Any Scrum without working product at the end of a sprint is a failed Scrum. Votes: 6
I estimate that 75% of those organizations using Scrum will not succeed in getting the benefits that they hope for from it. Votes: 6
If you find that your organization can't make the hard decisions that Scrum demands, then high-risk, uncertain projects have very little probability of success in your organization. Votes: 6
Scrum is like your mother-in-law, it points out ALL your faults. Votes: 5
The scrum and the tackle are the two really contentious areas of the game. If you get those two aspects right, most rugby matches will work in your favour. Votes: 4
. . . a jostling scrum of office buildings so mediocre that the only way you ever remember them is by the frustration they induce - like a basketball team standing shoulder to shoulder between you and the Mona Lisa. Votes: 4
I totally accept that it's a legitimate criticism that when you are involved in the day-to-day scrum of government that what can get lost is the narrative, the hymn sheet the song that inspires and lifts people's sights. Votes: 4
I do my own analysis on the teams I am refereeing. I will know some of the personalities, the players who could be difficult customers in a scrum situation, the ones I am going to have to really work hard on early in the game to get what I want. Votes: 4
Three bloody roles, Scrum has, and only three. If you can't get that right, don't call it Scrum, OK? Votes: 3
I don't say anything. One of the reporters asked me in the scrum in there, and I said, no, I didn't say anything to anybody. I can only hurt them right now. I cannot help them.