Tag: business
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From Chaos to Clarity: How I Rebuilt a Broken Agile Workflow
When I transitioned from engineering to project management, I thought I had a decent grasp of Agile. I’d sat through sprint reviews, added tickets to Jira, and even debated the finer points of story points versus hours. But nothing prepared me for inheriting a team buried in chaos. The devs were smart. The product was…
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Lesson Unlearn in the Path to PM
When I started my career as a software engineer, I was deep in the code—debugging, optimizing, and shipping features. I loved solving problems, but over time, I found myself more curious about why we were building things, who we were building them for, and how our decisions impacted the bigger picture. That curiosity ultimately led…
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Will the real Status Update please “Stand-Up”
As a manager or developer, we’ve all been there—slogging through stand-up meetings that were supposed to be short and efficient but ended up stretching far beyond their intended time. Ideally, a stand-up should distribute information quickly, discuss blockers, and outline clear next steps. But often, these meetings drift, consuming precious time. Are they status updates,…
PM Perspective 