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Here are four core elements of Scrum, straight from the Scrum Guide—the official document from scrum.org—that often cause problems in software teams. No one can say, “you’re doing it wrong,” because these are the very pillars every Scrum practice rests on. If Jeff Sutherland and Ken Schwaber don’t already have these principles tattooed somewhere, they’re probably getting matching back pieces right now.
But there’s a problem, every one of these items is not just wrong—they’re crippling software teams everywhere.
Sprints constantly repeat, with fixed lengths and no breaks: rethinkingsoftware.subs…
Stand-ups are everyday: rethinkingsoftware.subs…
Scrum depends on estimates (a.k.a. sizing): rethinkingsoftware.subs…
The product owner has full control over the product backlog.: rethinkingsoftware.subs…
Click on the link that goes with each to see why they’re causing so much trouble.