Scrum: The Art of Doing Twice the Work in Half the Time (eBook)

66Days

Jul 25, 2026 6:16 PM

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66DaysJul 25, 2026 6:16 PM

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I don't know what this is, but people seem to hold some pretty strong opinions.

My question is, why can't I just do the same amount of work in a quarter of the time?

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VioletCaption5716

Jul 25, 2026 7:22 PM

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VioletCaption5716Jul 25, 2026 7:22 PM

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The only way to do twice the work in half the time if if you are a subject matter expert and are willing to do the work yourself. Pass.

Bisonherg

Jul 26, 2026 1:09 PM

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BisonhergJul 26, 2026 1:09 PM

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Quote from nlander

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Sounds perfect for a corporate environment that loves having people follow the process. Maybe not so much in other business environments.

Scrum has no process. It basically says create whatever shit you want. If shit doesn't look good, add more shit to it. Quickly. Without documentation.

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toastedwhitebread

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toastedwhitebread

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This is the sort of thing I like to let an LLM teach me about.

What are the lessons and ideas I should learn from Scrum: The Art of Doing Twice the Work in Half the Time? Teach me all about it.

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jbloggs

Jul 26, 2026 7:18 PM

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jbloggsJul 26, 2026 7:18 PM

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Only a matter of time that AI makes this obsolete. 30 minutes wasted by teams every morning with Stand-up meeting. Then they Spend another few hours everyday in stakeholder meetings instead of doing real work 🤷 ♂️

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4SKZ8

Jul 26, 2026 8:14 PM

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4SKZ8Jul 26, 2026 8:14 PM

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I do half the work in twice the time I'mma get fired soon 😂 waiting on that buyout

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Lilyly

Jul 26, 2026 8:36 PM

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Quote from Mr_Swenson

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I read this book as part of a professional development session for teachers. I'll say this. If you can get over the fact that the author comes off as a huge deuschbag, constantly reminding the readers that he was a fighter pilot and that companies need to adapt or die ("they didn't listen to me...6 months later they were out of business"), the process is quite simple and effective.

We use the SCRUM board for our weekly meetings (called PLCs in the educational world) and I will say that our efficiency has nearly doubled. For $2, I'd recommend the book I guess. The meat if it is great, the author...meh.

how is it effective if its only doubled for the same amount of time.

for half the time to complete a double task. its 4x for the same amount of the original time.

nearly doubled in your case isnt even half in expectation

Javier1920

Jul 26, 2026 10:42 PM

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Javier1920Jul 26, 2026 10:42 PM

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Had chat gpt summarize it for me so did the work in less than half the time. Even had time to write this after.

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iron_man9000

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I think they misspelled SCRUM in the Title. It should be SCAM.

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