Agile Methodology - Scrum
- Formal management methodology
- Delivers real business advantage
- Lightweight and adaptive
Scrum is a lightweight, Agile project management process. Derived principally from modern manufacturing techniques such as Just in Time, Lean and Total Quality Management it facilitates an adaptive, empirical approach to management.
Scrum utilises 30 day iterations, known as "sprints", to provide a focused goal on which your team can work with minimal external interference; once the sprint requirements are fixed. The premise is that 30 days is sufficient time for your team to focus and deliver significant business advantage, and yet short enough to allow re-alignment between sprints and still meet the business needs.
Only where there is a substantial shift in business strategy would a change be required mid-sprint, but this is not the norm.
The formal Scum methodology provides tools and techniques to manage the project. Sprint planning, prioritised task management, tracking, and communication are provided for.
