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Last post 03:54 pm April 19, 2017 by Vincent Barnabé-Lortie
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Vaquas Qureshi
03:46 pm April 19, 2017

What does it mean when SG says:  Scrum is light weight? 

Vincent Barnabé-Lortie
03:54 pm April 19, 2017

I can't say if this is what the authors of the Scrum Guide meant, but I interpret it as meaning that Scrum as a framework does not describe a lot of components (i.e. roles, events, artifacts, rules). A heavyweight process framework would be one that describes many roles, events, milestones, phases, artifacts, rules, etc. Take, for example, RUP, with its 9 disciplines, 4 phases, 6 best practices, etc. If you look at the length of its documentation, it certainly looks like a heavier process framework.

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