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Scrum Sucks! Part 1 – Why Switch?
Why Switch? In the software development life cycle there are two predominant methodologies, Waterfall and Agile. In this post we will talk about whether you should switch from Waterfall to an Agile...
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Scrum Sucks! Part 2 – What is Scrum?
What is Scrum? In the last article, I explained what Scrum was supposed to be. As usual though, Scrum has changed in the last 30 years. So, what is Scrum now? Since 1986 when Scrum was initially...
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Scrum Sucks! Part 3 – Why Scrum Sucks
Okay, so why does scrum suck? To understand why scrum sucks so bad, first we have to understand why the company has decided to use scrum in the first place. It is my experience that companies switching...
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Scrum Sucks! Part 4 – But what can we do
Begin as a novice I believe New concepts can only be learned in the context of what we already know. Because of that we must start with our current process or with a well defined new process. The real...
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Scrum Sucks! Part 5 – Measuring up
Measure first Before making any changes, first you must know where you currently stand. In business, feelings don’t matter, Money is what matters; for a new process to be the correct one for your...
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Scrum Sucks! Part 6 – Requirements
A plethora of possibilities Many different requirements systems and strategies exist as well as many variations of those systems and strategies. The system that I will recommend is largely influenced...
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Scrum Sucks! Part 7 – The Schedule
Everything happening at once This is a poorly stated concept and a phrase that must die if we are to move forward with Scrum as a viable development technique. There is in fact an order to things. We...
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