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Who can use Scrum?
Posted by SCRUMstudy® on December 03, 2022
Categories: Agile SBOK® Guide Scrum Scrum Guide Scrum Principles
Being an Agile approach, Scrum is highly flexible (pun, probably intended); that is, it can be stretched and bent to fit any project’s requirements. It is best suited for projects that require splitting a huge and unplanned project into manageable chunks of work based on business priorities such as value. As such, it can be used for any project system and by any team.
Scrum really shows its agility in projects that exhibit one or all of the following characteristics:
A. When one is working on a project where the scope is changing rapidly and new requirements are emerging every other day, Scrum’s iterative and incremental model of development permits modifications to be made to the project system rapidly and responsively.
B. When there is no consensus on a particular project management approach, the team can adopt Scrum, because its combination of some of the best and most pliable project management principles will help everyone be comfortable.
C. When there is marked ambiguity and indecisiveness on how to get a product such as software developed per industry requirements, the increased productivity and decreased risk rate that comes with Scrum makes it the logical choice.
It can certainly be said that Scrum is an ideal project management framework for product development projects. When being swept off your feet with its attractiveness, it is good to keep certain points in mind before zeroing in on Scrum as the project management approach for a particular project. First, Scrum is not a method, but an framework, a set of adaptable process tools, for managing product development activities. Secondly, there are certain core values that must be observed in letter and spirit so that using Scrum can optimize results in efficient teamwork, enhanced communication, and quicker results.
