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Shazia Mirza

I am a certified Scrum Master and a Certified Product Owner, currently working as a consultant at Concepts and Beyond. I facilitate workshops for Certified Scrum Masters (CSMs) and Certified Scrum Product Owners (CSPOs). Being an agile enthusiast and working in self-organized teams helped me learn how to increase productivity, remotely work and still maintain effective communication. My daily life revolves around Agile, which I highly recommend!

How Scrum and Kanban Helped Formula Student Team Design a Race Car?

Most of the case studies we discussed went through how companies effectively use scrum to develop products. This case study is particularly exciting since a student team called “Blue Flash” used Scrum and Kanban to build a race car for the annual international competition. Blue Flash Mobility Concepts is part of… Read More »How Scrum and Kanban Helped Formula Student Team Design a Race Car?

Scrum case study

How Microprocessor giant, Intel used Scrum in their engineering development?

Microprocessor giant Intel was using a Test Program which runs on Automated Test Equipment (ATE). It has a proprietary operating system and interface languages that prevent Intel from using industry-standard off-the-shelf software validation solutions. In essence, Intel was working in a proprietary language environment with no off-the-shelf unit test framework… Read More »How Microprocessor giant, Intel used Scrum in their engineering development?

scrum case study Unilever

How Agile helped Unilever deliver hand sanitizers faster during Covid-19

This is the story of how Unilever was able to deliver hand sanitizers to the market faster than expected using agile. With the goal of delivering value to the customer quickly, agility involves quick iteration, continuous communication.  Moreover, it involves problem-solving, taking accountability, and adjusting to new circumstances. This method challenges… Read More »How Agile helped Unilever deliver hand sanitizers faster during Covid-19

Value Stream Mapping

Value Stream Mapping A company was having challenges with recruiting. It was hard to recruit good people and when they did, they had a huge wait between the offer letter to when the new hire could start with the company. Many times, they would lose someone they hired because some… Read More »Value Stream Mapping

DevOps Books

12 Must Have DevOps Books!

Nicole Forsgren PHD, Jez Humble & Gene Kim Accelerate: The Science of Lean Software and DevOps: Building and Scaling High Performing Technology Organizations Gene Kim and Jez Humble The Phoenix Project: A Novel About IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win Gene Kim The Unicorn Project: A Novel about Developers,… Read More »12 Must Have DevOps Books!

Facilitation Techniques

Facilitation Techniques Facilitation is the art of being a neutral third party having no substantive decision-making authority and helping a group increase its effectiveness and decision-making process. In the game of Scrum, Facilitation is explicitly required in the events of Sprint Planning, Sprint Review and Sprint Retrospective, but you can… Read More »Facilitation Techniques

Coaching With Powerful Questions

Coaching With Powerful Questions By asking the powerful questions, the coach invites you to clarity, action, and discovery at a whole new level. “The real aim with powerful questions are that the answers will help the client to move forward”. These generally are open-ended questions that create greater possibility for… Read More »Coaching With Powerful Questions