Chapter 2: Scrum Beyond Basics
Scrum is, by far, the software industry leader as the preferred lightweight and agile framework to use. As a result, it is the Agile reference model of choice in this book. Due to its roots in software development, many industries and functional business areas employ Scrum to improve both their operational and development efficiencies.
The emphasis on Scrum is the instantiation of small Agile teams to develop products iteratively over short cycles. It also allows us to deliver increments of new customer-centric value much more efficiently than in the traditional plan-driven, linear-sequential development model.
Though Scrum describes the activities of small teams, many organizations use Scrum across their enterprises, which involve hundreds or even thousands of individuals, all working in small teams. Still, the Original Scrum Guide does not prescribe practices to coordinate the activities of multiple teams. Later, in module two of this book,...