July 5, 2022

EP 79: Scrum

EP 79: Scrum

Show Highlights Include: The “Scrum Method” for managing every project in your company (without any project devolving into chaos) (5:50)  How to add more cognitive diversity into every project in your construction company (without wasting...

Show Highlights Include:

  • The “Scrum Method” for managing every project in your company (without any project devolving into chaos) (5:50) 
  • How to add more cognitive diversity into every project in your construction company (without wasting everyone’s time) (12:22) 
  • Why unleashing a project's chaos onto a board helps every teammate tackle their responsibilities with clarity (20:35) 
  • How a visual system for project management ensures everybody knows where a project stands and what needs to be done (22:07) 
  • How to reduce your number of project-destructing “grenades” to zero (24:07) 
  • The “Backlog” trick for only working on important tasks instead of putting out fires every day (26:08) 

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