Why You Suck at Scrum
Series preview of anti-patterns that actually cause Scrum implementations to fail
There is an abundance of materials available that will explain how to approach Agile as a methodology to help transform the way your organization works, or how to implement a framework such as Scrum.
Books and articles have been written on the subject at nauseum by experts in the field.
There are companies chock full of experts on the subject, trained to coach and lead organizations through these transformations & implementations, pulling from their personal experiences.
There are webinars, seminars, conferences and gatherings where these experts can be found, eager to share their knowledge and assist organizations in successfully implementing these types of changes.
Most can even cite organizations that have successfully made the changes and are reaping the benefits.
Why then, do so many organizations fail so miserably when they take on these changes? Was there a key topic so unique to them that was not covered? Were all of the experts unavailable to assist? Were there no topics covered in the conferences that dealt with their particular needs?
Were the frameworks themselves flawed in such a way that all of the books and, by extension experts somehow missed? Were the success stories fabricated?
The answer to each of these questions is in fact, no. None of these were in any way the cause for the failures. The reasons for failure are many, and we need to be open & honest about those reasons if we ever hope to achieve real change.
This is a list of topics I intend to explore over a series of posts about why organizations actually fail to make any real change, and upon reflection after reading them, most people will acknowledge that these are at the root of the failures, and ones that they have seen personally. The question is, what will we do about it?
- The Organization
- Leadership
- Product Owner
- Scrum Master
- Development Team
- Planning
- Scrum Ceremonies
This list may grow, but these will be the initial focus of the series.
If there are topics you’d like to see feel free to add them in the comments.
