Are we really embracing Agile correctly?

Common problems that companies come across when implementing Agile. What to do when your notebook is stuck in repairs? Ahoy developers! What to do when your notebook is stuck in repairs? Our full-stack dev Toma shares his quick-fix.👇 In other news, the Project Manager leads and plans the execution of a project, the Scrum Master supports the team with Scrum methodologies, the Product Owner maximizes the product's value, and the development team develops. Perfect little Scrum family. But why isn't this the case most of the time? Desk stories*** Toma is our full-stack developer working on [Codeanywhere](%2F%2Fcodeanywhere.com%2F%3Futm_medium=email%26utm_source=newsletter%26utm_campaign=HT/1/010101828c6e5059-a5da9d40-4b73-4615-bb0c-683e3030c538-000000/he0ttYFRSXsUo0KzB7xHmwp-IDw=283), so we were interested to see what his desk looks like. 😃 [Toma's temporary workspace setup] 1. Toma, name one item or tool you can’t go on without and why. My phone is definitely the item I couldn't live without, as you can see from the setup in the pic. The ability to turn my phone into a workstation is super convenient. This time my laptop was stuck in repairs while I had a deadline to deploy the latest work. 2. What is your favorite workspace item? I'd have to say that my favorite workspace item is my mechanical keyboard which makes typing much more enjoyable with the added bonus of annoying some of my colleagues. 😈🤘 *** Do you have a great setup to share with us? [Just hit reply and send us pictures of your desk!](mailto:mira@codeanywhere.net?utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_campaign=HT) Doing Agile vs being Agile We’ve probably all noticed how project management and its methodologies, Agile and Scrum, took over nearly every industry. Project managers, Scrum masters, or Product Owners are in such high demand nowadays that differences between these jobs blur to the point even companies searching for them don’t know which is which. Everyone is so desperate to implement Agile that many do it wrong or with the wrong people. In a nutshell, doing Agile means practising all the processes and guidelines of Agile methodology, using modern tools and technology, but without actually believing in these values and principles and without implementing them culturally. In other words, it seems everyone is doing everything perfectly well, but things still don’t go as planned. Who does what? Another problem when implementing Agile, as mentioned above, are blurred differences between Scrum team roles. There are often many job descriptions for a certain position in a Scrum team in which the responsibilities and duties don’t match what the job should be. More often than not, it seems employers want roles from Agile methodology because they are popular, so suddenly, project managers become product owners, and product managers become Scrum masters. They may be looking for someone who knows something about Scrum, but they would also like that person to lead a project, write requirements, talk with stakeholders, sketch a solution, create a roadmap, actively manage the backlog and generally be involved in product development. In this case, they should look for a Product Owner instead of a Scrum master. The responsibilities and duties of a Scrum master are different, and they should foremost be improving the team's work with the help of proven good practice and creating a working atmosphere in which the team will independently continue to improve its processes and culture. The Scrum master stands aside because a mature Scrum team, which has fully adopted the Scrum framework, acts as a cross-functional team whose members have all the skills necessary to create value in each sprint and manage their work independently. To wrap this up with an equally important role, the project manager’s responsibilities include managing the project and ensuring it meets the requirements, defining the project scope, assuring quality, mitigating risks, managing relationships with the client and the stakeholders, and many more. In short, project managers oversee complex projects from start to finish, helping to reduce costs, maximize company efficiencies, and increase revenue. It’s extremely important to have clear distinctions between Scrum roles. Mixing responsibilities from different roles, or adding extra responsibilities to a role, may affect the value, quality and focus of the team, thus affecting the overall quality of the product and creating confusion and uncertainty. So don’t implement something only because it’s popular. Implement it because it suits the team and the company! Around the Web - C++, Python or Java? [Which one do you think is the fastest](%2F%2Flevelup.gitconnected.com%2Fi-tried-to-calculate-the-sum-of-two-digits-using-various-programming-languages-520e1e889c66%3Futm_medium=email%26utm_source=newsletter%26utm_campaign=HT/1/010101828c6e5059-a5da9d40-4b73-4615-bb0c-683e3030c538-000000/GnyH9ZZ4tKFwXoOQh0dsLqpGJYQ=283) programming language to calculate the sum of two digits? - Computer vision is a form of AI where computers are used to analyze images, video, or some other type of data. 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