Ignoring Scrum to get more Agile?

Killing agility with excessive meetings

Talking to a friend about agile, he asked me a fascinating question remarking how badly sometimes Agile and Scrum fit together, especially regarding meetings. These are my thoughts about this topic.

“Do you think it would make sense to just use agile and ignore scrum (sprints) completely in a product based development company. I feel it’s hard to be agile when you have 10 hours of meetings per week.” Filip G.

That is related to the essence core of Extreme Programming, which is the first value: (effective) communication.

“Probably some companies just don’t know how to properly use meetings and just have them out of habit.” Filip G.

I wouldn’t say completely ignore Scrum. Scrum (when done well) is a great “Product Management” Framework. To improve your understanding of Scrum I recommend reading: Scrum: The Art of Doing Twice the Work in Half the Time.

The main issue with scrum nowadays is that management has taken control over the whole thing, and developers are not educated about how to practice Scrum properly (in a real Agile way), and that’s where the problem starts. For this, I read a book that addresses pretty well the common issues that most Scrum teams face in a fun and easy reading book: Zombie Scrum Survival Guide: A Journey to Recovery.

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