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Scrum in a single sentence

Maarten Dalmijn
Oct 16, 2019
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Asking the Serious Scrum community to describe Scrum in a single sentence

Scrum in a single sentence

Scrum in the Scrum Guide is defined as follows:

A framework within which people can address complex adaptive problems, while productively and creatively delivering products of the highest possible value.

However it’s difficult to understand. What is a framework? What are complex adaptive problems?

Scrum in a single sentence

You can’t beat this definition, it’s in the Scrum Guide after all. If you read it in the context of the Scrum Guide then it becomes a lot easier to understand and digest.

I was still curious to hear how fellow Scrum practitioners would describe Scrum in a single sentence if given the chance to do so.

So I just asked the following question in our Slack channel:

“How would you describe Scrum in a single sentence to someone who does not know Scrum?”

Below is a compilation of the different responses:

Dan Ray — Product Owner

“A framework for the delivery of value that supports and emerges empirically from a mindset of courage, focus, commitment, respect, and openness.”

Gunther Verheyen — Scrum Caretaker

“A simple framework for addressing complex challenges.”

Willem-Jan Ageling — Scrum Master

“ To build product increments of the highest possible value in fixed time-boxes, using empiricism to address complex product environments.”

Stefan de Neef — Scrum Master

“A bottom-up movement that allows for constant validation of the direction you’re heading to when there is high uncertainty.”

Rui Costa ⚡ — Scrum Master

“An iterative way of working that allows you to fail fast and recover faster.”

Just Meddens — Consultant & Professional Scrum Trainer

“How to cope with uncertainty.”

Paddy Corry — Scrum Master

“Collaborating on small safe bets for early feedback in complex environments.”

Marc Bruisten — Scrum Master

“ A framework that allows for continuous inspection and improvement of team collaboration, value delivery and customer satisfaction in unpredictable environments.”

Max Heiliger — Scrum Master

“Deliver working software that the customer wants, faster.”

Ansh K— Scrum Master

“A framework for happier lives — of customers, organisations, and people involved in product development.”

Sjoerd Nijland — Scrum Master

“ Maximize value in complex environments.”

Elena Vladimirova — Agile Coach

“ Working methodically with the information you have in order to decrease uncertainty and increase confidence in making decisions. ”

Alexandre Fernandes— Scrum Master

“ Get what you need by doing whatever you can in an iterative way.”

Gunnar R. Fischer — Senior Software Developer

“Delivering value in a complex environment.”

Resmi Murali — Scrum Master

“ A framework to develop anything and everything in Iterations in a complex environment.”

Kemal Eser Eker — Scrum Master

“ Setting up a platform for experimenting, learning and improving by small iterations.”

Ionut-Adrian Bejenaru — Scrum Master

“Scrum is about learning fast and build what matters most now, indefinitely.”

Zeynur Kerp — Scrum Master

“ Scrum is a behavioral framework that enables a group of people (scrum team and its stakeholders) to use their collective intelligence , experiment, learn, adjust and deliver solutions that really matters.”

Maarten Dalmijn — Product Owner

“Working with you do know to discover what you don't know to deliver more value.”

Marty de Jonge — Organisation Transformation Coach

“How to better organise your chaos as one!”

Jeroen Boot — Quality Manager

“Applying short cycle experiments to rapidly learn in a complex environment how to deliver more value faster.”

Umar — Scrum Master

“ Scrum is a value based process framework to evoke people and organisations to deliver sustainable value through experiential ways of working.”

Let us know how you would describe Scrum in a single sentence!

Each of these single sentences highlight different parts of what Scrum is about, which helps you to better understand the essence of Scrum.

It’s a fun exercise to try and distill the essence of Scrum.

What is your favorite definition of Scrum in a single sentence? How would you define Scrum in a single sentence?

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