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When Projects Go Wrong: Scrum vs. Waterfall

| Tuesday, April 22, 2008
I was thinking of the comparison between a traditional IT project going over budget or late vs. a Scrum project. In Scrum, we reduce scope instead of moving milestone dates. So whereas a project manager might tell the business sponsors
I need another 3 months and $250,000 to finish this project

a Scrum-master might say
As the product stands right now, a few minor features have yet to be implemented. The software is documented, tested and ready for use. For another $250,000 we could get the other features done.

I know which one I would prefer to say, and which one I would prefer to hear. Luckily, they are the same.

Update: As a I get a lot of traffic to this page, I thought of the problems mentioned in CIO magazine about when Agile projects go wrong is also important. What resonates with me is the tendency to avoid getting into too much detail with the client, even though you probably should.

Still, we just deployed a new CRM system over 1 year in the making, and I think an iterative, agile approach would have been much better (and yes, the project was late and over budget).

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