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I think Scrum has sometimes its place for web agencies or the like, with external clients with deadlines and budgets. The mistake was applying it elsewhere.
by conradfr 5y ago
I think Scrum has sometimes its place for web agencies or the like, with external clients with deadlines and budgets.
The mistake was applying it elsewhere.
- blacktriangle 5y agoYeah that was a huge transition to make when working for an agency. Realizing that the bullshit work to communicate with the client while technically slowing the whole project down was the most important task you had. Reason being, the "product" wasn't really the code you were developing for the client, it was delivering client happiness, and often they cared more about being in the loop than getting the maximal amount of functionality.
- jseban 5y agoYeah this is how I always felt about Scrum, that it's made for IT consulting firms to manage the relationship with the client, and that the "product owner" is in the clients organisation, and scrum master works in the consulting firm, so it's a tool to negotiate and manage expectations for delivery.