[chrisseaton]

> Basically, this sounds like a failed scrum.

Any time someone points out a process is bad, it's possible to say 'well you're not doing it properly' rather than addressing why people may so often end up not doing it properly.

[alkonaut]

It’s a good point but I think there isn’t a better answer. Teams that fail miserably doing scrum would fail in any process. Software development is fantastically difficult. Doing it well is reserved for a small minority of teams and no process will save the others. What scrum offers is the early exposure of failure.