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The development of information technology makes companies now compete by increasing their digital capabilities as an added value to the products or services they offer. As a digital telco company in Indonesia, the company involved in this research has begun to transform using an agile approach to compete and continue to lead in today’s digital business. In meeting the fast and dynamic needs of the market, companies are using Scrum as their software development method. However, in its implementation, there are still some obstacles and challenges, including changing the stakeholder mindset from traditional to agile. Software development operational activities are still far from the expected expectations. Thus, causing some jobs to be hampered by the delivery process This paper aims at providing state-of-the-art insightful challenges, critical success factors, and best practices of implementing Scrum in a digital telecommunication company. The company previously using traditional approaches in developing its digital capability. The methods used were interviews and literature studies. It found that the problems experienced by the company included project team aspects, psychological and cultural aspects, processes and methods, and the environment. This paper is expected to provide an overview of recommended solutions for companies in increasing the success of implementing Scrum and as a basis for further studies to analyze the challenges of implementing Scrum.

Purpose : The Integrated farming system offers better opportunities to be implemented in smallholder agriculture because it ensures productivity and profitability for sustainable livelihoods. However, the evaluation of this practice has not been clearly identified. This study is aimed at evaluating the ecological, economic, social, institutional, and technological aspects of sustainability of existing dairy-horticulture farming systems at farm level. Research Method : Data were collected through survey design using questionnaire, observation, and literature review. This research used Multidimensional Scaling, leverage analysis and Monte Carlo called RAP-DHFS (Rapid Appraisal for Dairy-Horticulture Farming System) to analyze the data. Findings : The results showed that the sustainability status of ecological dimension, economic dimension, social dimension, and technological dimension were classified as less sustainable which were 28.07%, 29.52%, 27.37%, and 29.15, respectively while the institutional dimension was considered as unsustainable (21.77%). There were also 10 attributes identified as the most influential attributes on the sustainability status. Limitations : The study was conducted at one village, which is a small scope of area. Value : This study provides a holistic assessment of the integrated farming system and shows the concern and risk for further development in rural areas.