Scrum stands as a rare and transformative management innovation in a field where technical progress has accelerated but management practices have stagnated.
Easy for you to say! In a recent set of meetings at a leading public company that ought to know better, Scrum is a mystery. Just down the road, literally, at another large public company where Scrum is well known, the practice is kicked aside, again. Modern management may still lean, no pun intended, on Taylorism or MBO disguised as cost accounting, yet it is chaos that is setting the agenda.The chaordic nature of management does not invalidate the truth of your opinion about Scrum though. It needs to be said. For people like you and I, evangelists of an evidence based approach to building stuff, we need to be realistic that Scrum has underperformed its promise and that it is Project Management disciples that have conquered what passes as modern management.
Broadly speaking, I think my basic argument is accurate: that management practices haven't really changed in 30 years — and any observable change is likely related to the rise in awareness (among managers) of Scrum.
Meanwhile, technical practices have changed dramatically in the same time period.
Easy for you to say! In a recent set of meetings at a leading public company that ought to know better, Scrum is a mystery. Just down the road, literally, at another large public company where Scrum is well known, the practice is kicked aside, again. Modern management may still lean, no pun intended, on Taylorism or MBO disguised as cost accounting, yet it is chaos that is setting the agenda.The chaordic nature of management does not invalidate the truth of your opinion about Scrum though. It needs to be said. For people like you and I, evangelists of an evidence based approach to building stuff, we need to be realistic that Scrum has underperformed its promise and that it is Project Management disciples that have conquered what passes as modern management.
I suppose the devil's in the details.
Broadly speaking, I think my basic argument is accurate: that management practices haven't really changed in 30 years — and any observable change is likely related to the rise in awareness (among managers) of Scrum.
Meanwhile, technical practices have changed dramatically in the same time period.