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

by Jeff Sutherland

No one should spend their lives on meaningless work. Not only is it not good business, it kills the soul.

Meaningless work kills the soul

In software development there is a rule, borne out by decades of research, that 80 percent of the value in any piece of software is in 20 percent of the features.

80% value in 20% of features

A chicken and a pig are walking down the road, and the chicken says, “Hey, Pig, I was thinking we should open up a restaurant.” “What should we call it?” asks the pig. “How about ‘Ham and Eggs’?” “No thanks,” says the pig. “I’d be committed, but you’d only be involved!”

Pig and chicken commitment vs involvement

Whenever there are handoffs between teams, there is the opportunity for disaster.

Handoff =disaster

We all perceive ourselves as responding to a situation, while we see others as motivated by their character.

Judging

the map is not the terrain.

Reality first

“How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time.”

One bite at a time.