Agile Learning from the Pro's

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Over the past few years, I have had the pleasure of working with a very bright and amazing team. One of those teammates is @Carolyn McNicoll , who has taught me some important ideologies of Agile that I had missed in the past.

• Real Flow Metrics (actual data, not arbitrary numbers)
• Continuous Improvement

These two ideas are crucial in any circumstance. We need factual data to make informed decisions, rather than relying on arbitrary numbers. Once we have actual data, we can continuously improve our products and processes.

🏃 This makes me wonder: do we need sprints, or can we adopt a pro-Kanban approach to keep things moving? Many teams have aligned with Scrum and sprints to achieve success. Changing this approach today might cause interruptions in processes and lead to lost time due to changes in procedures or functions.

I don't have the answers to these questions. What I do know is that if we don't try, we won't know. Agile has helped me realize that we must experiment to see what works, because if we don't, we'll never know. This is why continuous improvement helps teams get better. We challenge the status quo.