Scrum

Today I learned about Scrum, a new way of thinking about Project Management. The video I watched was located here (a lecture @ Google). In addition I found some links on the Internet which  included

• http://www.controlchaos.com
• http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scrumdevelopment
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anchoring 
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scrum_%28development%29

Key findings from the Google video included:

indicator of future performance based on sactual to date

 

 the “velocity of release”

  

Quotes from the video:

• When we are told to do more, we cut quality without telling a soul… - not a good thing according to the author
• 35% of all requirements change within the duration of any given project (due to 25 years of using the waterfall method)
• Scrum, you must deliver one customer facing functionality component within every sprint

Also, one last video on Scrum (with a good into soundtrack, but bad acting) I found is located here.

Enjoy!