Aside from software development, the main industry in which scrum was being applied (in its earliest beginning), ¿what other sectors have you used it in? ¿ What have been the results? Saving Changes...
Senior Projects Manager | Field & Marten AssociatesNew Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
Veronica, Scrum is not a methodology, but a framework as stated in the scrum guide (There is a big difference between both). While scrum is heavily used in the IT Industry, I could see it beneficial in Factory Production settings as well.
The challenge is that scrum only covers part of the overall project cycle, but not all. Saving Changes...
Sergio Luis ConteHelping to create solutions for everyone| Worldwide based OrganizationsBuenos Aires, Argentina
I fully aligned with Rami Kaibni here. Why? Because when people understand that Scrum is a framework that must be completed with the tools and techniques that best fit then you can use it in all domins. With that said, and putting this in PMI´s terms, that´s the magic that a business analyst must do. Saving Changes...
There have been attempts to implement Scrum across other industries but they usually involve some amount of customization or modification to the base framework. For example, here is a link to a 2016 paper on applying it to Construction Engineering: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...877705816339601
I would disagree with my colleagues somewhat in the applicability of Scrum (with a capital S as a proper noun) to factory operations. Iterative improvements are certainly very applicable to manufacturing but core to Scrum as a named framework are the fixed length iterations. Those often don't work well when your prescribed improvements impact hardware, specifically when it is vendor sourced.
The time boxed iterations are a central aspect of Scrum defining the takt time (drum beat rhythm) for the process. Without that, call it what you like but I wouldn't consider it Scrum.
I consider Scrum itself best suited for knowledge management which doesn't involved deep supply chains. Processing information via software, documentation changes, process changes which don't involve tools, financial systems and other similar disciplines primarily involve management of intellectual property. When physics comes into play, whether that is a mechanical system or biological like medicine, your timeline between idea and achieving benefits is significantly longer and outside the control of the PM. Saving Changes...
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