(Mis)understanding Scrum
Posted by: Michael Mallete
in Subscriptions 
You go to a swimming class.
You were thought to do proper frog kicks. You get certified for doing frog kicks.
Being a certified frog-kicker, you had the courage to be thrown to the water, 20kms away from the seashore. What are your chances of surviving?
-scene change-
You go to a swimming class.
You were thought to do proper frog kicks.
You were thought to do proper hand-paddling.
You were thought to do proper breathing technique.
Learning to do all these amid spending thrice the time of getting frog-kick certification, you had the courage to be thrown to the water, 20kms away from the seashore. What are your chances of surviving?
-bottomline-
Scrum is frog-kicking. Just one piece of the whole. Don't go thinking you can survive with just that, certification and all.
TrackBack URI for this entry
Show/hide comment form
Agile Marketplace - Announcements and Special Offers
Upcoming Webcasts
Sponsored by Urbancode - On Demand
Mastering Complex Application Deployment
Sponsored by CollabNet - Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Closing the Agile Loop: Continuous Integration, Continuous Information
ScrumWorks Pro – The World’s Best Agile Project Management Tool
Simply put, CollabNet’s ScrumWorks Pro is the best Agile project management solution on the market, bar none. More than 150,000 Agile professionals rely on the power and simplicity of ScrumWorks every day. But don’t take our word for it – try it yourself for free. CollabNet is now providing the first 10 users of ScrumWorks Pro at no charge!
Download ScrumWorks Pro today!
The Business Case for ALM Transformation
Are legacy systems holding your company back? Breakthrough these technical constraints with an open and scalable environment that meets your unique business need to transform. There is no reason to be locked into an obsolete platform. The output of a number of recent transitions from legacy systems, this is practical white paper shares lessons learned and illustrates how guidance and enablement can pave the way for change.
Download this Whitepaper