Kanban. Scrum. XP. Scrumban. Whatever weapon you choose can either be very effective for a current project you are working on or misaligned. Let us step away from all that…and use it for day to day!
Now if you are a ScrumMaster your home is most probably littered with sticky notes, boards and blue tac. It can be used to help your day in various ways.
Time Management
Having all of your tasks for the day in front of you when you wake up is extremely helpful not just for you but for your family also. Things like ‘washing dishes – ramz’ and ‘ironing clothes – laura’ are really powerful.
Structure
There can always be variation in the way you go about doing your tasks on your backlog but if there are 9 things to do by the end of so to say a sprint (3–4 weeks but in home cases let’s say 1) they get done. You can even prioritise stuff like ‘take jasmine to the dentist’.
Fun
Involving the family in creating your backlog might seem scary at first but it unites you all and you will have a common vision. The sticky notes fights and blue tac wars are a necessary evil.
Things like a Daily Standup for an informal chat with the family/yourself EVERY morning and Reviews and Retrospectives for honest feedback only improve yourself as a person.
Have fun.
Be Super.
