Scrum

Backstory

Every team that attempts to practise agile developemt will eventually and inevitably go through phases of tweaking, micro-optimisation, revolution, joy and despair, before also inevitably reverting to classic Scrum by the Book™. Our new scrum master, no doubt wishing to justify her existence, slowly and stealthily re-added several practises that we had considered superfluous, which evidently riled some comic authors.

The conceit of this comic is that the increase in efficiency is exactly equal to the extra time spent in meetings, which is a wash in terms of productivity but a net loss in terms of soul erosion.

Artist’s Notes

“Scrum” is a perfectly plausible name for a 1950s washing detergent.