| > Do you have a team of mixed ability? Scrum will have trouble because you are supposed to view everyone’s opinion as equally valid No, you aren't. > (but that new grad just doesn’t know as much as the grizzled veteran and scrum doesn’t accommodate mentorship). Scrum doesn't explicitly address mentorship, but neither does it “not support” it. > All of this is before you even get into the cargo cult of points poker “Points poker” is not (in fact, neither stories, nor story points, nor using planning poker to assess story points are) part of Scrum. Its a set of independent practices that are frequently used with various development methods. > stand ups (which only work if you are all trying to deliver One Thing). If you aren't trying to deliver the One Thing, you aren't part of the same team in Scrum. People being part of multiple Scrum teams is accommodated by Scrum, and you can't have a coherent Sprint Goal unless each Scrum team has a sufficiently narrow focus; equating Scrum team with exclusive reporting heirarchies is not part of Scrum |