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What HR Doesn't Know about Scrum

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What HR Doesn't Know about Scrum

Article by Michael James | Comments: (0) | Wed, 01/13/2010 - 4:50pm
Summary:

Scrum's relentless "inspect-and-adapt" cycle leads to change beyond software development practices. Scrum teams have reported changes in the way they think about human resources management. This article outlines ways Scrum teams may want to modify HR's beliefs and practices.

Scrum [1] is a framework for learning about products and the processes we use to build them. [2] Courageously applied, Scrum’s relentless “inspect-and-adapt” cycles leads to change beyond our software development practices.

Scrum has exposed the effects of outdated human resources management (HRM) practices at several organizations with which I’ve worked. [3] This article advocates modernizing these practices and their underlying beliefs.

About The Author: Michael James

Michael James is a software process mentor and Certified Scrum Trainer with Danube Technologies. His primary focus is on the engineering practices that enable agile project management practices. Having worked as a software developer for more than twenty years, Michael has deep experience with automated testing that predates the Extreme Programming movement.