Why and how is Scrum being adapted in practice: A systematic review

Scrum, recognized today as the most popular agile development methodology, has been used in a wide range of settings and for varying purposes, in- outside traditional software context. The use Scrum non-traditional different needs led to considerable corpus academic literature that investigates, presents, discusses modifications original method, aimed make it fit such novel forms application. Based on large-scale review extant literature, this study systematically analyses why how was reportedly modified instances contributes with synthesis can serve basis more systematic approach future research practice. We explicate nine common modification objectives change (e.g., attaining high performance, non-standard contexts, distributed development) mapped against seven generic strategies method guidance, new procedures, or artifacts). Building our extensive analysis we highlight gaps identify promising areas research.