The rules of Scrum are 1. make something 2. self organize 3. inspect & adapt and that's it. I recently heard this and wonder what this group thinks....
I would call them "principles", but otherwise I like the description. Cheers, Peter ... -- Peter Stevens, CSM, CSP Ken Schwaber CSM Training in Zürich:...
... What was the source of this information? What was the context? Personally I didn't know that Scrum had rules. Cheers Mark Mark Levison - Agile/Lean...
Hi Mark, Scrum has many rules: How to do the daily scrum, rights and privileges of the three roles, what meetings take place, fixed sprint length, etc. Up...
... Similarly the rules of making a killing on the stock market are 1. buy low 2. sell high (...that is, the above description while nicely brief is vague and ...
I think you're at least missing: Engage stakeholders Prioritize work If the point is delivering value, jumping in at "make something" doesn't seem very Scrum....
Hello, Aaron. On Wednesday, May 20, 2009, at 12:49:49 PM, you ... Actually, that's Crystal Clear. Ron Jeffries www.XProgramming.com www.xprogramming.com/blog ...
Hi Aaron, I think it is nonsense -- especially if it is meant in a sequential way. "Make something" and "self-organize" both happen simultaneously, and they...
Hi Tobias, ... Yes, of course you do other things. And even if I remember correctly, even Scrum doesn't tell you anything you need to do, to do it effectively....
Hi Ilja, By this token, the shortest and simplest description I have heard for Scrum came from a Product Owner I worked with in New York. For him it all came...
... I much prefer the XP advice to "Do the simplest thing that could possibly work." I think the intent is similar, but the advice is more actionable, and it...
... Perhaps also to some point, not /every/ way of not doing stupid crap is Scrum. Just some ways of not doing stupid crap. Ron Jeffries www.XProgramming.com ...
... Indeed. And not every way of facilitating a retrospective meeting is Scrum, not every way of running a daily stand-up is Scrum, not every way of filling...
Hi Adam, As usual, it is all about context. In the context I heard this in, I don't believe "do the simplest thing that could possibly work." would have...
I appreciate the responses to this post and find they provoked some thoughts for me. Following are some of the points people made and responses I'd like to...
Aaron, I am still failing to see the point of this thread. What are you trying to learn? This is one of those discussions that doesn't seem to go anywhere,...
Tobias! "do the simplest thing that could possibly work"! .... could possibly work!... by definition it'd work (at the least the odds are it'll work!)......
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