Scrum is Hard and Disruptive - 2 - Complexity and Risk
Mar 28, 2024
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Ryan and Todd discuss the challenges and benefits of Scrum, focusing on high yield product management and development. They explore how Scrum is suitable for complex, high-risk projects and emphasize the importance of adaptability and risk reduction in Scrum practices.
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Scrum is optimized for high-yield product management and development, emphasizing valuable outcomes and ROI.
Scrum is particularly beneficial for large, complex projects, reducing risk and managing dependencies effectively.
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Optimization of Scrum for High-Yield Product Management
Scrum is designed to optimize high-yield product management and product development, focusing on delivering valuable outcomes with a great return on investment. By emphasizing being opportunistic in the market, Scrum aims to deliver value, achieve a high return, and outpace competitors. However, it is important to note that while Scrum is optimized for high yield, it requires proactive steps to ensure that teams release valuable increments and validate their work.
Scrum's Applicability to High-Risk Complex Projects
Scrum is particularly suitable for high-risk complex large projects, even when hardware or waterfall development is involved. It is effective at reducing risk and complexity by emphasizing creating a potentially usable increment in short cycles. Scrum's focus on short feedback loops and continuous inspection and adaptation helps in managing the challenges posed by large, complex projects, including dependencies and risks.
Ryan and Todd look back at a post written by Ken Schwaber in 2006 that covers 15 ways Scrum is both hard and disruptive.
The second statement from Ken:
2. Scrum is optimized for high yield product management and product development. Scrum is particularly appropriate for high risk, complex, large projects and can be used when other parts of the endeavor are hardware or even waterfall development.
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