Jenny liberates her Scrum Team from Scrum
How Jenny was moved by the latest revision of the Scrum Guide.
On the day of the publication of the latest edition of the Scrum Guide back in November 2020, Dave (the Product Owner) and Jenny (the Scrum Master) are pondering its updates.
“I know you’re rather diligent on staying true to the Scrum Guide, right?” Dave asserts.
“I take it seriously; it’s my role. I believe we all should,” replied Jenny.
“With these changes to Scrum, is what we are doing today no longer Scrum?” Dave remarked.
“Ah…I…I don’t know…” Jenny responded rather doubtfully.
Jenny, unsatisfied about not being able to answer Dave’s question, consults the new Scrum Guide.
It tells her explicitly, as did the last one:
“Changing the core design or ideas of Scrum, leaving out elements, or not following the rules of Scrum, covers up problems and limits the benefits of Scrum, potentially even rendering it useless.”
“The Scrum framework, as outlined herein, is immutable. While implementing only parts of Scrum is possible, the result is not Scrum. While implementing only parts of Scrum is possible, the result is not Scrum. Scrum exists only in its entirety.”
