Product development continues to remain the primary focus of Agile software development methods.
While we focus on product development and in turn on product development companies, a big segment of software development eco-system, IT service companies, isn’t talked about that much.
People working in IT service companies can vouch for the struggle they deal with on daily basis. But their stories don’t get enough attention.
When it comes to software implementations, IT services companies work for a client organisation and that client organisation may have its own set of processes which may or may not align with the Agile culture.
So each engagement they work with, they may have to deal with different kind of work culture and probably different processes as well.
IT services companies actually work in a very volatile world and deal with lots of uncertainties, dependencies and risks on which they seem to have no control.
[Read more…] about Importance of Project Management Skills for Scrum Master Role?