What is the History of Scrum? Flashcards
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When was Scrum first implemented and by who?
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Scrum was first implemented in 1993 by Jeff Sutherland and others at the Easel Corporation.
They drew concepts from the Harvard Business Review (HBR) article “The New New Product Development Game” (1986). The article describes how companies including Honda, Canon, and Fuji-Xerox had generated superior results using a scalable, team-based technique in product development.
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When is Ken and Jeff present Scrum?
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Ken Schwaber and Jeff Sutherland worked on Scrum until 1995 when they co-presented Scrum at the OOPSLA Conference. This presentation essentially documented the learning that Ken and Jeff gained over the previous few years, and made public the first formal definition of Scrum.
