Why Scrum is Stressing You Out
published on 2024/09/15
If a development team were to sit down and decide to deliver code every two weeks, based on a process of their own design—one that made sense to them and suited their circumstances—that would be one thing. But sprints in a Scrum-like process don’t work that way. Every aspect of a sprint is prescribed: its duration, its meetings, its tasks, and even the roles of its participants. You might think that choosing your own process wouldn’t make much of a difference, but research tells a different story. Autonomy—the ability to direct one’s own work—plays a significant role in how work is experienced.