17/05/2021 Scrum for One

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Scrum for One

Dustin Wax
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Scrum for One

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That’s a funny word, isn’t it? “Scrum.” Scrum is a project management strategy for software development teams. The name comes from rugby
(I guess) where it refers to the start of a new play. In the programming world, it’s a technique of coordinating a team’s work without a clear
plan, working towards attainable short-term goals, and then repeating the process towards another set of goals – which I suppose is kind of like
playing towards a goal in rugby. Except, you know – fewer broken bones. Hopefully.

I’m not part of a software development team. I’m not even a programmer. But when I came across an article on Scrum recently, it struck me
that, while intended for big, collaborative projects, there were a lot of elements of Scrum that could be adapted pretty well to individual
productivity. Although Scrum can be implemented at any stage of a project, it really excels as a way of dealing with projects that have stalled
out for some reason – projects that have gotten stuck for lack of resources, lack of direction, even lack of teamwork – and that’s something that
happens to all of us at one time or another. Maybe, just maybe, the principles that get teams of programmers back on track can apply to the
projects every one of us has gotten stuck on.

Scrum 101
Although there are whole textbooks devoted to managing teams and their projects using Scrum, the basic principles are very simple:

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