The Value of Prescriptive Frameworks in Agile
Scrum is prescriptive and rigid. But despite its faults, it does provide the most effective way to start an Agile journey
I once introduced Scrum at a startup. The whole company was enthusiastic about working with Scrum. With one exception. The lead developer, the one person whom I thought would gladly embrace the framework, was emphatically against Scrum.
I was very surprised. In his own way, he was already quite versed in the important parts of Scrum. He collaborated effe…