A brief list of what Scrum gets wrong

Re:A brief list of what Scrum gets wrong by kasey_junk on Sunday April 22, 2018 @09:26AM (#16896059)

I've worked on agile projects for 20 years. I was using agile before the manifesto was published. The opposite of 'not scrum' is not 'waterfall'. Further, I don't disagree with anything Ken Schwaber outlines in his writings on scrum. The problem is, on the ground, that is not what scrum is. Ken has been fighting that battle for at least 10 years.

If the process is just as often implemented incorrectly as correctly, that is a failing of the process. And in this case that is the most damning thing you can say about scrum. More often than not, people do it wrong. I'm tired of that excuse.

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Re:A brief list of what Scrum gets wrong by evfanknitram on Sunday April 22, 2018 @12:37PM (#16896934)

> The problem is, on the ground, that is not what scrum is.

The companies I have worked on who claim to use scrum does not suffer from the issues OP brought up. So I question your statement. I also have >20 years experience.

> If the process is just as often implemented incorrectly as correctly, that is a failing of the process.

That's bs. That would be like putting a tractor driver in a Cessna and when the plane crash clamr that Cessnas are inherently unsafe to use. Yes, scrum requires buy in and some basic level of competence. If one or both of these are missing in an organization and they still say they use scrum then that can hardly be blamed on scrum.

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