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Dirty Rotten ScrumDrels

Uncle Bob — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 06:50:14 -0600

So we’ve finally found the answer. We know who’s to blame. It’s SCRUM! SCRUM is the reason that the agile movement is failing. SCRUM is the reason that agile teams are making a mess. SCRUM is the root cause behind all the problems and disasters. SCRUM is the cause of the “Decline and Fall of Agile.”

Yeah, and I’ve got a bridge to sell you.

Scrum is not the problem. Scrum never was the problem. Scrum never will be the problem. The problem, dear craftsmen, is our own laziness.

It makes no sense to blame Scrum for the fact that we don’t write tests and don’t keep our code clean. We can’t blame scrum for technical debt. Technical debt was around long before there was scrum, and it’ll be around long after. No it’s not scrum that’s to blame. The culprits remain the same as they ever were: us.

Of course it’s true that a two day certification course is neither necessary nor sufficient to create a good software leader. It’s also true that the certificate you get for attending a CSM course is good for little more than showing that you paid to attend a two day CSM course. It’s also true that scrum leaves a lot to be desired when it comes to engineering practices. But it is neither the purpose of scrum nor of CSMs to make engineers out of us, or to instill the disciplines of craftsmanship within us. That’s our job!

Some have implied that if all those scrum teams had adopted XP instead of scrum, they wouldn’t be having all the technical debt they are seeing. BALDERDASH!

Let me be more precise. ASININE, INANE, ABSURDITY. BALONEY. DINGOES KIDNEYS.

Let me tell you all, here, now, and forevermore, it is quite possible to do XP badly. It’s easy to build technical debt while going through the motions of TDD. It’s a no brainer to create a wasteland of code with your pair partner. And, believe me, you can such a Simple Design that You Aint Gonna Maintain It. And I’m not speaking metaphorically.

Do you want to know the real secret behind writing good software? Do you want to know the process that will keep your code clean? Do you want the magic bullet, the secret sauce, the once and for all one and only truth?

OK, here it is. Are you ready? The secret is…

The secret is…

Do a good job.

Oh, yeah, and stop blaming everything (and everybody) else for your own laziness.

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