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Rickard Engberg
Rickard Engberg

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When the agile development methodology was invented some 20 years ago, it was invented by developers for developers. In the early days, Scrum was formed to manage the development of large systems by breaking them down into smaller parts. Sprints. The breaking down was made by developers, for developers.
Scrum was a development project management methodology, driven by developers and used by developers. Today, Scrum is managed and driven by managers, not developers. Furthermore, it’s become a marketing strategy. We work agile, is common in modern development consultant firms’ pitch lines.
Most project management methodologies have succumbed to this, or they will. They’ve been made into a form of management, and as they are assimilated by the managerial layer, they are losing its fundamental force and appeal with developers, and, consequently, their usefulness.

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