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by afroisalreadyin 3602 days ago
I agree that Scrum is dead simple, but that doesn't mean it delivers sensible estimates, or allows you to get somewhere with less effort than some other methodology. You might end up doing more (and worse) work because Scrum is trying to be too simple and linear, which I argue is the case in the post. But it's simple, I definitely agree.

Regarding development: My main point is that Scrum leans towards agile methods such as XP (testing, CI etc), but it also sucks the time necessary to do those things well. The time Scrum takes off of the devs' working hours could much better be spent on those.