Which suits your work.
WHAT SCRUM SUITS
Work that can be planned in fixed increments Teams needing structure Products with a clear direction and a decision maker Teams new to iterative working
WHAT KANBAN SUITS
Continuous arrival of work Support and operational work Teams where priorities change frequently Mature teams needing less structure
WHAT THE PRACTICAL DIFFERENCE IS
Scrum commits to a scope for a period. Kanban manages a continuous flow.
WHAT MANY TEAMS DO
Combine them: iterations with work-in-progress limits, or flow with regular retrospectives.
WHAT MATTERS MORE THAN THE CHOICE
Whether working software is delivered regularly Whether feedback changes what is built Whether the team improves how it works
WHAT TO AVOID
Adopting a framework wholesale without understanding why each part exists Changing framework to solve a problem the framework does not cause
WHAT USUALLY CAUSES THE PROBLEM
Unclear priorities An absent decision maker Too much work in progress No feedback from real users
WHAT NO FRAMEWORK FIXES
Those.
