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A Fun and Engaging Introduction to Scrum

Exploring New Development Methods in an Innovative Environment

ZF Friedrichshafen AG, a leading technology group in driveline and chassis technology as well as active and passive safety systems, employs approximately 135,000 people across 230 locations in 40 countries, ranking among the top three automotive suppliers globally.

To explore agile methodologies and their potential application within our project environment, the Innovation Management department, which focuses on developing new ideas and implementation methods, participated in a joint Scrum Cooking Workshop for inspiration.

“We saw how important it is for the Scrum Master to manage the process in order to prevent total chaos.”

Katharina Gsteu // Advanced Development, Innovation Management // ZF Friedrichshafen AG

“Switching to the role of Product Owner taught me a lot which I can now apply as a member of the project team.”

Barbara Schmohl // Advanced Development, Innovation Management // ZF Friedrichshafen AG

“Even after the starter, we had realised as a team that it pays to spend more time planning the sprint.”

Joachim Cichy // former Development Engineer, Advanced Development // ZF Friedrichshafen AG

Learn and Apply the Core Principles of Scrum

Scrum Cooking combines learning with fun, teaching the processes, roles, and core principles of Scrum through an agile cooking project while fostering team spirit. For ZF’s Innovation Management team, the focus was on exploring how Scrum, a proven methodology, could be applied to hardware development. By the end of the workshop, thanks to insights from productive feedback rounds (retrospectives), participants were able to clearly envision how these methods could be integrated into their own work environments.

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