Re:Ask HN: Why Not Kanban?
by pg_1234 on Thursday August 31, 2023 @12:54PM
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Kanban shows you where you are (how you use this info is up to you).
Scrum shows you where you are and tries to predict where you'll be in 2 weeks.
Where Scrum goes horribly wrong is when management tries to treat the 2 week prediction as a guarantee rather than a guess ... and to compound the problem imposes tougher predictions/deadlines to squeeze out more work.
Whatever the stated intentions, in practice Scrum almost always goes bad in this way.
Scrum shows you where you are and tries to predict where you'll be in 2 weeks.
Where Scrum goes horribly wrong is when management tries to treat the 2 week prediction as a guarantee rather than a guess ... and to compound the problem imposes tougher predictions/deadlines to squeeze out more work.
Whatever the stated intentions, in practice Scrum almost always goes bad in this way.