Agile

Agile, Scrum and getting things done

I adopted the Getting Things Done approach early in my career — it suited the overlapping task lists of studio work while leaving room for creative impulse. As projects grew more complex, I found myself working in stories, sprints and epics naturally, even when working alone; only later did I discover the industry had given the approach a name.

That grounding has made me adaptable. I’ve worked comfortably in teams where half the room ran formal Agile and the other half stuck to traditional methods, and I enjoy shaping standup formats that engage the different personalities across a team. One discipline I hold to throughout: user experience gets the same priority as technical concerns or budget constraints — good experience is ultimately where the revenue comes from.

These days Linear runs my project management. Its Cycles give me the rhythm of sprints without the rigidity — and better end products because of it. Methodology matters less than momentum: find what works, keep the goal firmly in sight, and ship.