Elikem's Thoughts

The first time I heard of the word Scrum was in a Software Engineering lecture mentioned as one of the agile methodologies of developing software. A few months later, I visited DreamOval Ltd (one of the leading software development companies in Ghana) on an educational trip and Scrum was mentioned as their way of performing work when I asked about the methodology they use. I haven’t really read about Scrum until July 2016 when I happen to intern at DreamOval as a software developer. The product owner (will be explained later) of Enterprise Nurs (one of DreamOval’s products widely used by enterprises especially banks to drive customer stickiness) gifted us an audiobook titled “Scrum – The Art of Doing Twice the work in Half the Time” by Jeff Sutherland . For me, it is imperative to share my thoughts on this awesome way of doing work after experiencing the Scrum way of working at DreamOval and listening to the audiobook. What then is Scrum?

A review of ‘The Innovators’ by Walter Isaacson The computer and its allied devices such as mobile phones, tablets and wearable devices have become indispensable parts of our lives. We exchange information in real time that would have been achieved in weeks or even months using the traditional postal services. Businesses have expanded and economies grown due to the advent of computers. The Internet and its applications such as E-mail, Facebook, Twitter, Whatsapp, and Instagram to name a few have become valuable tools for purposes ranging from networking to marketing. If you have ever wondered how these wonderful and highly useful devices and applications have come about, ‘The Innovators’ by Walter Isaacson is a must read for you. Collaboration In this book that seems to be a biography of hackers, geniuses, geeks and inventors, Walter Isaacson emphasized how innovation is characterized by collaboration. In “The Innovators,” Isaacson provides a narrative of the inventors, engineer