Scrum and the 4 Disciplines of Execution
A few years ago I attended the Franklin Covey presentation on the 4 disciplines of execution and afterwords I read their book on the same topic. The objective of these disciplines is to allow an organization to build a road-map to achieve business critical goals by teaching mangers how to institutionalize goal clarity and an execution process throughout the team. As a seasoned professional Scrum Master, I couldn't help but recognize the similarities between their 4 disciplines and the basic tenets of Scrum. Because I hold Franklin Covey in high regard, it reinforced to me that Scrum is truly a successful approach to achieving goals in the face of complexity and can be implemented on varying scales and in many different situations, not just the software development world that I…