SCRUM

A few weeks ago, I came across this term called SCRUM. You can find a definition of course at Wikipedia. SCRUM

SCRUM is a rugby term where the players move the ball back and forth and across to the other side. It is now used in Agile Programming where a product is built incrementally by a team with small pieces of functionality and improved over and over again into a usable product.

SCRUM projects have two kinds of members.

They are the "Pigs" whose bacon/ham is on the line i.e. they stand to lose the most if the product does not work which is to say they are fully committed.

Then there are the "Chickens" whose egg is on the line i.e. they don't stand to lose much if things go wrong.

The point is that when you are in a project kick off meeting and you see that you are the only pig in the room and the rest are all chicken, you should have a higher sense of awareness in the project. The chicken will forget things or tell that they were not told to do certain things etc. And then you are toast err..bacon.

In any case, the next time you are in a room and you are the only pig, it is time to get serious...

Happy Oinking....