How to Mess Up Scrum, Part 5
This is another item in my ongoing series of “How to Mess Up Scrum.” This time, I turn your attention to…
Overcomplicating the Objective
Let me give you an example. A few years ago, I was on a Scrum team that was assigned to develop a “retail portal” for the services this company already sold at old-fashioned store locations. In “phase one” the goal was to put up half a dozen or so static pages, plus one “contact” page to capture basic information so our sales rep can call you soon. That’s all.
It took three developers six months.