I had to go through Agile training for like the millionth time at work last week, and I was salty about it because I’m a certified product owner so y’know, kind of familiar with it. However, it actually turned out to be awesome, not only because of Project Kassandra (it totally helped gel some ideas for how that should work) but because the trainers did a really good job in talking about agile theory and philosophy. One of the visual aids they used was this picture:
That really struck a chord with me. Using SMART goals to write my sprint items forced me to stay RELEVANT to the overall goal. It made me think about in the past I definitely experience scope creep – I’m going to diet and exercise and learn to cook and implement a new skin care routine and take perfect care of my hair and…and…etc. But the point is to focus on only the items needed to reach the ultimate goal, and put the other things aside. In other words, create space for the magic to happen.
Wonder Fu 
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