Scrum: How to do twice as much in half the time | Jeff Sutherland | TEDxAix

This man has done possibly more than any other to make the lives of software developers more difficult by corrupting our industry.

Promises to talk about life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Doesn't.
Says "plans are useless but planning is everything" - proceeds to tell anecdote where planning got his buddy killed, but his plan saved his life.
"I knew I couldn't tell them [Company L2] what to do" - proceeds to tell Company L2 what to do with post-it notes.
The secret to everything project is "Land the project." - because that's not every project has tried to do since the beginning of projects. :/
Vacuous presentation. He gets A for effort but F for execution.

Ted is fine, Tedx just lets in anybody :)

Huh?

He told us in 15 minutes what usually used to be said within 7.5mins. Not really handy content.

He is the Emperor Palpatine from Star Wars

This guy says loads. He has meaning. His is building a picture of why agile exists. Open up.

I love Ted Talks. Most are mind blowing. This one fell short.

To all the comments below, if you don't know anything about project management methodologies GO BACK TO SCHOOL 📚

It's a bit longwinded but I think the jist of it is that you need to set out the problems infront of you, make them tangible make their effects known. If you land a plan in a video game too far down the runway you can always restart because of a lack of palpable consequences but in a real life scenario you dont get that restart so you need to little by little adjust the way you approach the problem at hand until before you know it things start getting better. it's all trial and error so to stick with the plane analogy, if you're in a flight simulator you have more leeway for mistakes but you get in a real plane then that margin for error drops significantly. looks for the worst case scenario and learn every possible way to avoid it and you are set to land that plane. if someone tells you you will fall off the tree you were climbing as a kid you wouldn't put in to practise the steps needed to avoid falling down until you finally fell off and experienced it first hand, did that mean you stopped climbing? not unless you severely damaged yourself, you just learned how to avoid falling down. That's what you gotta do with everything in life, get back up, readjust your method and try again instead of resigning yourself to failure and mediocrity because of one failure. Climb that tree, Land that plane, but do it with intent and heuristic planning rather than reckless abandon. There will always be a better, more efficient way to do things, find, it, put it up where you can see it every waking moment and act on it.

Those stories were great, but WTF? Where was the part that explained how I get more done in half the time?!?!

I will get 15 minutes of work done in the time I'm not watching the rest of this video. Goodbye.

"Plans are worthless
But planning is everything"

great.

I saw this video in 2x speed to make sure i do twice as much work in half the time

Finally. Just what I've been looking for. Thank you

And his message is being got wrong everyday as a lot of scrum team mermbers have to reports status every minute....

So we have to self learn how to do what he was supposed to tell us to do? What?

The pilot is A successful “lucky” narcissist

too much blabla and not so much practical advice

One of the worst TEDx ever; one long brag with no useful content. It certainly doesn't even start to fulfil its title.

I will start with just reading the summary, anyone got one?

thank you for teaching me nothing at all

Interesting guy, but poor speech!

I think half the videos on RU-clip try to tell you that something can be done but fail to tell you how to do it.

Shocking how many commenters are ragging on the "uselessness" of this video like they were expecting "three steps to making scrum work everywhere all the time." The title is "by way of example" it's not a prescriptive how-to video. The whole point of this video (which I enjoyed and found useful) is that Scrum IS the "how." It's how you can turn around under-performing teams. It's how you can create a work environment that's productive, effective, and enjoyable. It's how you can deliver quality work faster. If you're expecting a 15-minute TED talk to provide you a magical spell to solve your problems, you're looking in the wrong place.

How to do half as much in twice the time.

Everything in this talk is exactly right, but it is missing some very important context. Just get this:
- Make work results visible so people can actively improve themselves, and let them do it.
- Use short cycles to train people to finish quality work on-time as a team. Otherwise you get one shot!
- Use distributed controls, empowered teams, to adjust their part so the whole can learn
- Distributed controls should be simple and easy to follow
- Do these things and your expertise will grow, your confidence will grow, you'll learn every day, and love work!
All of this is from Jeff Sutherland's incredible book by the same title as the talk. Agile is about running teams like they are filled with human beings. Life, Liberty, and the result is happiness.

What a misleading title ffs

I got absolutely nothing from this.

Just a shoutout to my scrum training group in Toronto. Stay awesome! 😁

Jeff Sutherland, the co-founder of Scrum, is a great leader and innovator. Thank you.

weird flex, but ok

Thanks for wasting my time again TEDX!

