Is it ok to change scrum?
Oct.06, 2009 in
scrum-faq
- Sure, thats what agile/scrum is all about.
- Sure, you might wonder if you are making things harder to detect.
- No way !!!
Comment: The idea here is that there can be only one source for Scrum knowledge. I guess that depends on where you get your definition from and what you need. Should there be only one way to think about scrum? Probably not, although, a rookie mistake is to modify without have deep applied practice and experience under your belt. The 1st common mistake we see people make is modifying scrum without understanding it. They often confuse themselves and their organization.
October 6th, 2009 at 5:46 pm
Hy
Maybe you look at this article from Peter Stevens and what I and some of my colleagues were answering:
http://www.scrum-breakfast.com/2009/08/feel-free-to-change-scrum.html
Have fun
Daniel
October 10th, 2009 at 3:11 am
I read the link. Here are my thoughts.
We often need to change things or reinvent them ourselves. That is probably the nature of understanding and taking ownership for something. If someone does my thinking for me I will never really understand the “why” behind it. I keep the scrum framework clean and light so that I can remember where I have been. I restart my head when it gets confused.
For new folks out of the gate that are not used to a strong empirical thought process , my advice is to use “Scrum” as is and avoid modification, go slow. The place you will get in trouble the quickest is in the area of organizational change. Your desire to run through all of the issues you see will be a strong temptation that will get you into trouble fast. People don’t change that fast(self included) and neither do big organizations! give yourself and them time to learn from the Scrum Framework. It is never done teaching you. – Doug Shimp
http://advancedtopicsinscrum.com
Have I modified it? Sure! I also have wished I hadn’t
October 11th, 2009 at 12:27 am
Hi Doug,
I like your concept of “sense of ownership”.
Last week, I stumbled upon Ken Schawaber’s original OOPSLA paper. I barely recognized Scrum.
Scrum has evolved and continues to do so. But of course, we only read about the successful mutations.
Cheers,
Peter