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The point of a methodology isn't to follow the methodology Then what's the point? If you cherry pick whatever you feel like, then why call it Scrum? There are

• oneplane 6y ago
  You give a set of ideas a name so that you can refer to that set. You also don't run your processes based on some process that doesn't work, you run it on something that does work. It doesn't matter how many fancy processes are named and marketed out there if they don't work for you. The base concept of Scrum isn't any different from the base concepts of feedback loops and self-improvement; but if you call it feedback loops and self-improvement people don't really want it. That's where that marketing bs comes in, and the whole 'certified' nonsense. You make your units of work as clear as possible, you make them small enough so you have an idea how things are going and you measure periodically to ensure you're not blindsided by human flaws all the time.