Comments on: How to Know if Scrum Is Right for Your Project

By: John Strain

John Strain — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:38:27 +0000

After woring with and without Scrum I can honestly say that I find Scrum to be wastefull and nothing more than a steaming pile of management crap. You spend so much time managing/discussing what needs to be done/what has been done/what will be done that when you do finally get to write sone actual code you have to rush through it because the majoity of your time has been used up in worthless Scrum meetings. And while were on the subject of worthless meetings, Come on 15 minutes? please!! just get netmeeting and teleconference. Really how long does it take to say “I wrote a few lines of code yesterday and would have written more but I was interrupted with a Scrum meeting.

By: laszlo

laszlo — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 20:57:31 +0000

gotta love it!

By: AgileMan aka Matt Holmes

AgileMan aka Matt Holmes — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 22:07:43 +0000

Ah, the ol’ “multiply by 9 and add the digits up” trick! I use that one (for good this time, rather than evil as Mike is doing here!) when teaching my Math students how to quickly learn their “9 times table”. I’m always amazed at how many kids (and their parents) don’t believe me when I tell them that any multiple of 9 has digits that add up to 9 or a multiple of 9. What are they teaching in Math these days, anyway?

By: Why is scrum right for you | One Side Of the Fence

Why is scrum right for you | One Side Of the Fence — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:57:10 +0000

[...] Cohn has an interesting post about how to know if scrum is right for you. He lists 10 software development methodologies with scrum being #9. He then proposes the following [...]

By: Mike Cohn

Mike Cohn — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 21:31:47 +0000

Very nice, Ziggs. I suggest adding *all* of the digits.

By: Ziggs

Ziggs — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 21:22:41 +0000

pi x 3 ~ 9.4247
+3 ~ 12.4247
*3 ~ 37.2743
Now how many digits do I add up?

By: Russell

Russell — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 20:45:41 +0000

The list of methodologies isn’t complete. You need to add “Code-and-fix” and “Structured Systems Analysis and Design” to the top of the list. It’s funny, when you look at the full list, you get a different answer every time

By: Mike Cohn

Mike Cohn — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 20:31:06 +0000

Of course not, Jose. Just having some fun today. I made another for my 9-year-old daughter titled “How soon you can date” and set 9 to be 30. She’s trying to figure out how it works right now.

By: Jose M Beas

Jose M Beas — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 20:26:57 +0000

As a joke it’s fine! But if you’re suggesting that Scrum is like a silver bullet…

By: Till

Till — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 20:19:35 +0000

that’s likely to be bad news for all java fellows *rofl*