Abstract

We hear that Scrum works because it allows teams to self-organize.  I believe, however, that Scrum works because it mandates a method that manages queues implicitly. Self-organization may get you there, and will certainly be useful in sustaining improvements achieved with Scrum’s implicit queue management, but it is not the real reason Scrum works. Knowing why Scrum works at the team level provides insights into why it doesn’t work well, without a lean context anyway, at the enterprise level. 

 Management and Trust: A Twibinar with Esther Derby and Alan Shalloway (audio of the webinar)

Alan Shalloway and Esther Derby talk with each other and with attendees about the important topic of trust in the organization, one of the necessary foundations for being able to scale Agile in the organization.