The Agile Pocket Guide: A Quick Start to Making Your Business Agile Using Scrum and Beyond

Chapter 29

Conclusion

I am not perfect in Agile or Scrum. I am not even close to it. What is great about being in this position is the fact that I have to keep learning and keep trying to improve. The process of learning is my greatest asset and tool. Through working for some of the biggest and most successful Fortune 500 companies, startups, government agencies, private companies, and nonprofits, I have had the opportunity to see product development from so many different angles. I've seen the good and the bad, the pretty and the ugly. I've seen teams grow and flourish and teams rise and fall implementing Agile frameworks and tools. I've been a part of the failure to implement Agile, and I've also even held the responsibility for failing to implement Agile. Thankfully, I've also been at the top, implementing Agile successfully and being the premier driver for the continued success in a business. Those are the moments in which I delight. Those are the moments that make all the hard work worthwhile. Those are the moments when I've turned lessons from failure into linchpins for success. I'm still growing, I'm still learning, and I don't quite have it perfect yet. Frankly, I don't believe I'll ever have it perfect. What I do know, though, is that continually educating oneself and striving for greatness will find its reward in the process. The process of learning is where all the fun begins and ends.