Scrum in the context of lean and agile project management

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'''Scrum''' is an agile framework, which allows to execute product development or projects in an iterative, incremental way.  <ref name="AA" /> Today's organizations are placed in a highly competitive and challenging market that continuously changes and require the organizations to adapt and to stay flexible. Scrum as agile method allows organizations to do so and is especially successful in this unique field. <ref name="AB">"The State of Scrum: Benchmarks and Guidelines. How the world successfully applying the most popular Agile approach to projects." ScrumAlliance. 2013</ref> This specifications make Scrum to the most widely used agile framework. <ref name="AA">Pete Deemer; Gabrielle Benefield; Craig Larman; Bas Vodde (December 17, 2012). "The Scrum Primer: A Lightweight Guide to the Theory and Practice of Scrum (Version 2.0)."</ref> Furthermore is Scrum deeply connected with the agile methodology, which is summarized in the "agile manifesto" (2001). <ref name="AC">http://agilemanifesto.org</ref>
  
Scrum is originally an iterative and incremental agile software development procedure model to manage the product development process. <ref>"What is Scrum?". What is Scrum? An Agile Framework for Completing Complex Projects - Scrum Alliance. Scrum Alliance. Retrieved 24 February 2016. </ref> Even though Scrum was developed as an agile software development framework, it developed since the 1990's to a general project management method. <ref>"Mary Poppendieck, Tom Poppendieck: Lean Software Development: An Agile Toolkit", Addison-Wesley, Upper Saddle River, 2003.</ref>
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This article describes the Scrum framework in reference to the agile methodology. Additionally it provides an insight how Scrum is used in organizations today and finally puts the Scrum framework in the context of lean project management. To do so the lean principles of projects management will be outlines and later on the Scrum frame work transferred.
  
Scrum was mentioned for the first time in the Harvard business Review article “New New Product Development Game” from 1986. In this article Takeuchi and Nonaka compared the work processes in high-performing and cross-functional teams with the scrum formation used in Rugby. <ref>"The New New Product Development Game“. Cb.hbsp.harvard.edu, 1. Januar 1986.</ref>
 
  
Scrum is based on three pillars <ref>"Ken Schwaber and Jeff Sutherland: The Scrum Guide", 2016.</ref>:
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== Scrum ==
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Scrum is originally an iterative and incremental agile software development procedure model to manage the product development process. <ref>"What is Scrum?". What is Scrum? An Agile Framework for Completing Complex Projects - Scrum Alliance. Scrum Alliance. Retrieved 24 February 2016. </ref> Nowadays, Scrum is the most widely adopted agile project management methodology and is IT industry independent.
  
1) Transparency
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Scrum is originally an iterative and incremental agile software development procedure model to manage the product development process. <ref>"What is Scrum?". What is Scrum? An Agile Framework for Completing Complex Projects - Scrum Alliance. Scrum Alliance. Retrieved 24 February 2016. </ref> Even though Scrum was developed as an agile software development framework, it developed since the 1990's to a general project management method. <ref>"Mary Poppendieck, Tom Poppendieck: Lean Software Development: An Agile Toolkit", Addison-Wesley, Upper Saddle River, 2003.</ref>
  
2) Inspection
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Scrum methodology is based on empirical process control theory. Empiricism assumes that knowledge is gained from experience and decision making is made on known knowledge. Therefore, Scrum is an circular and incremental methodology following the goal to optimize planing capability and control risk.
  
3) Adaption
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In connection, Scrum is based on same three pillars as empirical process control: transparency, inspection and adaption .
  
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Furthermore, is Scrum based on specific Scrum Roles, Scrum Events and Scrum Artifacts, which are determined and cannot be skipped.
  
