on too many things at once (“In Progress” bucket)
- Buckets: New, To Do, In Progress, Blocked, Done
- Daily Standup:
- What did I do yesterday, what am I planning to do today, anything blocking me from getting this done?
- Keep track of your daily/weekly tasks (example: Trello)
- Inspection
- Does this task align with the church’s or my personal vision?
- Are we running down a path we don’t need to implement?
- Need to have organization vision and personal vision
- Weekly retrospective
- What worked? What didn’t, what should I try, and what should I start doing?
- Does this task align with the church’s or my personal vision?
- Adaptation
- A “retrospective backlog”
- Move from reactive to proactive
- Need to be able to see trends to get ahead of things
- OK to start small; allocate even 5-10% of your time to get ahead of things
- 80/20 mentality: 80% of what you spend time working on is 20% of your job
- Don’t be afraid to set aside intentional time for personal growth/long-term strategic sorts of projects (proactive)
Misc Notes
- When leadership brings a task that will interrupt planned…let them make the decision for what gets cut!
- Burnout…can be hard to get through to those who don’t understand what we do to get them to understand the time involved