One of the key questions I start a conversation
about Scrum with is Why - Why do we need Scrum? What problems are we looking to
solve with it?
Next, we typically explore Where/When - Where would
it make sense to use Scrum? When would it or wouldn't it?
One thing to remember is that Scrum was designed to
help people solve complex problems, not all sorts of problems. What does this
mean exactly?
Let's look at a
couple of examples of Complicated processes that might not need Scrum/Agile
Accounting teams run several sorts of processes -
like Closing...