> despite many share references, most people are in environments which apply Scrum in a slightly different way Exactly. In fact, the linked text is a prime ex

> despite many share references, most people are in environments which apply Scrum in a slightly different way Exactly. In fact, the linked text is a prime example: it professes to address the "standard Scrum as described in the official guide", and then goes on to condemn the notion of story points. Now, I happen to agree with those story-points criticisms, but guess what: that official guide says nothing about story points at all! :o