I wrote, “Scrum is a cancer,” and the Internet had thoughts about it

Re:I wrote, “Scrum is a cancer,” and the Internet had though... by IshKebab on Wednesday August 30, 2023 @02:52PM (#37327065)

50%?? Scrum is like a 1-2 hour planning/retrospective meeting per fortnight plus 10-15 minute standups every 1-2 days. How could that possibly take 50% of your time?

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Re:I wrote, “Scrum is a cancer,” and the Internet had though... by ecshafer on Wednesday August 30, 2023 @03:35PM (#37327751)

I once had twice weekly refinement sessions 1 hour each. twice weekly grooming sessions one hour each. daily standups 30 minutes, weekly planning 2 hours, weekly retro 2 hours. This was industry standard according to the consultants brought in with mckinsey to train the whole company. 10.5 hours before any other technical meetings,

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Re:I wrote, “Scrum is a cancer,” and the Internet had though... by IshKebab on Wednesday August 30, 2023 @05:03PM (#37329095)

That's extremely unusual. Very few companies do that for obvious reasons.

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