I think the most frustrating part was that I explained we had tried Scrum and adapted it for our team's needs. We weren't anti-Scrum, we just found a way to make it work for us. I was then told "[Company] is a Scrum company. We all use Scrum as it is" and was brushed off. Same Scrum leader would yell at the operations team for failing to complete sprints in time when servers fell over, and other nastiness that becomes the priority when you work in a position where you prioritize server health and function over new builds and features.
The other Scrum leader we had was pretty great, but, unfortunately, was not the one assigned to my team.
Sorry if this borders on ranting. I really enjoyed working for that company, but it was a rough time toward the end of duration there. Apparently I have lingering frustrations, especially since I'm still friendly with many on the ops team. :)
The other Scrum leader we had was pretty great, but, unfortunately, was not the one assigned to my team.
Sorry if this borders on ranting. I really enjoyed working for that company, but it was a rough time toward the end of duration there. Apparently I have lingering frustrations, especially since I'm still friendly with many on the ops team. :)