DocumentCode :
3467089
Title :
Scrum in Church: Saving the World One Team at a Time
Author :
Sutherland, Arline Conan ; Sutherland, Jeff ; Hegarty, Christine
Author_Institution :
First Parish Lexington, Lexington, MA, USA
fYear :
2009
fDate :
24-28 Aug. 2009
Firstpage :
329
Lastpage :
332
Abstract :
From 2005-2009 the author led Scrum teams in churches in Massachusetts, Connecticut, Florida, and Delaware. Scrum was designed to increase productivity and improve quality through teamwork. This experience report shows how Scrum was implemented in non-profit organizations to break down silos of knowledge and activity, encourage communication and collaboration, improve the working environment and personal relationships, and drive higher velocity and quality throughout the organization. Non-profits have impediments that are difficult to overcome - part time and volunteer workers, narrow specialization, little to no experience with project teams, and political problems whose roots can go back as far as 1692. Scrum as an institutional change agent is invaluable to a church.
Keywords :
social sciences computing; team working; Scrum; churches; institutional change agent; nonprofit organizations; teamwork; Buildings; Cities and towns; Collaborative work; Ground support; Grounding; Impedance; Load flow; Membership development; Productivity; Teamwork;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Agile Conference, 2009. AGILE '09.
Conference_Location :
Chicago, IL
Print_ISBN :
978-0-7695-3768-9
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/AGILE.2009.26
Filename :
5261064
Link To Document :
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