Scrum: The Art of Doing Twice the Work in Half the Time

by Jeff Sutherland

Often people simply say that everything is important. But what they need to ask, what the Sentinel teams asked, was, what will bring the most value to the project? Do those things first.

“Agile Manifesto.” It declared the following values: people over processes; products that actually work over documenting what that product is supposed to do; collaborating with customers over negotiating with them; and responding to change over following a plan. Scrum is the framework I built to put those values into practice. There is no methodology.

What Scrum does is bring teams together to create great things, and that requires everyone not only to see the end goal, but to deliver incrementally toward that goal.

Hesitation Is Death. Observe, Orient, Decide, Act. Know where you are, assess your options, make a decision, and act!

Don’t Guess. Plan, Do, Check, Act. Plan what you’re going to do. Do it. Check whether it did what you wanted. Act on that and change how you’re doing things. Repeat in regular cycles, and, by doing so, achieve continuous improvement.