to be flexible has become vital for a business in today’s global markets, and therefore, the ability for it systems and solutions to be equally flexible is essential. the purpose of agile is to allow organisations to react to the increasingly dynamic opportunities and challenges of today’s business world, in which it has become one of the key enablers. ‘agile’ is defined by 4 values and 12 principles found in the agile manifesto (http://agilemanifesto.org). the manifesto provides an umbrella definition within which there are many other delivery and governance frameworks, for example, scrum, or extreme programming etc.
since scrum looks like a simple agile methodology, many myths and misconceptions surround it. so, let's explore some popular myths and see how true they are.
agile methodology has a lot to offer for marketing departments and agencies but so much of the literature about agile is dominated by the software industry it leads to misconception about how agile works within the world of marketing that s why we wrote about the biggest lessons we ve learned in four years as an agile agency if you re an agency or marketing professional who s curious about agile allow us to save you some confusion by dispelling some common misconceptions false agile is only for software well we re proof this agile myth isn t true at starmark we are more than just an agency but we also still do all the marketing work an integrated communications agency does from branding and advertising to data science and media planning moreover agile is gaining popularity in the government education and healthcare sectors clearly this is bigger than software yes agile works great for starmark s big ambitious web assignments but all of our work has benefitted from having an integrated agile team everyone here from copywriters to media planners to social media strategists is agile rather than just our developers false agile is a management style we run into this misconception often a manager or leader thinking you can wave your hands in a certain way and chant kanban kanban kanban over a pile of index cards and your work will magically improve but forget what you ve heard project managers and agency heads agile is not a management spell you can cast in order to conjure a more productive team agile isn t about management telling a team to do stuff use this process have this kind of meeting if anything a high performing agile environment is characterized by management ceding some control to the team in favor of a self managing system if you like telling people what to do all day you re not going to like agile brett circe chief digital officer starmark this distinction is particularly important in an agile marketing environment where the work has a high degree of uncertainty and a need for specialized creative problem solving as our chief digital officer brett circe says if you like telling people what to do all day you re not going to like agile instead managers in an agile environment are more participatory they curate future work and protect the team s sprint plan by resolving blockers and actively setting expectations with clients the team runs its own meetings and sets its own workflow within the sprint by removing themselves from the day to day running of the work our managers are able to take a broader strategic view for our clients the takeaway is that agile isn t by and for managers it s driven by and governed by a team that controls how work is planned and sequenced false agile is a process this myth is related to the one above in actuality agile is a methodology based on a manifesto the processes are a byproduct of the mindset and the methodology not the other way around things like daily check ins roadmapping and sprint retros are examples of processes that help enable a complex self managing team to plan examine and optimize its operation to put it another way following a process doesn t make a team agile if anything this misconception is the 1 reason organizations fail to embrace agile because team members are expected to adopt another set of new processes without understanding the underlying rationale or enjoying any of the benefits false agile stifles creativity at starmark we haven t noticed any difference in the quality or quantity of creative work before or after agile the transformation also didn t really change the way we go about coming up with creative ideas however going agile has changed creative life in one important way giving the team control while the relationship between stress and creative performance is complicated a recent meta analysis of studies on the topic did find a well established negative association between uncontrollability and creative performance translation having a sense of control is important for creative performance because agile gives our team control over their time and the shape of their work it s now easier to make the space collectively for creativity to happen the team sprint plans and sets shared priorities when we see the need for a big idea we can sequence our work to a way that gives the ideas time to happen organizing concepting meetings is easier and the entire integrated team can now contribute to the ideation process now the big frustration is the right frustration the thrill of confronting and tackling a business challenge in a creative way what misconceptions do you have about agile as agile methodology emerges as a hot topic in the business world we encounter a lot of misunderstandings about how we work send us your questions we d be happy to answer based on our experience
our brain sees cause-effect relationships where there are none and does not notice problems where there are some. we try to explain the inexplicable and are interested in details and hierarchies. therefore, when “everything is difficult,” you must look for flexible approaches – and here agile comes to the rescue.
these myths, damaging to the agile movement, are propagated out of negligence of what agile is - either inadvertently, through laziness, or old-school skepticism - by all types of people at organizations.
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the best scrum teams that i have worked with were supported by management leaders focused on removing impediments, providing resources, and promoting an agile mindset and culture that supports the scrum values. it’s not an easy job. making it more challenging are the agile leadership myths out there that can get in the way of being effective. in this article, we’ll look at three common agile leadership myths and how to move past them.
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agile is surrounded by many myths and misconceptions, in many cases resulting from the impression that agile is a simple concept. we are constantly told what ag
speak with the representatives from companies who are interested in moving from traditional or waterfall to agile project delivery approaches and you’ll run into more than a few urban legends. this article by kiron bondale, senior consultant with world class productivity (wcp) should help to debunk some of the more common ones.
many people, especially the authors of the manifesto, believe that agility will become even more important as a result of the acknowledged need to adapt to change.
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scrum is the most popular agile framework. according to the latest state of agile survey from digital.ai, 90% of teams who are using an agile framework are using scrum. i like to think that this is because scrum is a goldilocks framework… with just enough - but not too much - structure. scrum is a framework, which means it’s not a rulebook. it is deliberately incomplete. for example, scrum includes five events: the sprint, sprint planning, daily scrum, sprint review and the sprint retrospec
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