Ageling on Agile

Ageling on Agile

The disastrous impact of bandwagonism on the good name of Scrum

And why you should look before you leap

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Willem-Jan Ageling
Sep 08, 2019
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And why you should look before you leap

Group of lemmings jumping from the cliff. “Everyone Scrums! It must work for us too!”
My visualisation of Scrum bandwagonism

Intro

Scrum has a bad reputation with many. Often this is for the wrong reasons, things that have nothing to do with the framework Scrum. We can come up with 100 awful ways to do Scrum. And we can come with even more if you challenge us to.

Bandwagonism

Scrum is victim of the band…

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