Comments on: Scrum is the Vehicle, Not the Destination http://www.gettingagile.com/2009/05/01/scrum-is-the-vehicle-not-the-destination/ with Sterling Barton Sun, 04 Jul 2010 16:55:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Chris Sterling http://www.gettingagile.com/2009/05/01/scrum-is-the-vehicle-not-the-destination/comment-page-1/#comment-134 Chris Sterling Fri, 08 May 2009 01:40:14 +0000 http://chrissterling.gettingagile.com/?p=247#comment-134 I don't doubt that could work. What I have found is that it is difficult for management to infuse that culture if they don't know what that culture should look like. We use Scrum as a vehicle to help infuse the cultural shifts and shed light on the issues that need resolving. The learning cycle built into Scrum is what helps cultural change take shape, in my opinion. I don’t doubt that could work. What I have found is that it is difficult for management to infuse that culture if they don’t know what that culture should look like. We use Scrum as a vehicle to help infuse the cultural shifts and shed light on the issues that need resolving.

The learning cycle built into Scrum is what helps cultural change take shape, in my opinion.

]]> By: aaron http://www.gettingagile.com/2009/05/01/scrum-is-the-vehicle-not-the-destination/comment-page-1/#comment-133 aaron Thu, 07 May 2009 18:38:34 +0000 http://chrissterling.gettingagile.com/?p=247#comment-133 "Instead of focusing on the process, practices, and techniques of Scrum, I suggest individuals, teams, and management focus on the learning that can be produced by a team doing Scrum and act on that learning." How about focusing on the principles and have mgmt help infuse that culture? “Instead of focusing on the process, practices, and techniques of Scrum, I suggest individuals, teams, and management focus on the learning that can be produced by a team doing Scrum and act on that learning.”

How about focusing on the principles and have mgmt help infuse that culture?

]]> By: Pete Gilbert http://www.gettingagile.com/2009/05/01/scrum-is-the-vehicle-not-the-destination/comment-page-1/#comment-135 Pete Gilbert Mon, 04 May 2009 11:12:11 +0000 http://chrissterling.gettingagile.com/?p=247#comment-135 I work in a small team as part of a larger department at the University of the West of England. We develop solutions for SharePoint as well as managing the SharePoint infrastructure. We had a VERY large influx of requests for work and we realised the only way to manage the development cycle without implementing a overly formal methodology was to implement something like scrum. We did this and as you say, we probably learned a hell of a lot about the way we work, and the assumptions about how we thought we worked. The performance benefits? Yes. Sustained over time? Well, there has still been a higher throughput and better communication between the team members. Was it worth it? Absolutely yes. But it is an ongoing thing as you say, not an end in itself, and we are evolving the process to fit in with some of our demands. I work in a small team as part of a larger department at the University of the West of England. We develop solutions for SharePoint as well as managing the SharePoint infrastructure. We had a VERY large influx of requests for work and we realised the only way to manage the development cycle without implementing a overly formal methodology was to implement something like scrum. We did this and as you say, we probably learned a hell of a lot about the way we work, and the assumptions about how we thought we worked. The performance benefits? Yes. Sustained over time? Well, there has still been a higher throughput and better communication between the team members. Was it worth it? Absolutely yes. But it is an ongoing thing as you say, not an end in itself, and we are evolving the process to fit in with some of our demands.

]]> By: Andrew Woodward http://www.gettingagile.com/2009/05/01/scrum-is-the-vehicle-not-the-destination/comment-page-1/#comment-136 Andrew Woodward Mon, 04 May 2009 10:58:51 +0000 http://chrissterling.gettingagile.com/?p=247#comment-136 Chris, Great post, Scrum has done a great job of getting agile into the conversation. It has help to bridge the gap between the XP approach and business, and the visibility of the burndown when it's working well is just fantastic. I don't think Scrum as it exists today is really where we will be in the future but it has helped to move us a long way forward. Andrew Chris,

Great post, Scrum has done a great job of getting agile into the conversation. It has help to bridge the gap between the XP approach and business, and the visibility of the burndown when it’s working well is just fantastic.

I don’t think Scrum as it exists today is really where we will be in the future but it has helped to move us a long way forward.

Andrew

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