Why you definitely need to know what the Scrum
Work And Study Books / / December 19, 2019
Everyone has heard of Agile ( «Agile"). If until recently one could not know this word, then in January of this year alone, German Gref, Sberbank's head, became attack the country from all its guns evangelism flexible approaches to management, and now Agile already sounded for all.
Scrum ( «Scrum») - the practical implementation of Agile-principles. This approach allows, according to its creator Jeff Sutherland (Jeff Sutherland), to do twice as much in half the time.
You probably would like to know more about Agile and the Scrum, to be in the subject. IT world is impossible to imagine without Agile, and this "contagion" is spreading rapidly in the traditional offline business.
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Scrum was developed about 20 years ago as an effective method to increase the productivity of software development. Having gained popularity in Silicon Valley, Scrum quickly gained recognition in other business sectors. Its creators Ken Schwaber (Ken Schwaber) and Jeff Sutherland studied international best practices of successful companies and We came to the conclusion that the "waterfall" model, in which the work was based primarily on IT-projects, is hopelessly outdated. She did not meet the expectations of customers, as the work progressed slowly, in strict accordance with the long-term plan, and often the output is not a product that is actually needed.
Systematic project management from the top down creates the illusion of control and confidence in the process, but in reality, the result is unpredictable. Despite the presence of kilograms of paper with detailed plans, justifications, charts and tables, terms are broken, the budget is exceeded, and the employees are disappointed, feeling the futility of their activity.
Meet the key principles of the Scrum, and perhaps the theme of interest to you so that it is not a book to read Sutherland, you will not be able to.
People are more important than processes
For companies of all sizes bureaucracy first step taken to build the processes, considering that the lack of organization - the root of all problems. But if this root exists, it is the employees who were dissatisfied with their work, ignoring the customers and their needs, unable to realize their potential, to take place. They have everything and spoil.
Scrum - this is about happy employees, and not about the infinitely slender and expensive processes.
Come to my office tomorrow, and you will surely see that there are many such people. It is important to put at the center of an organization's employees, not bosses or processes.
Product documentation is more important
Another favorite activity of the bureaucracy - all describe endlessly, creating tons of documentation to spend the good half of the resources in such a way to delay time. It is important not paper, but whether manage your organization, your team is to create a product that customers really need. If you have a great product and the documentation will not be - it's not bad. That is how the first iPhone came out on the market in 2007.
Scrum - this is about the meaning, and not about creating paperwork for the creation of a maximum peak of papers.
Colossal internal documentation and description of each of your steps on the way to the finished product is also probably important, but it costs more and more companies are now without this nonsense. And they - your competitors. Your all faster competitors.
Customer collaboration is more important than perfect drafting of contracts
To make a good product, you need to work, to create, to solve problems, invent and implement ideas. Anything that detracts from it - garbage. It is necessary to build such a relationship with the customer, so that he is constantly involved in your work, saw how It is the product, if you follow the current strategy, understand the prospects of obtaining it suits him product. This can be done if you have a customer relations associate, and not just a contract.
Scrum - this is about understanding and cooperation, and not about the lawyers and shielding the soft spot.
It is necessary to build such a relationship with the customer, there is no need to exchange endless and lifeless paper requirements and conditions and to enter into contracts pack. The ideal situation is when you are a kind and understanding partners, colleagues working for the one purpose, and you do not need to insure contracts and spend a significant amount of it time. Contracts and bills - is a way to protect themselves. Build a relationship in which no party will not need to defend himself.
The ability to change is more important than following a plan
They say the worst thing - all my life to do the product, which in the end no one used it. Imagine you have three years have developed something that did not fly then, as it turned out unclaimed in the market. This stems from the grandiose plans drawn up at the start of, and strict adherence to them. What if a three-year plan was flawed? You will spend a lot of money and you will remain with nothing.
Scrum - this is about science and sense, not about faith and unfounded hopes.
How to be? According to the Scrum, you should have a big goal, but go to it iteratively without trying to anticipate every move in the distant future. Small iterations 2-4 weeks move to the goal, turn around back, do a retrospective, Evaluate done, give up on the result of the last iteration, if it does not bring you to goals. This way you can avoid silly big failures. Iterative - a scientific approach. Hopes for the correctness of large plans - rather, it is like a religion.
Positions and titles are not important - what is important is what you do
The higher level chief, the less he knows directly the creation of product and the intricacies of its work, its properties, possibilities. Today it is fashionable approaches to management, when the heads are not particularly needed, hierarchies are erased, the organization made flat. Positions are not important when it comes to practical work on the creation of a product, the user needs to research, test various hypotheses about the active iterative development.
Scrum - it's about trust, and not about power and violence.
Classic rulers created for control and repression. If the team consists of enthusiastic professionals who are trusted and which are engaged directly to the creation of value, they do not need the chief overseer with a beautiful but useless title.
Around these core principles of Scrum provides various tools to help you reach the goal in the shortest time, with a high level of predictability at the lowest price. Be sure to dive into this subject: it is interesting and, most likely, without the knowledge of Agile and Scrum in the future, you can not get both interesting and lucrative work.
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