SCRUM…. what?
Interesting word isn’t it? I thought so. What’s more interesting about it is that it’s related to Rugby, the English football game. SCRUM, a management, enhancement and maintaince methodology for an existing system.
Well let’s see how it is really related to Rugby. Rugby is set by playing field which can be also termed as the environment for SCRUM and the rules for Rugby as the controls for SCRUM. The primary intention for Rugby is to move the ball forward as to the development process in SCRUM. Rugby evolved breaking the soccer rules to adapt to the environment where SCRUM is also has its environment variants. Rugby doesn’t end until the environment has complete control. Scrum doesn’t end until the business need, functionality, competion etc are all together to scrummage and make a good turnout.
Scrum has three phases. Pregame, where the planning and architectecture is defined. Game, where the actual development occurs and finally PostGame, where the preparation for realease occurs.
Scrum has numerous advantages and actually delivers the product on time and correctly with the joy of developers feeling satisfied and feeling they actually accomplished something. Isn’t that nice. Try it out. Maybe it will make your development process much much easier and productive. To know more about scrum try searching the net. If you are too lazy, here are a few links to help you.
Hi,
Have u used Scrum.I mean there is a lot of hype about it.I have tried USDP & SSADM.
How is it different?
Hi Abbas,
I have used Scrum for 2 years. I found it quite productive and effective mostly in small teams. I think SSADM is more of a waterfall method so traditionally it has its downsides whereas USDP is an iterative process that could be extended dependent on size of project. I have used the RUP model which comes from USDP. Scrum is also an iterative model but unlike other models, it is based on self-structured teams where it gives more satisfying results. You can check several literature on more info.