ACCELERATING PROJECT DELIVERY WITH AGILE: THE SOFI EXPERIENCE WITH KANBAN AND SCRUM
It all started when…
At SoFi, an online personal finance company, Thaisa effectively led a team of over 30 individuals, including designers, copywriters, product marketing managers, and sales teams, to deliver 94 projects in just one month. The projects included both digital materials such as banners and out-of-office materials such as billboards. Thaisa's implementation of Lean-Agile methodologies, such as Kanban and Scrum, resulted in a significant increase in production pace by 620%. Her ability to coordinate and manage such a large and diverse team was key in achieving these impressive results.
thaisa’s ROLE
Worked collaboratively and implemented the Lean-Agile framework where the team had daily time-boxed stand-up meetings, sprints, sprint reviews, and retrospectives. The goal was always to learn from the process, validate the learnings, improve faster, and have fun with the journey.
To improve transparency, Thaisa created a Kanban board used by +30 people, including the creative team, stakeholders, product marketing managers, and sales team. She developed weekly newsletters giving the team and stakeholders updates about the projects and also the creative and development team queue.
Thaisa was responsible for forecasting Sprint iterations with the product marketing managers and concerned business partners. She managed the creative queue, adjusting priorities according to the needs of the business on the Kanban board and also in the project management software called Wrike.
RESULTS
Implemented a Kanban board adopted by a team of +30 people
Delivered 94 finalized projects in 30 days
Increased production pace by 620% and delivered 282 finalized tasks in 30 days
Implemented weekly newsletters shared with the team and also stakeholders
Facilitated all Scrum events and coached individuals in Agile processes and tools
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