Fixing Your Scrum

Taylorism Creeping Back in

We’ve worked in countless organizations where people hold strong beliefs about product development that aren’t compatible with the proper use of the Scrum framework. These beliefs are often held both by people in various levels of management and among the people doing the work. These beliefs are often overlooked and rarely discussed because the trust needed to talk about them is lacking. To make matters more difficult, many of these beliefs are deeply rooted in corporate culture and are difficult to work through.

What kinds of beliefs, you ask? Ones that people in management and large organizations have held for a long time. In fact, many of these beliefs are over 100 years old. We won’t bore you with the details, ...