My Agile Journey: Part 2
Eventually a Scrum Master was hired, actually he was a SAFe Program Consultant. He said all the right things in the interview. After a few Sprints it became apparent that it was part of his ability to read people and give them the answers that they wanted to hear. Sprint Retrospectives became about metrics to please the hierarchy. The micromanagement continued to grow out of control. Due to time zone differences between us and the parent company, the Daily Scrum was to be recorded and emailed to management every day. The discussion of each Sprint Retrospective was to be documented and reported in detail. Sprint Planning was required to schedule all team members to complete capacity. Sprint Reviews were traditional project progress reporting meetings. Another discussion with the Director, Agile Trainer, and management was attempted. The difference between management and leadership was not understood. Citing how their mentality and actions were not inline with the original t