Agile Methodology: Scrum

Name comes from rugby term. First use of term "Scrum" apparently not in software development, but in article on new product development: [Takeuchi, H. and Nonaka, I.(1986). The New Product Development Game. Harvard Business Review, Jan.-Feb.:137-146]

Three phases:
(1) Pre-game

• Architecture- develop Backlog list
• High-level design- address open questions in Backlog list

(2) Development (Game)
(3) Post-game

• Closure of questions

In the Scrum Model each iteration is called a sprint. Scrum model is getting popularity for the last few years. Main strength of the Scrum model is high project management capability.

Scrum is a combination of generic project management practices but it lacks in complete system development life cycle (SDLC) phases to engineer a software. Scrum lacks in effective engineering practices to complete iteration according to customer requirements like pair programming, continuous integration and automated builds practices of XP.