Scrum at the Project Level
Ken Schwaber, Jeff Sutherland · 2012
One should use scrum when necessary, such as when one has an immediate opportunity or a catastrophic project. This chapter discusses how to start immediately with scrum, without fuss or overhead. Short-term benefits are paramount, not the long-term improvement of the organization. However, benefits accrue rapidly. The Scrum project is conducted in isolation from traditional practices and processes, using only what bring value to the work. Scrum projects expose everything, both that which one had hoped for and things contrary to expectations. Scrum dishes it up so that one knows what is happening and can make intelligent decisions about what to do next. The benefit is an opportunity to control what happens next, to manage it in workable chunks of investment. One of Scrum's best features is the information it provides. Management can use this information to maximize value and control risk. At the end of each Sprint, the work of the developers is tracked, including how many requirements were met and are ready to use. However, scrum can be utilized at project level.