By mswatcher
via scrumalliance.org
Published: Aug 12 2008 / 12:12
Success is a funny thing. When we first started using Scrum, I think we got the go-ahead because management didn't think it would work. They cut us some slack to let us try something new, but were sure we'd be back to waterfall before we knew it. Now that we're using Scrum and producing quality, valuable software on time and under budget, everyone wants to know how we did it. They also want to start marketing it and selling it to potential clients. Fabulous, right? The problem is they don't really want to sell Scrum; they just want to sell the results.
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ryan baldwin replied ago:
Hooooo daddy, I've asked myself this question a thousand times as well. At my previous job I tried introducing it, and was able to incorporate some of the practices of agile software and scrum, but was told no dice. The waterfall approach was held onto like a gold brick - and that's the biggest reason why it wasn't adopted; my previous job was enormously top down, by incorporating scrum that top-down is largely destroyed and the power of decision making is put in the hands of the team and the client.
I eventually quit that job and am now helping startup a new software company in which we practice SCRUM as strictly as it suits our team (which is actually fairly strict). In 5 months we produced a fairly complex enterprise system that spans about a dozen different platforms and technologies, on time and on budget, and it works. It is, hands down, the most successful project I've ever worked on.
SCRUM works, but it's a radical shift that can knock a few egos.
Motion Control replied ago:
You are so great, man. Really. You should start blogging to tell the world about your heroic deeds.
JoãoAlmeida replied ago:
Because Scrum doesn't tell people exactly what to do
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