Scrum is dead...
Don't worry, its not.
My latest article at Linkdin about Agile being "dead"
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/agile-dead-long-live-nicholas-gabrichidze-onjbe
While talking about "Agile is dead" (hasn't properly been born in fact) lets establish the root cause-like we always should when we are facilitating the conflict. What is dead? 4 values and 12 priciples of Agile manifesto, empiricism and Lean thinking, team self management, idea of havig three artefacst and three useful commitements? Or Jira tickets, user stories, fabinacci based story points, retrospective entertainment, nice and tidy presentations at Sprint reviuw, tons of metrics, burn down charts, burn up charts, bossing Scrum masters and almighty managers called Product owner? If the former-then what is a better option, and if later, lets trash it all with light heart. Those are just tools and processes. If they are worn out, take them out.
Well, one can ascribe some truth to this xyz is dead sentiment at least in some cases:
- training classes - I'd say that globally there are less classes running, but it's not very special to agile/scrum. It's in general imo, but of course I only have access to some data, not the full picture. Yet training companies do sell their own custom classes and you have still lots of courses on Udemy or other platforms
- job opportunities - given the supply/demand dynamics of agile/scrum related jobs I'd say that sure, agile/scrum is being on the descending trend, no matter propaganda that says otherwise
If you see a situation where for 1 job post you have like 100+ applicants then something is going on. But once again, it's nothing that unique, there is a slowdown in lots of places given layoffs, reductions, so on
So my opinion would be like that - it's a marketing trend that people use to get some attention & marketing reach, as quite some people (you obviously included) have written a piece or two on that.
Interesting how differentiate between the core Agile philosophy and the overused, diluted rituals that often masquerade as Agile today. It’s such a common trap—teams getting stuck on Jira tickets and story points, losing sight of what Agile was originally meant to be; adaptability, collaboration, continuous learning.
What do you think is the most effective way to bring teams back to those foundational values and principles without getting bogged down by all the “ceremonial” stuff? Have you seen any practices or mindsets that cut through the noise effectively? Just curious....
It feels like 'Scrum is dead' usually just means 'Bad Scrum is finally being called out.' When teams treat the guide like a checklist instead of a framework for solving hard problems, it definitely feels lifeless. To me, it’s only dead if you stop using it to actually learn and adapt.
That is the problem with Scrum, no foundation principles so lots of people are speaking and spouting opinions, but not many are really talking and getting to conclusions.
Let's even try this out here:
@Daan Wagner - core Agile philosophy
Give me a definitive list of core Agile philosophy rules and the one true interpretation, also why this interpretation is one and only truth?
Nothing like that > we get back to exchange of opinions, no foundation principles.
@Seizal Gen
When teams treat the guide like a checklist instead of a framework for solving hard problems, it definitely feels lifeless.
What teams? Teams consists of living, breathing people who for example chose to invest 10 years of their life into boring software engineering domain of this or that sort, to be the summarized as a collective "team".
Look how teams are being beaten liek a dead horse, but it's rather hard to find a criticism of management on this make-believe forum.