Thread by @allenholub

In The Hitchiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, the entry for planet Earth in its entirety reads: "Harmless." (Though Ford Prefect’s revisions will change that to "Mostly harmless."). That’s the way I feel about Scrum. Mostly harmless. 1/4

Agile works fine without Scrum, of course, and adding Scrum to it is mostly harmless. Unless, that is, you adopt Scrum as a rigid practice framework and thin veneer of fake agility over what you do now, without understanding any of the underlying Agile principles. 2/4

Then it’s not harmless at all. I’d start with Agile sans Scrum. Learn how to provide value to your customers, perhaps using concrete practices like those in XP. Only then, if you feel the need for the formal structural overlay that Scrum describes, add Scrum. 3/4

That’s mostly harmless. 4/4