quotes about Scrum

last updated: November 28, 2023

Any Scrum without working product at the end of a sprint is a failed Scrum.
-- Jeff Sutherland

Source : "Q&A with Jeff Sutherland on Agile Leadership". Interview with Ben Linders, www.infoq.com. July 23, 2015.

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Three bloody roles, Scrum has, and only three. If you can’t get that right, don’t call it Scrum, OK?
-- Ron Jeffries

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“A common question asked of writers is "When did you decide to become a writer?" The answer, of course, is that we didn't decide anything. It was decided for us. I firmly believe that mythical godmothers make appearances at our cradles, and bestow their gifts. The godmother who might have blessed me with a singing voice did not show up; the goddess of dance was nowhere in sight; the chef-to-the-angels was otherwise engaged. Only one made the journey to my cradle, and she whispered, "You will be a storyteller."”
“Kitten, this is my best mate, Charles, but you can call him Spade. Charles, this is Cat, the woman Iâ€™ve been telling you about. You can see for yourself that everything Iâ€™ve said isâ€¦an understatement.”
“noise is a pollution.”

Source : Sylvia Townsend Warner, Claire Harman (1994). “The diaries of Sylvia Townsend Warner”, Virago Pr
“As you look at the first four, the significant thing is that Alboreto is fifth.”
“Heaven is where God dwells. It is a specific place; a place of unparalleled tranquility and beauty. It includes the new heaven and new earth.”
“It is not necessary for a man to be actively bad in order to make a failure in life; simple inaction will accomplish it. Nature has everywhere written her protest against idleness; everything which ceases to struggle toward an ideal, the constant effort to get higher and further, which develops manhood and character.”
“The needs of the one outweigh the needs of the many.”
“I got a heart tattooed on my foot. It's my first tattoo.”
“People who read me seem to be divided into four groups: twenty-five percent like me for the right reasons; twenty-five percent like me for the wrong reasons; twenty-five percent hate me for the wrong reasons; twenty-five percent hate me for the right reasons. It's that last twenty-five percent that worries me.”
“Wisdom is oftentimes nearer when we stoop than when we soar.”