As Scrum is an agile approach it is close connected to the agile movement. The agile movement is summarized in the “agile manifesto” (2001), which states: “Individuals and interactions over processes and tools;
Working software over comprehensive documentation;
Customer collaboration over contract negotiation;
Responding to change over following a plan”. <ref>http://agilemanifesto.org</ref>[http://agilemanifesto.org]
 
  
 
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=== History of Scrum ===
This article will explain Scrum as a project management method in relation to the agile movement. Moreover, this article puts Scrum in the context of lean project management. Scrum with its independent origin from the Toyota production system, is not a transfer of Toyota production methods to project management.
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Scrum was mentioned for the first time in the Harvard business Review article “New New Product Development Game” from 1986. In this article Takeuchi and Nonaka compared the work processes in high-performing and cross-functional teams with the scrum formation used in Rugby. <ref>"The New New Product Development Game“. Cb.hbsp.harvard.edu, 1. Januar 1986.</ref>
 
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== Scrum ==
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=== Three Pillars of Scrum ===
 
=== Three Pillars of Scrum ===
 
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<ref>"Ken Schwaber and Jeff Sutherland: The Scrum Guide", 2016.</ref>:
 
=== Scrum Roles ===
 
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<ref name="AA" >Pete Deemer; Gabrielle Benefield; Craig Larman; Bas Vodde (December 17, 2012). "The Scrum Primer: A Lightweight Guide to the Theory and Practice of Scrum (Version 2.0)."</ref>
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<ref name="AB" >"The State of Scrum: Benchmarks and Guidelines. How the world successfully applying the most popular Agile approach to projects." ScrumAlliance. 2013</ref>
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<ref name="AC" >http://agilemanifesto.org</ref>

Latest revision as of 07:53, 13 September 2016

Scrum is an agile framework, which allows to execute product development or projects in an iterative, incremental way. [1] Today's organizations are placed in a highly competitive and challenging market that continuously changes and require the organizations to adapt and to stay flexible. Scrum as agile method allows organizations to do so and is especially successful in this unique field. [2] This specifications make Scrum to the most widely used agile framework. [1] Furthermore is Scrum deeply connected with the agile methodology, which is summarized in the "agile manifesto" (2001). [3]

This article describes the Scrum framework in reference to the agile methodology. Additionally it provides an insight how Scrum is used in organizations today and finally puts the Scrum framework in the context of lean project management. To do so the lean principles of projects management will be outlines and later on the Scrum frame work transferred.


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[edit] Scrum

Scrum is originally an iterative and incremental agile software development procedure model to manage the product development process. [4] Nowadays, Scrum is the most widely adopted agile project management methodology and is IT industry independent.

Scrum is originally an iterative and incremental agile software development procedure model to manage the product development process. [5] Even though Scrum was developed as an agile software development framework, it developed since the 1990's to a general project management method. [6]

Scrum methodology is based on empirical process control theory. Empiricism assumes that knowledge is gained from experience and decision making is made on known knowledge. Therefore, Scrum is an circular and incremental methodology following the goal to optimize planing capability and control risk.

In connection, Scrum is based on same three pillars as empirical process control: transparency, inspection and adaption .

Furthermore, is Scrum based on specific Scrum Roles, Scrum Events and Scrum Artifacts, which are determined and cannot be skipped.


[edit] History of Scrum

Scrum was mentioned for the first time in the Harvard business Review article “New New Product Development Game” from 1986. In this article Takeuchi and Nonaka compared the work processes in high-performing and cross-functional teams with the scrum formation used in Rugby. [7]

[edit] Three Pillars of Scrum

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[edit] Scrum Roles

[edit] Scrum Building Blocks

[edit] Scrum Documents

[edit] Agile Methodology

[edit] Agile Methodology and Scrum in Practice

[edit] Scrum in the context of Lean Project Management

  1. 1.0 1.1 Pete Deemer; Gabrielle Benefield; Craig Larman; Bas Vodde (December 17, 2012). "The Scrum Primer: A Lightweight Guide to the Theory and Practice of Scrum (Version 2.0)."
  2. "The State of Scrum: Benchmarks and Guidelines. How the world successfully applying the most popular Agile approach to projects." ScrumAlliance. 2013
  3. http://agilemanifesto.org
  4. "What is Scrum?". What is Scrum? An Agile Framework for Completing Complex Projects - Scrum Alliance. Scrum Alliance. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
  5. "What is Scrum?". What is Scrum? An Agile Framework for Completing Complex Projects - Scrum Alliance. Scrum Alliance. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
  6. "Mary Poppendieck, Tom Poppendieck: Lean Software Development: An Agile Toolkit", Addison-Wesley, Upper Saddle River, 2003.
  7. "The New New Product Development Game“. Cb.hbsp.harvard.edu, 1. Januar 1986.
  8. "Ken Schwaber and Jeff Sutherland: The Scrum Guide", 2016.

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