{"id":20992,"date":"2023-03-05T09:47:47","date_gmt":"2023-03-05T16:47:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/svapm.org\/?p=20992"},"modified":"2023-03-05T09:52:40","modified_gmt":"2023-03-05T16:52:40","slug":"adopting-agile-gaining-practical-experience-through-the-svpm-agile-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/svapm.org\/?p=20992","title":{"rendered":"Adopting Agile: Gaining practical experience through the SVPM Agile program"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This article tells a story of how SVPM helped to boost my confidence and embrace change using the Agile Scrum framework.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Background \u2013 From Hospitality to Tech<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Before I started my Agile journey at SVPM<\/mark>, I had years of experience working in the hospitality industry. Then I took a step back in my career to become a stay-at-home mom. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As my kids grew older and became accustomed to a school schedule, I had more free time and wanted to return to the workforce because I missed the professional engagement. However, I was anxious as I had a significant gap in my r\u00e9sum\u00e9 and was also aware my skills were outdated. I knew I couldn\u2019t return to the same level in my career and wasn\u2019t sure where to begin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Due to fewer opportunities in the hotel sector, I had to consider a career move. My family persuaded me I could move into a career in tech as I had some transferable skills from my previous work. To better understand the tech sector, I completed a bootcamp and obtained a few online certificates. This was the start of my tech journey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Joining SVPM Community<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A friend recommended Agile \/ Scrum<\/mark> to me because it aligned with my career goals and passions (working for and with people). I got trained and certified as a SAFe Scrum Master (SSM) believing that I would find a job quickly, but no one was ready to hire a new Scrum Master without prior experience. This was the most frustrating and challenging time in my life. I felt stuck and demotivated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I did some research on how to get hands-on Scrum experience and came across the SVPM Agile program <\/a>on a forum. I visited the website and signed up to volunteer. I was thrilled when Donald Stringari<\/a> invited me to a call to talk about the goals of SVPM, and how I can contribute and gain experience with Agile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After completing the welcoming and enjoyable onboarding procedure, I was given the developer position on the SEO \/ Marketing Scrum team (SAM). As a novice in my Agile \/ Scrum path, I was still daunted by many of the terminologies and processes<\/a>. Over time, I got to witness it live in practice. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

My first sprint experience, which lasted two weeks, was with the SAM team during sprint 17, where we concentrated on analytics to get marketing data for the website. I was fortunate to work with a team of knowledgeable and encouraging professionals. We have Scrum team members working remotely from various regions of the nation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is the structure of our development team<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n