Non-scrum implementation: A methodological approach for small companies

Abstract

In software companies, delivering software as fast as possible is a requirement and Agile methodologies intend to fulfil this requirement. One notable methodology is Scrum, which is an Agile methodology that is broadly used in the industry for self-organizing teams, dividing roles and measurements of performance, and cycles. This work aims to demonstrate a complementary methodology through a real use case in a small scale company targeting specifically the limitations of Scrum in small companies. Those complementary aspects were based on the Balanced Scorecard technique implemented, combined with a point based heuristic and thus the final result is extensible for any kind of small company. Our approach is compared with the results of a survey for Scrum method evaluation, which is also subject to a qualitative, quantitative, and also a limitation analysis. In essence, a flexible Scrum methodology is presented with some complementary features that show improvement in the short term strengthened by a field analysis.