Leave scrum to rugby, I like getting stuff done

Re:Leave scrum to rugby, I like getting stuff done by Lutger on Tuesday May 19, 2020 @08:56AM (#23234330)

Did you work at many different companies, one or a few? It's interesting to me because I don't recognize this at all.

Quite the opposite. Standup take no longer than 15 minutes, we frequently address issues which otherwise would have led to lots of rework. You need some discipline to do it right however.

Lot's of engineers are afraid to ask for help, or too proud. The standup helps people get help sooner. It also often shows where two people are actually doing the same thing, take a wrong path, help prioritize etc. I can't imagine a software project without a standup anymore.

It's funny, if I would pick out the two single most valuable things out of agile I would say standup and peer review.

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Re:Leave scrum to rugby, I like getting stuff done by kstenerud on Tuesday May 19, 2020 @09:02AM (#23234385)

I've worked at many different companies. The first were all waterfall (because XP hadn't been invented yet). My next scrum team sizes were 5 (scrum), 3 (no scrum), 2 (no scrum), 15 (waterfall), 4 (scrum), 4-10 over time (scrum), 5 (scrum), 6 (scrum), 9 (scrum).

I've never seen what you describe actually happen (although I know that this is the theory behind it).

TBH I haven't really noticed much difference in the accomplishments of scrum and non-scrum teams.

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