Advantages of Having a Program Manager on a Scrum Project

April 17, 2009 | Author: PM Hut | Filed under: SCRUM

Advantages of Having a Program Manager on a Scrum Project
By Aaron Sanders

Having a Program Manager on a Scrum project presents both the Product Managers (PMs) and the Engineering Managers (EMs) with the following advantages:

  • Both are freed from doing all the program/project work!
  • The Product Managers can focus on their true mission:
    • finding the most value in the smallest scope (maximizing ROI)
  • The Engineering Managers can focus on their area of expertise:
    • developing the best engineering design
    • solving technical issues
    • building products in accordance w/ best eng. practices
    • improving performance and stability

Aaron Sanders, always in the search for a better way to do business, has learned of Agile early in this decade, and incorporated its principles in his place of work. Recently, he was involved in pushing the definition of Agile to new levels at Yahoo! He is currently collaborating with organizations to steward the emergence of these Agile values and enable widespread adoption. Aaron Sanders writes extensively about Agile in his blog, constant change.

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