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Scrum is a framework [2] for dealing with Agile Project Management  

Background

History

The creator of The Scrum development process have been a frequent topic of debate, but from the Scrum Paprers [5] by Jeff Sutherland the start of Scum has been dedicated to the Godfathers; Hirotaka Takeuchi and Ikujiro Nonaka, they where the ones that came up with he name Scrum and came up with the initial concept in the paper [The New Product Development Game] [10] in 1986 [1]. While Jeff Sutherland was the one to apply the concept and tweak it for then introducing it together with Ken Schwaber at the OOPSLA 1995 conference.

Scrum was later introduced by Schwaber and Mike Beedel in the book first book about Scrum: Agile Software Development with Scrum in 2001. From the Scrum Papers [5] it becomes clear that there have been many contributors in forming the Scrum framework. A Scrum community stated emerging, and a platform to unite the community was created with the name Scrum Alliance (SA) [6] and Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) certification. But over the time since SA was created there became an dispute about their stands and trancparency [7] and the result was that Schwaber created Scrum.org[8]. In 2013 Schwaber and Sutherland published the latest version of The Scrum GuideTM [9].

Takeuchi and Nonaka realized that in the "fast-paced, fiercely competitive world of commercial new product development, speed and flexibility are essential" [10], and that the old way of developing product by following a in sequential order was not sufficient. Takeuchi and Nonaka therefore introduced a holistic approach with six characteristics "built-in instability, self-organizing project teams, overlapping development phases, "multilearning", subtle control, and organizational transfer of learning" [10] when used as a whole become a flexible and powerful tool and named it Scrum.

Sutherland believes that Scrum is a framework based on a set of best practices during the past 50 years of software development. And it is not a development method or a formal process[1][5], he gets support from Schwaber in his claim. Sutherland also says that "Scrum is used as an agile practice that delivers software to the end user faster, better and cooler". [5]

Overview of Scrum

What is Scrum?

What Scrum is not According to the Scrum Alliance: [6]

“Scrum is an agile framework for completing complex projects. Scrum originally was formalized for software development projects, but works well for any complex, innovative scope of work. The possibilities are endless. The Scrum framework is deceptively simple.” Scrum is best suited for projects that change rapidly and have frequent emerging requirements. Scrum is a framework that enforces a set of rules for how teams can collaborate and work together efficiently and effectively to develop complex projects to develop a product, it provides a structure that enables the team to focus on projects that might otherwise seem extremely challenging.The framework can be used and to scale any size of project [11], and also in programs and portifolios. But Scrum is also a way of supporting the employees in having focus on the human accept by creating a sense of belonging to the team and that they are needed. It focuses on learning, creativity and the interaction with others, since this is essential for the projects success. Framework what scrum values Challenges Roles In Scrum three are three main roles that need to be implemented there needs to be a Product Owner, a Scrum development team and a Scum Master Product Owner Scrum development team Scrum Master Meeting Daily scrum [4] Daily scrum is a meeting that is held at the same time for everyday of the sprint. All team members participate, it as held at the same location everyday and should max last for 15 min. During the meeting three topics are discussed: 1. Sprint goal Sprints What does Done mean Rules Artifacts Product backlog stories Sprint backlog Burndown chart [3] Sprint burndown chart release burndown chart When to use scrum what makes scrum work When not to use scrum what makes scrum not work Examples Reflections

See also

Agile Project Management

References

Further readings

Extrenal links

[1] http://www.techwell.com/2012/10/brief-history-scrum [2] http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?ScrumProcess [3] http://www.methodsandtools.com/archive/scrumburndown.php [4] https://www.scrumalliance.org/community/articles/2009/november/daily-scrum-merely-a-status-report [5] http://jeffsutherland.com/ScrumPapers.pdf [6] https://www.scrumalliance.org [7] https://agileanarchy.wordpress.com/2010/10/12/the-scrum-compliance/ [8] https://www.scrum.org [9] The Scrum Guidelines, The Definitive Guide to Scrum: The Rules of the Game, Ken Schwaber and Jeff Sutherland, July 2013, Scrum.Org and ScrumInc [10] "New New Product Development Game". Harvard Business Review 86116:137–146, 1986. January 1, 1986. Retrieved March 12, 2013. [11] http://www.scrumstudy.com/blog/scaling-scrum-to-program-and-portfolio-level/

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