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My Summer with Itero Group

I’m Lauren Osborne and I was Itero Group’s summer intern. I was tasked with helping train Itero team members on Agile, Kanban, Scrum and Lean Thinking. I worked closely with Jarrod Kuzmitsky, Director of Client Delivery, who...

Why Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month Matters to Me

By Erin McKenzie-Brahms, Itero Group Partner and CEO As an Asian American, May is very important to me and my family. To celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, I am honoring my Chinese...

Office Ergonomics and Why Your Desk Chair Matters

Earlier this week, a friend and I were commiserating about our low-back pain. We’re both in our mid-40s and we met at the gym, so we’re both active and no strangers to muscle soreness. We...

The Importance of Seeking Professional Certifications in Project Management

One topic that I always stress to new project managers is to always continue to learn new processes and never fall behind in your professional field. New ideas are constantly being formulated and accepted by...

9 Tips for Working From Home

With the many changes society has experienced in the past year, a lot of us are now working from home. At first glance, it appears to be great: no more rush hour traffic, being able...

Autonomy In Scrum: Why we need it and how we get it

noun: autonomy - freedom from external control or influence; independence. Management in the age of Agile requires more than renaming traditional roles and shuffling personnel around on an organizational chart. It’s about creating the right...

A Terrible, No Good, Very Great Meeting

There are a lot of studies emerging that show that organizations are wasting valuable time and money on poorly organized meetings. One such study was done by Doodle in their State of Meetings 2019 report. They...

Motivating a Team That’s Taken Some Hard Losses

When a team is first brought together to accomplish a specific purpose, the world is full of possibility. The team is usually energetic and excited by their own potential. Unfortunately, that energy doesn’t always last...

Leadership: Engaging Your Team Without Enraging Your Team

Almost everyone has had at least one experience with two different types of leaders: the overbearing micromanager who needs so many updates that it’s nearly impossible to get any actual work done, or the one...

PSM & PSMII Training with Todd Miller

The VP of our Agile Innovation Practice, Todd Miller, will be teaching several public PSM & PSMII courses starting in January. As 1 of only 57 Scrum.Org Professional Scrum Trainers in the USA, Todd uses...