Empirical Process - Learn as You Go

Before we understand Scrum, we need to understand the idea it is built on: empirical process. Simply put, it means making decisions based on what you actually see happening - not on what you assumed would happen.

When you are trying to reach a goal, you have two choices: either you change your actions to achieve the goal, or you change your goal to match reality. In Scrum, the answer is always - Inspect and Adapt.

Agile Principles & Values

Individuals & Interactions over Processes & Tools

Working Software over Comprehensive Documentation

Customer Collaboration over Contract Negotiation

Responding to Change over Following a Plan

The Scrum Framework

Scrum is not a methodology - it is a lightweight framework. It provides the skeleton but leaves the details of how to do the work to the team. Scrum tells you what to do - not how to do it.