from Gergely Orosz | by Gergely Orosz

After writing about how most of Big Tech does not use Scrum (does not mandate it/hire consultants) of course I get an influx of messages from Scrum and Agile / Agile 2 consultants offering how they could help. I get that it’s business. But if it ain’t a problem… don’t fix it?

This was the article: t.co/W0UcBsv9O5 And I’m literally getting pages long messages on how I misunderstand Scrum (I’m a certified Scrum master lol) and how “Scrum can help you get the same results.” From people who make a living charging for Scrum, of course.

I get it: it sucks if teams do just fine by themselves, without having to hire a coach for $X,XXX/ day to tell them what to do and how. The future is increasingly not needing Cerified Project People to run a tech company. If you’re not there yet: they can help… for a while.

My favorite is when I tell these ppl I know my Scrum as my trainer was one of the original Agile Manifesto founders (fact). And simper stuff worked better. Response: “I tell my clients that Scrum is not a set of processes, but a mindset. If you were to hire me, for example…”