The whole concept of scrum is that the iterative process allows for adaptations.  Things have to change mid-project in order for the collaborative efforts to thrive.  Don’t like something presented to you by the IT team at the end of a sprint? Ask them to change it. 

“Failure,” in this sense is just an opportunity to grow, learn, and adapt.  The word has such a negative connotation, but to us it spells opportunity.

We’re ok with failing.  We do it a lot.  And by allowing us to fail it just means we’re that much closer to success.

Why on earth would we be ok with failing?  What is this, one of those demotivational posters?

We operate in an Agile framework and use Scrum meetings with short iterations to progress our projects.  This means that plans are fluid and we can be flexible enough to dispel any concerns early on in the process.  If a client sees an aspect of a project and doesn’t like it, if we have failed their expectations, we can change it.  This kind of collaboration ensures that everyone is happy at the end of the day and everyone is ready and able to work towards continued success.

All great creations come out of failure. 

Thomas Edison was famous for his many varied failed attempts at the light bulb.  But according to the inventor, “I have not failed. I have just found 9,999 ways that do not work.”  Just imagine where we’d be today without his persistence and failure?  If he would have stopped trying after the first attempt, entering a dark room would never be the experience we have today.

So give failure a shot.  With agile, it’s really a lot more rewarding than you may think.