Ageling on Agile

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I made my teams work numerous weekends — and I still regret it
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I made my teams work numerous weekends — and I still regret it

My role in burning out people until Scrum confirmed my belief that it was wrong

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Willem-Jan Ageling
Jan 12, 2020
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My role in burning out people until Scrum confirmed my belief that it was wrong

“You said that the project would be finished by September. I hold you to that. You WILL end the project in September. This year.”

I felt cornered. The original plan was indeed to finish the project end of September. But that was before the plan hit reality. New insights about …

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