Agile Candor

This article was published on Scrum Alliance in Oct 2009. Challenging inertia through Scrum Inertia is defined as a state of being lazy, sluggish or indifferent. Challenging inertia is about challenging status quo in an organization. It is about how things should be done differently compared to how they are done now. Organizations sometimes become susceptible to failure as they are unable to challenge the status quo due to various reasons. This is as relevant to software development as it is to any other aspect of an organization’s functioning. In this article, we will examine the following reasons for organization inertia, the consequences for software development, and see how Scrum can help with the following: Size of the organization Inefficient structure Too much or too little process Poor performance management   Size of the organization How does it cause inertia Slow decision making As organizations grow in size, managing scale becomes an issue. Bigger organization m...