Agile Tour 2009 Open Jam Part 2

Once again Agile Tour was an exciting event in the Philadelphia area. There was lots of energy around as beginners and practitioners could find an avenue to increase their agile knowledge.

The OpenJam gave people an opportunity to have open honest dialog around topics that they were passionate about. My blog first entry on the OpenJam covered the great topic of certifications.

This time I want to provide the session "Scum is Evil???" This was a great talk, where people could discuss the benefits of scrum over something like waterfall. It also got into issues where scrum just didn't go far enough.

I'll start with the list of cards from Scrum is Good, it is a much shorter list.

Scrum is Good:

Team Building

Burn Down Chart

Gave Agile Legs

Feedback Cycle

Regular Deliver of Software

Make Crap Visible

Failures have pushed evolution of Agile

Fail Faster then Waterfall

Customer Interaction

Scrum failure is visibility to Failure

Alternative to PMI
Works for Waterfall Executive Organizations

Scrum Tackles People Problems

Proven Process Documented

Generates Excitement about Development

Scrum is Evil:

Makes You Believe it Works

Failure is Delayed

Not Agile Revolution

$$$ For Certification

The Scrum Black Book
Outlived Initial Fame

Easy to be Evil

Scrum is the only Solution

TDD was not part until 2008

Separate from AgileAliance

No Change New Word

Product Manager on a Team

No Development Practices

Title of Scrum Master

Deceptive Marketing

Control

Burn Down Chart

Intentions are Wrong

Scrum Master is not a Coach

People play the wrong role

Scrum Failure is not Agile Failure

People do not Venture out of Scrum

Certification is Evil

Feedback has no Solution

Chicken Pig is divisive

Micro Manage and Oppress People

No Tools for Solving Problems

Leaves Staff Out

Is a Buffet of Practices