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SCRUM Development Process

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Business Object Design and Implementation

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The stated, accepted philosophy for systems development is that the development process is a well understood approach that can be planned, estimated, and successfully completed. This has proven incorrect in practice. SCRUM assumes that the systems development process is an unpredictable, complicated process that can only be roughly described as an overall progression. SCRUM defines the systems development process as a loose set of activities that combines known, workable tools and techniques with the best that a development team can devise to build systems. Since these activities are loose, controls to manage the process and inherent risk are used. SCRUM is an enhancement of the commonly used iterative/incremental object-oriented development cycle.

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  1. Advanced Development Methods, 131 Middlesex Turnpike, Burlington, MA, 01803, USA

    Ken Schwaber

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  1. 269 Highland Avenue, 01890-3105, Winchester, MA, USA

    Jeff Sutherland

  2. Data Access Corporation, 14000SW 119 Avenue, 33186-6017, Miami, FL, USA

    Cory Casanave

  3. SHL Systemhouse, 440 Davis Street, Apt 410, 94111-2410, San Francisco, CA, USA

    Joaquin Miller

  4. Centre for Information and Office Systems School of Computing, Information Systems and Mathematics, South Bank University, 103 Borough Road, SE1 0AA, London, UK

    Philip Patel

  5. Texas Instruments, 8390/1BJ Freeway, PO Box 655303 MS 3663, 75243, Dallas, TX, USA

    Glenn Hollowell

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Schwaber, K. (1997). SCRUM Development Process. In: Sutherland, J., Casanave, C., Miller, J., Patel, P., Hollowell, G. (eds) Business Object Design and Implementation. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-0947-1_11

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