[ubernostrum]

It sounds like you dont really know what the purpose of scrum is.

Unfortunately, every response to "we tried process/technique X and it failed" in this space is ultimately "you didn't understand it" or "you did it wrong".

So no true scrum would have...

No true Agile shop would have...

And where does that get us? It appears that the success rate of people understanding and implementing these things is very close to 0%. Maybe the problem is with the processes/techniques after all.

[matthewmacleod]

It appears that the success rate of people understanding and implementing these things is very close to 0%

I don't think this is the case. You're likely only hearing about the failures.

Here's a counterpoint – we implemented Scrum. It didn't cause any real issues, increased the speed with which we delivered features to customers, and increased the visibility of everything that was happening both within the development team and within the wider business.

Part of that was having a dedicated individual responsible for managing and implementing that process who made sure that it was actually achieving things we wanted to, rather than being a tick-box exercise, and who isn't afraid to make modifications such that the process better reflects the needs of the team.

In fact, I'd argue that the problem is completely the opposite to what you imply – it's not that people don't implement 'true' agile or 'true' scrum, but that they try to do so, rather than using these systems as a basis for building a development process that works for their team. No true agile team is slavishly adherent to rules that don't work.

[Laaw]

You only hear about the people struggling with agile because the people not struggling are busy working on stuff.

[cechner]

well allow me to put a note here as someone who uses it successfully regularly.

Also I explain several times why he doesn't seem to understand it - having non-technical people running his scrums, working overtime and screwing up their velocity measurements, not being able to cope with changing requirements. These are things that scrum was built to _directly address_.

I say again, if you're criticising scrum as being too onerous, you are probably either using it wrong or using it where you shouldnt (where you dont need to track your progress.)

[s73v3r]

At the same time, many stories have been of people who have done it horribly wrong, to the point where you really cannot say anything but, "You did it wrong."