Two employees of a company were suddenly approached by the CEO accompanied by the CTO.
- Death or Scrum? - asked the CEO
The employees knew nothing about this Scrum thing, but were to intimidated to ask and the other choice was one they were not ready to make.
The first one thus replied in a quavering voice: "Scrum"
In this moment the first employee was grabbed by the CTO and was put through horrors not many could withstand:
- Neverending sprint planning meetings
- Daily Scrums that lasted 4 hours
- The sprint reviews
- Sprint retrospectives
- The backlog refinements
After all this the employee was only able to say: "Still working on User Story XYZ. No impediments."
The CEO then asked the second employee what their answer was. The employee was fighting a tough fight in their head.
"I hate meetings, I would love to do some real work, but I'm not ready to die yet. On the other hand, I can't go through life after all that abuse; There's no way I could live with myself". So he answered: DEATH!
To this the CEO swiftly replied: Death ... by Scrum
- Death or Scrum? - asked the CEO
The employees knew nothing about this Scrum thing, but were to intimidated to ask and the other choice was one they were not ready to make.
The first one thus replied in a quavering voice: "Scrum"
In this moment the first employee was grabbed by the CTO and was put through horrors not many could withstand:
- Neverending sprint planning meetings
- Daily Scrums that lasted 4 hours
- The sprint reviews
- Sprint retrospectives
- The backlog refinements
After all this the employee was only able to say: "Still working on User Story XYZ. No impediments."
The CEO then asked the second employee what their answer was. The employee was fighting a tough fight in their head.
"I hate meetings, I would love to do some real work, but I'm not ready to die yet. On the other hand, I can't go through life after all that abuse; There's no way I could live with myself". So he answered: DEATH!
To this the CEO swiftly replied: Death ... by Scrum