Doing perfect Scrum doesn’t mean you are delivering value

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Maarten Dalmijn

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• When you obsess over perfecting your Scrum, you will never deliver value.

• Here’s a follow-up question to help you along: what does Scrum offer to ensure you deliver value?

• Here are some more hints. Does Scrum provide answers to any of the following questions:

• Let me spoil it for you: no. Scrum provides zero answers to any of these questions.

• Perfect Scrum only ensures the following:

• You’ve built a Product Increment that satisfies the Sprint Goal and meets the Definition of Done. The Sprint Goal is a step towards realizing your Product Goal and Product Vision.

• As Paddy Corry has beautifully said, the done in the Definition of Done doesn’t mean done. It means ready for feedback.

• The biggest obstacle to delivering value isn’t doing Scrum right. It’s crossing the value delivery chasm.

• Scrum doesn’t ensure that what you’re doing is valuable and that’s by design. It’s a purposefully incomplete process framework after all.

• Let’s talk less about Scrum and talk more about how we can deliver value better.