The Number on the Wall
A Business Novel About Scrum Beyond IT
Dry frameworks slide right off the brain unless they are wrapped in a story about real people making a mess of things. Set at a spare parts desk in Hamburg, The Number on the Wall follows a team at Ashby & Co. that stops colouring status reports green—and discovers what happens when someone finally puts the real, ugly number on the wall.
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"On Monday morning, buy a pack of index cards, pick the one problem your team has been stepping around all month, and put it on the wall where nobody can ignore it. Then take three steps back and listen."
About the Author
Carlos Lucas is a natural border-crosser who has spent more than two decades moving between business and technology, helping teams solve stubborn problems by looking outside the obvious box. Always drawn to new challenges, he believes the only real way to understand a method is to test it in practice, make mistakes, and learn from experience.
He lives in the north of Germany near Hamburg. While George bakes bread on Saturdays to clear his head, Carlos prefers chasing new experiences or taking a brisk walk around the Alster lake or along the Elbe. Connect on LinkedIn.