“The WIP limit helped the developers not context switch.” – Arun Parameswaran
Arun brought a practical challenge to the Wednesday coaching conversation: a team doing both operations and development work needed more visibility and focus than their Scrum board was giving them. The trigger was context switching.
Work stayed “in progress” even when blocked, people picked up new topics before finishing old ones, and stakeholders kept asking what was actually happening. Arun helped the team experiment with Scrumban, keeping useful Scrum events while adding a Kanban-style board and explicit WIP limits. The breakthrough was not just visualizing the work. It was helping the team own the limits.
They created an “operator of the week,” rotating the responsibility for watching WIP and calling out when the team was taking on too much. That small practice made focus a team responsibility instead of a Scrum Master lecture.
Self-reflection Question: Who owns your team’s WIP limits in practice, not just on the board?
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About Arun Parameswaran
Arun is an Agile delivery leader at Bosch Global Software Technologies who builds high-performing, data-driven ecosystems. He blends flow metrics, Jira analytics, Power BI, and applied AI to turn delivery into a transparent, predictable system.
You can link with Arun Parameswaran on LinkedIn.
