Issues and Challenges in Scrum Implementation

The aim of this research paper is to bring the challenges and issues in Scrum implementation to light and proposing solutions for these. For this, a survey is conducted in two companies named Digital Prodigy Limited (DPL) and Bentley Systems Pakistan. Participants include experienced and inexperienced scrum personals from both companies. The analysis of the survey results exposed several issues that affect scrum implementation directly or indirectly and resulting in violation of Scrum rules. Quality items pileup, module integration issues, code quality, disruption in team work, mature vs. immature scrum, sprint duration, lack of Scrum training , release process, backlog management, no technical practices, multiple teams, metrics, risk management, documentation and over idealistic are some examples of these issues. During this study, it has been observed that proper training of Scrum can eliminate half of the issues such as, disruption in team work, immature Scrum, sprint duration and backlog management. At the end, suggestions to address these issues are also provided.