Scrum Your Jira!: Your Waterfall Organization Transformed Into Agile Multidisciplinary Teams
Download Scrum Your Jira!: Your Waterfall Organization Transformed Into Agile Multidisciplinary Teams This book challenges two illusions that can get in the way of your company’s road to being truly Agile: first, that your Scrum is “special,” and second, that you can hide behind project management software. Jira is powerful–-and this book will show you how to use it more effectively–-but it makes it easy to forget that the first idea of Agile is: Individuals and interactions over processes and tools. * * * * * This book begins with the origin of Scrum: rugby. Unlike in football or soccer, in rugby, there is a strong team emphasis and few to no roles. This is what makes Scrum different from Waterfall, which is focused on hiring only specialists and then shifting work from one department to the next—a tiresome approach, especially in today’s knowledge-focused industries. Building multidisciplinary teams is a key element to achieving an Agile company. Shar...