Thanks for the links. I’m largely with Ron on this topic. Excepting the part about Scrum ever being useful, even when practiced “by the book” in circumstances and contexts well-suited.
Ron is very relevant when he writes: “[…] the Scrum Industrial Complex, with its most impactful component being the Scrum Alliance, its excellent trainers and outstanding coaches, is, as a whole, a major cause of everything that happens in the Scrum world. […] Scrum, seen as the whole system, is very much anti-maker and anti-making, despite the good will of everyone I know inside that system.”
He underlines that “The Scrum Industrial Complex” has to take a more systemic view if it does not want to be subject to mockery.
I suspect that Nigel Baker feels so mad about the satire because he is victim of cognitive dissonance: he knows that the satire is deserved, but his affective commitment to Scrum Alliance prevents him of enjoying it.
Think Different
Hats off ! These folks hit where it hurts !
See Nigel Baker’s reaction https://nigelbaker.wordpress.com/2021/09/02/idiots-gotta-idiot-badmouthing-the-scrumalliance/
And Ron Jeffries’ reaction https://www.ronjeffries.com/articles/021-01ff/scrums-alliance/
Thanks for the links. I’m largely with Ron on this topic. Excepting the part about Scrum ever being useful, even when practiced “by the book” in circumstances and contexts well-suited.
Ron is very relevant when he writes:
“[…] the Scrum Industrial Complex, with its most impactful component being the Scrum Alliance, its excellent trainers and outstanding coaches, is, as a whole, a major cause of everything that happens in the Scrum world.
[…]
Scrum, seen as the whole system, is very much anti-maker and anti-making, despite the good will of everyone I know inside that system.”
He underlines that “The Scrum Industrial Complex” has to take a more systemic view if it does not want to be subject to mockery.
I suspect that Nigel Baker feels so mad about the satire because he is victim of cognitive dissonance: he knows that the satire is deserved, but his affective commitment to Scrum Alliance prevents him of enjoying it.