Our development team has started using Scrum. We’re only 4 weeks in, so it would be premature to make a judgement on whether it’s working for us. I’ve investigated how it’s practised elsewhere, and there seems to be a worrying trend…<\/p>\n
Let’s say I want to become a Christian. I could go to church on Sundays; receive communion; marry in a Church; sing hymns; celebrate Christmas. But none of these would make me a Christian. These are just extrinsic procedures – not core beliefs. To really be a Christian, you have to ‘live-for-God’; believe in the divinity of Christ; and so on. The point of Christianity is these core beliefs, not the extraneous rituals.<\/p>\n
When it comes to Scrum, I always see teams faithfully having daily stand-up meetings, having retrospective meetings, calling someone a Scrummaster, etc. But they fail to implement the core principles of Scrum: ‘Done-is-done’, etc. It’s easy to practise the irrelevant rituals, yet these should not be confused with what Scrum is really about.<\/p>\n
Many people tell me that no one implements Scrum properly – it’s a matter of compromise and seeing what works. I don’t accept this. It’s remarkable how readily people compromise on the core-beliefs, yet retain all the extraneous procedures. They give up believing Jesus is the son of God, but keep Easter.<\/p>\n
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This is not to say there isn’t value in some of Scrum. Daily stand-up meetings are useful; but this hardly amounts to a vindication of Scrum. In the same way, some hymns are great (‘Autumn Days’ and ‘Shine Jesus Shine’ are two of my favourites) but this is not sufficient to justify becoming a Christian. If you like hymns but don’t believe in the divinity of Christ, then don’t become a Christian. Start a choir instead.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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