Benefits of Scrum for Businesses

There are many benefits of following Scrum processes, tools, and having Scrum certified employees, which businesses can receive as a result of the framework focusing on continual feedback, performance appraisals, using daily testing, and planning processes, including:

• Greater return on investment

• Quicker time-to-market delivery and development of software

• Reduced cost of production and less wastage of material and people resources

• Top priority projects are focused upon within the sprint backlog - time is not wasted on menial tasks and there is no need to wait for the whole project to be completed prior to releasing important products or information to customers

• Enhanced software-based product delivery quality

• Easy to promote stakeholder engagement due to the simple terminology and process-based framework of Scrum

• Dominate the market share as a result of beating competitors to public product delivery

• Projects completed quickly, efficiently, and within shorter time scales

• Self managing, organising, and proficient teams - developed responsibility, accountability, and ownership enables no task to go unaccounted for within the Scrum sprint review

• Reduced financial risk - projects are thoroughly planned, appraised, and either abandoned or continued with depending on the review outcome

• Creativity and innovation is encouraged within team projects

• Enhanced team morale and unified motivation

• Regular performance meetings and appraisals mean that project obstacles are identified and dealt with prior to becoming an issue

• Improved visibility, clarity, honesty, and transparency of operational processes

• Greater control over the project - daily updates allow managers, owners, and stakeholders to monitor progress and dictate required changes

• Enhanced customer satisfaction - the quality of the software product ensures repeat interactions