Case study of use of Scrum

Abstract

This article is about scrum. Scrum is an agile project management Framework designed to manage how work gets completed in time. Scrum is typically used in software development but can be effective framework in other industries as. The basics of scrum is to have each task work on for sprint of time, like 1-4 week(s). After each week the team will provide feedback to each other. There are multiple roles in a scrum. There is a product owner and a scrum master and so on. The term “scrum “was introduced back in 1986 in a Harvard business revies article “The New New Product Development Game” written by Hirotaka Takeuchi and Ikujiro Nonaka Is this article we will go over the history of scrum, the roles within scrum, a real life case of how scrum helps development, and scrum itself.  

Overview of scrum

In a Scrum framework there are multiple roles that a team member can have. These roles are to help clarify tasks and the process along the development. Within scrum the are also two forms of artifacts. The product backlog and the sprint backlog. Roles within Scrum framework

Case study

Sweco Denmarks use of the Scrum framework in their software business, Digital Drift og Forvaltning.

Sweco is properly most know as an architect and building consultancy firm. And this is their main business. All though at Sweco Denmark they also have a large software business, Digital Drift og Forvaltning, DDF. In this business department of Sweco. There are developing software solution for mainly Danish municipalities, with GIS (geographical information system) based operational and management software solution. Sweco are currently providing nine different software solution with two of their large software solution being DriftWeb and RenoWeb. To efficiently manage the development of these software solution. Sweco has implemented the Scrum framework into its daily operations.

 

Reflections

When the Wiki part is done, I will give my personal opinion on scrum. And how I personally use scrum or agile framework in my personal life.  

Reference

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scrum_(software_development) https://www.scrum.org/resources/what-is-scrum