Pitfalls of Agile VI: Simplicity

by Jens Coldewey

One of the beautiful things about agile is its simplicity: Scrum consists of three roles, three artifacts, and three plus one practices; XP provides 21 practices; and FDD comes on a single sheet of paper. In fact, we have printed an overview of Scrum onto a beer mat. Sounds easy, doesn't it? Just drop us an e-mail, receive a beer coaster for each of your team members, distribute them, and tell everyone you're doing Scrum.