Scrum is Dead!

The Problem: Agility Meets Business Reality Scrum, once celebrated as a model for agile work, is increasingly reaching its limits. Especially in project business, it's clear: hardly any company works by the book. Customers demand fixed deadlines and budgets. In Switzerland, the term "agility" was even chosen as the "nonword of the year" in the ICT industry in 2020. This reality is not surprising: Scrum relies on high flexibility and constant changes during a project. In theory, this leads to better results. In practice, however, stakeholders and customers primarily demand one thing: commitment. Limits of Agility in Project Business Scrum follows a strict framework that is often not feasible in practice: Contractual obligations: Companies are contractually bound to deadlines and budgets Cus