By Ridewaan Hanslo

Scrum and Scrum variants make up for about 70% of today’s Agile methods and practices globally. At the same time, there are still many problems and failures during its adoption and implementation. In this article, I will discuss how to identify and categorise the different problems arising during Scrum adoption according to who they affect and how to overcome them.

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Resources

Here are resources Ridewaan suggests to help teams, individuals and organisations overcome these problems:

• Scrum guide: This is the go-to guide for Scrum introduction as it is a vital resource for entry-level Scrum certifications. This document is written by the “founding fathers” of the Scrum Agile Methodology, namely; Ken Schwaber and Jeff Sutherland.
• Scrum - A pocket guide: A good short book to read for anyone who wants to get a basic understanding of Scrum. It’s written as concise and complete as possible.
• The state of Agile annual report: The largest and longest running survey on Agile, in the world! View the latest 12th annual report, which discusses the benefits of Agile adoption, Agile methods and practices, Top 5 Agile techniques, Agile project management tools, to name just a few.

Other sources that you can take advantage of include joining local communities like SUGSA (Scrum User Group South Africa), and keeping up-to-date with the annual Agile Africa Conference proceedings which attract industry experts to speak about their experiences.

Read the blog post here!