Most software projects have been managed using a process known as waterfall. But, since the mid-90’s a revolution has been gathering pace and the Scrum framework is being adopted by organisations all over the World. Are you considering using Scrum? Here are my top 10 reasons why you should use Scrum instead of waterfall.
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The best answer to this question is contained within the Scrum Guide by Ken Schwaber and Jeff Sutherland and available for free at scrum.org. To actually start the change from waterfall to scrum, I’d recommend that you either get training as a scrum m…
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Very nice post. I just stumbled upon your blog and wanted to say that I have truly enjoyed browsing your blog posts. After all I will be subscribing to your feed and I hope you write again very soon!
Thanks for the kind comments 🙂
A perfect description of why SCRUM is better. I have bookmarked your website. Looking forward at you to start a page on PSM-II and an online training for people outside UK.
Hi Nave
I’ve been thinking about online training and wondering what the best approach is. The choices I’ve listed so far include:
a. Produce a series of videos that students can watch on demand.
b. Run a live, interactive, online training session that matches the classroom training that I provide.
What do you think?
Excellent article Derek! From personal experience of an on-line course with you, I’d say that is the way to go. It worked really well and I passed PSM I first time 🙂
Excellent news! Congrats, Laura!
This is great stuff Derek – nicely distilled and highly effective! I can see it quoted in slide decks already 🙂
Hi Kenny
Thanks! I greatly appreciate your kind words.
Very structured article which covers all aspect. I have one question — can we apply Scrum to eac and every development project or what are the criteria on which we should select project execution in scrum.
Manjusha
Hi Manjusha
As a very rough rule of thumb, I would advise that Scrum can be used for all software development projects except:
1. Those that would reasonably take 4 weeks or less to complete.
2. Maintenance projects (where KanBan would be a much better option).
Hope that helps.