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My tinfoil hat theory is that Scrum was invented by Big Tech to hobble potential future competitors.
by danjac 5y ago
My tinfoil hat theory is that Scrum was invented by Big Tech to hobble potential future competitors.
- Arcanum-XIII 5y agoNah, it was created to add a new industry on top of IT. Everyone is doing Agil.. I mean Scrum. So everyone need to be certified, to follow workshop, to follow the "innovation", to buy the associated toolings and so on.
- ironmagma 5y agoHow can I get anti-Scrum certified?
- ChuckNorris89 5y agoRefuse to work at places that practice?
- ironmagma 5y agoNo, I want to be able to represent myself as authoritatively as the guy who proclaims to be “scrum certified,” as though scrum is so valuable as to have a certification.
- ChuckNorris89 5y agoDid you miss the /s by any chance? I pray to god that you did.
- ironmagma 5y agoI guess I'll keep you guessing.
- aitchnyu 5y ago> ...Skype in 2012, the company had gone all-in on Scrum. All engineers and product people were sent to best-in-class Scrum training, facilitated by one of the Agile manifesto’s founders. We trade the story of one Agile Founder wanting to kill his monster baby, but the others have been making bank.
- jopsen 5y ago> My tinfoil hat theory is that Scrum was invented by Big Tech to hobble potential future competitors. Why make up an easily debunked conspiracy theory? Scrum wasn't invented at big tech.. Agile development in general became a thing in the mid-90ties.
- danjac 5y agoI'm well aware of when/how Scrum was invented, hence "tinfoil hat". The point was that whatever the origins and intent, Scrum benefits Big Tech (who largely avoid Scrum as per OP) by hobbling smaller competitors who adopt it.