First identified by Takeuchi & Nonaka in 1986 a scrum is a rugby term that can be used in the context of Agile. It emphasises teamwork with progress in incremental steps and was originally considered for software development projects.
It is primarily focused on complex projects that require goals to be broken up into shorter iterative time frames called sprints. The focus on teamwork means fellow team members will jump in and remove any bottlenecks that may be slowing down a fellow teammate. The flexibility that comes with scrum allows projects that are dynamic and not fully scoped to be completed. Change is ever present in scrum projects and that is part of the allure of the methodology. Scrum teams embrace change and look to quickly respond to changing requirements.
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