How to manage more, spending less resources? How to organize a space for productive work? How to use the time correctly? Answers to these questions are sought by anyone who has ever thought about increasing their effectiveness. The publishing house MYTH published the book "Scrum" from the author of the same methodology. Below are tips from the book that will tell you how to properly use the Scrum technique and improve your efficiency.
What is Scrum
Scrum is a revolutionary method of managing tasks. The basic principles of this method are openness and flexibility. In other words, if you work in a couple or a team, then each member of the team knows what other people are doing at the moment. In addition, if some situation is not going according to plan or an error was noticed, everyone does everything to solve the problem as soon as possible. The main tool of Scrum is a board with stickers, which describe the main tasks. Anyone who is currently engaged in the project can see the Scrumboard. If you work independently, then the board should be always with you before your eyes. This is how you can assess the scale of the cases and take up their implementation.Who uses Scrum
Initially, Scrum became popular among programmers, as the author of the technique, Jeff Sutherland - software developer, who wanted to improve the efficiency of his team. And he succeeded. Today, thousands of companies around the world gather daily at the office desk to discuss current tasks. Among them - Facebook, Amazon, Google, Twitter, Microsoft and other IT-giants. How do you think the effectiveness of these companies increased when they implemented Scrum? Here is what the author of the technique says about this:"Sometimes I happened to see how highly disciplined teams increased their productivity eight times. Which, of course, makes Scrum a revolutionary approach. You can get faster and cheaper a larger amount of work done - twice as much work in half the time. And remember, time is important not just for business. Time is your life. So do not waste it - it's akin to slow suicide. "In addition, due to its flexibility, Scrum can be used, and thus achieve high performance, and in everyday situations.
How to apply Scrum in everyday life
Step-by-step plan
- The first thing from which Scrum begins is a board that needs to be divided into three columns: "Tasks", "In Progress" and "Done". Write on the stickers all the tasks that you have to do within the next week and install them on the first column.
- Every day before starting work, run through all the tasks and select the ones you plan to work on today. Analyze already completed tasks and eliminate all the difficulties that you have encountered. If you work in a team, then each participant should share achievements with his colleagues.
- By the end of the week, all stickers should move to the "Made" column. Analyze what problems you had to solve this week, what prevented, and what helped productive work, how you can improve your results next time. As soon as you draw conclusions, start a new project.