Compliance
Not every team or even software development department has the luxury of having complete control over its development process. For example, in outsourced, contract development, customers often mandate that suppliers be CMMI Level 5 certified, which requires those software developers to follow certain established best practices. Additionally, some software-intensive products are delivered into regulated industries and must comply with standards such as ISO 9001. Companies producing medically regulated devices must comply with ISO 13458. Publicly traded companies in the United States must comply with Sarbanes-Oxley. The list goes on.
None of these standards prescribes a life cycle that is completely at odds with Scrum. Some of them, ...
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