Scrumframe

The governance framework for Scrum and hybrid projects

SCRUMFRAME® offers a solid governance framework able to embed the dynamic of Scrum teams in every type of organisation. This also makes agile and hybrid projects productively controllable.

Scrum needs a frame

SCRUM has the potential to spark a team dynamic that enables high efficiency and speed. But SCRUM is not a project management method, Scrum is a development approach.

Therefore, the strengths of Scrum come with significant weaknesses. The exclusive concentration on the best possible design of teamwork almost completely forgets that agile developments take place in an environment: the relationship to the before and after history of a project, to the organization and to management is unclear.

Unfortunately, in practice we see many incomplete Scrum implementations that negate almost all of Scrum's potential benefits. SCRUM urgently needs to be framed here, otherwise it will not realize its advantages. For this I developed SCRUMFRAME together with customers.

The UseCases of Scrumframe

SCRUMFRAME is the necessary framework that ensures the embedding of SCRUM in projects and the organization and makes it productive. It is a stable governance framework that can handle different agile Scrum implementations.

Scrumframe makes Scrum productive in projects

Scrum is not a project management approach, Scrum is a development approach. Therefore, a framework is needed that fulfills the tasks of project management, creates a good organizational framework, and at the same time gives the agile teams the freedom they need. This framework is Scrumframe.

Scrumframe is the management framework for hybrid projects

In hybrid projects, two very different delivery approaches must be coordinated in one project. As a management framework, SCRUMFRAME is able to manage hybrid projects in which individual parts are delivered according to a waterfall approach and others according to SCRUM.

Scrumframe is the coupling between the company and the Scrum team

You want to use the agile Scrum approach in your projects. But there is no other reason to restructure your entire company? Then implement Scrumfrage as a coupling between the stability of the organization and the agility of the teams.

Guiding Principles

When developing SCRUMFRAME we followed a few key principles:

  • SCRUMFRAME focuses entirely on embedding SCRUM. It is not a broad approach, like e.g. PRINCE2Agile, wanting to cover many different agile approaches. SCRUMFRAME is focused.
  • On the team level SCRUM is well designed and respects the most important principles of effective teamwork and empowerment. That's why there are only minor additions to the framework of SCRUM - it's roles, responsibilities, processes, artefacts.
  • In daily practice we see different SCRUM implementations with different degrees of agility. The framework of SCRUMFRAME copes with these differences.
  • Not only singe or multiple SCRUM teams need good governance, but also large-scale approaches like LeSS, NEXUS or SCRUM@SCALE.
  • In order to build the connector between the dynamic of SCRUM and the stability of the organisations we do not rely on experiments. We are using tried and tested project management approaches that already provide solutions.
  • That's why we trust in the methods and instruments of PRINCE2. First of all because PRINCE2 and SCRUM have a lot of basic approaches in common. Secondly because among the leading project management methods PRINCE2 is by far the best governance concept.

A lot of advantages for you

SCRUMFRAME has been developed by using and analysing a series of real-life projects. It is ready for you and brings a great deal of clear benefits.

  • The dynamic of agile development with SCRUM is sustained and now controllable by good governance.
  • With careful adoptions SCRUMFRAME also works for highly regulated industries, like banks.
  • With SCRUMFRAME you will lead your projects agile with SCRUM without the need of your organisation becoming agile in every single unit.
  • SCRUMFRAME is capable to manage real hybrid projects: Within one project you may apply waterfall-approaches and SCRUM-Teams in parallel.
  • SCRUMFRAME is scalable for different sizes of projects and different numbers of development teams.
  • You may easily continue to work with your existing SCRUM teams, there are only a handfull of adjustments done by SCRUMFRAME.
  • If PRINCE2 already is the project management standard in your organisation, the adaption is easy. If your organisation is oriented towards PMI or IPMA, then the effort is clearly higher, but adaption is possible.

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