10 Elements and Scrum Methodology for Successful Projects

10 Elements and Scrum Methodology for Successful Projects

3 May, 2022

Any well-known agile development system, such as the Scrum Methodology, to be successful should be integrated and articulated with our methodology centered on the human factor, the 10 Elements. At Human Group we think that “there is no hard factor with the soft factor.” In this case, Scrum, which has proven to be a very practical methodology in the implementation of certain types of projects, represents the hard factor. 

One of the first Elements to be applied with Scrum when implementing organizational projects is to determine the Change Vision. This vision – as pertains to what it means for the organization to implement innovations in its strategy using Scrum – has to be understood by all the impacted stakeholders, especially the Project Team. 

Applying Scrum when implementing corporate projects requires adjusting certain cultural aspects of a traditional organization. That is due to the fact that Scrum “is based on the collective intelligence of those people that use it.” Constructing such a culture would require the support and commitment of leadership to the new work methods that Scrum proposes. This leads to changing the traditional governance models that are used on predictive – waterfall – methodology projects. “A predictive approach is useful when the project’s and product’s requirements and scope can be defined, gathered, and analyzed at the beginning of the project” (PMI PMBOK Guide, seventh edition). 

As you can see, introducing Scrum means redefining the four core Elements: Change Vision, Committed Leadership (Top Management), Change Culture (Understanding), and Governance.

In our next blog we will explain how the rest of the Elements should also be integrated and articulated on Scrum projects. It is our experience that organizations ensure a greater possibility of success when the 10 Elements and Scrum are integrated.

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