Why Scrum Software Development Rules

[Jan Pabellon]

An interesting blog post on why Scrum and other agile software development methodologies may be better on some software development projects:

The waterfall method of development is as old as time itself. For those unfamiliar, waterfall is a production process in which the development of a product takes place in sequential stages. It has served as a ubiquitous framework for production in various industries. Most notably, waterfall has been the go-to method for development teams in the software industry. In recent times however, time has caught up with the old waterfall process. This once popular software development process is losing substantial ground to more agile frameworks like Scrum. Where waterfall errors, Scrum thrives. Here’s why.

Read more at:
http://www.thevarguy.com/2009/06/18/why-scrum-software-development-...

[Rocky Teodoro]

Hello Jan,

It's great to meet a fellow Scrum enthusiast here. Our company CodeLean has practiced Scrum and Agile methodologies since its inception last year. We are looking to promote Scrum and Agile practices here in the country, and we hope it becomes more widely used.

[Jan Pabellon]

Hi Rocky

Nice to meet you. Looking forward to seeing your posts on SCRUM and other agile methodologies, or for that matter anything related to software development in this forum as well. Please feel free to post here if you have events or certification courses over at Agile.ph. Would be interested in it as well.

[Andria Pasco]

Hi Jan,

It is nice to meet you in this thread. I'm Andria, Rocky's colleague at CodeLean. This coming September we are holding another ScrumMaster Certification Course as encouraged by the success of the first ever ScrumMaster certification course in the Philippines last April.

Since we share the same goal for our co-developers and the IT industry, I would like to invite you to join us and/or promote this certification course to your network and peers, which will happen on September 3 and 4 at the Dusit Thani Hotel Makati, from 9AM to 6PM. Attached is the formal invite with the course description, speaker's profile and registration process.

Please don't hesitate to email me at [e-mail] for further inquiries.

[Rocky Teodoro]

Codelean, Inc.’s second ScrumMaster Certification Course, held recently at the Dusit Hotel in Makati City, continued to raise awareness of Agile software practices in the country. The course was an even bigger success than the first one, with 25 attendees from software companies of different industries. Once again, Dutch Agile expert Bas Vodde was on hand to lead the discussion for the two-day event, which featured a mix of lectures, discussions, and participatory exercises designed to instill the values and philosophies of Scrum among the attendees.

Ronaldo Rebenque of US Autoparts (Philippines) remarked that the course was “very informational.” He added, “It gave me the know-how, tools, techniques, and concepts that I can use in future projects.” Butch Landingin, CTO of Orange & Bronze, also gleaned a lot of practical knowledge from the course. “Bas has a lot of practical experience with Scrum and he’s been sharing a lot of those stories. I found those stories to be the most valuable part of the course,” said Landingin. “We will be changing some of our company’s practices because of what we’ve learned in the course. “

Both professionals highly recommend the course to other companies. “I would definitely recommend the course to everyone in software development teams, not just the project leaders, but the developers, testers, analysts, architects,” said Rebenque. “Because Scrum is about self-managing teams, everybody will be responsible for managing their work.”

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