I still don't get why Gantt chart is bad. It does help show work and resource dependencies. He also mentioned that Gantt chart is no good because of the delay in real situation, but I don't get how SCRUM addresses it and get project work done on time better than Gantt chart.

All starts with education! What he had described, about Netherlands schooling system is simply amazing! Other European countries such as Finland have been practicing self-education methodic - these countries are rated top education system in the world. It is time for US to start moving that direction and replace a dinosaurs education with modern age system.

If you think you might have scrum, please see your doctor

Disliked by 3.2K micromanaging managers.

I problems.

This guy has literally changed the whole world companies for the better. I hope that I would be able to do something or somethings to improve millions of companies or people for the better

Just want to thank all the responses below or above, saved me 16 Minutes.

scrum is better than gant chart, period.

Father of Scrum, it would not have been possible without his Military background. Thank you Jeff Sutherland!

Sounds like a corporate whole lot of nothing.

Oh man... I liked the talk, but I love the comments section.

But he told us nothing, other than he being a pilot.

Great Talk Jeff :) Thank you vey much!

Convinced me to learn about scrum but didn't learn anything. So technically I just wanted 16 mins. Guess I need to make that up after I learn scrum. Hopefully I don't have to recruit 3 people who have to recruit 3 people.

Such an useless video and no point to point

ts crazy how expensive these certifications are. I used Agile Scrum Academy for certification. It only costs $49.00. ASM - Agile Scrum Master Certification

Way too wordy, come on, incredibly inefficient TedTalk

the lack of basic comprehension skills and attention span in the comments...

He didn’t land the plane, nor disclosed the methodology, principles or actual steps to be more effective in less time (!) The speaker introduced and build up with stories to then... walk away without really having disclosed anything valuable.
Was this an attempt to have you buy his book, conference, consulting? I don’t know. All I know is that it was useless to watch this video.

And somehow this guy helped companies get organized & efficient?

Watching this wasted my time. The speaker overstated(title) and under achieved big time.

The plane landing analogy sums this up perfectly for those who don't understand - Rather than trying to just "Land a plane on a runway", you will end up in the trees and fail.
Every few seconds, the pilot of the plane is adjusting itself to meet the final requirement as it draws closer to the target.
The message: Improve in small increments, constantly adding value.With this, your end goal will become clearer as you understand it more with each increment. Adapt yourself to get to your goals rather than aiming high and not being able to meet it in one jump.

It is about the Agile methodology used mostly in software development and some other fields, where work is split into weekly or monthly cycles instead of the traditional 'Waterfall' methodology where planning is done waaaay in advance and everything moves in sequence (the Gannt chart method). The title is slightly misleading though and I only caught on when he mentioned 'Agile'.

and the title?

SO WHAT YA SAYING, IM STILL WAITING FOR THE POINT

This is the most conceited lecture (not talk) I have ever heard, and the waterfall method does work...he is only interested in himself....
He has taught nothing.... I bet they did land projects, I have worked in banks and managed some amazing and very large projects... he is full of Sxxt - I will, i did, I made... thee is no lesson here from this man, almost as bad as his book...

Thanks for saving my time, didn't watch the video :)

Nurturing self-initiative is what parents are supporsed to do with their children. The same principle applies to adults, emplyers, teachers and anyone in the society. The problem is the majority average people believe leadership is leading with dominat attitude. Noone like that. Leaders have a lot to learn from humility.

You know not for nothing but tedx talks aren’t good at all. Big waste of time... I don’t know why I keep giving it a chance. This guy sounds like my friends when they’re high

Never knew Jeff was a West Pointer or a pilot.

Wow, I listened to him for 15:50 minutes and I still don't know what he is talking about, or what his point is, or how to achieve it. Talk about the Biblical injunction "in the abundance of words there is much foolishness"!!! I have my own term for it "management psycho babble". And the saddest part is companies pay him millions of dollars for this "advice". SMH!

This is a great talk about how Jeff Sutherland came up with Scrum. It's not a great talk explaining Scrum.

Great analogies, very disengaging speaker...I was falling asleep with his talk.

lol....what a waste of time....should have read the comments first

Rather self indulgent

The Comments made this video worth suffering through.

I am Brazilian, I am training my Portuguese, if some gringo solve to help me, pass whatsapp please

In essence: Watch the video in half the time (kill it after 7 minutes) and learn twice: dont listen to self-indulgent grandpas and... something about planes?

Plans are worthless but planning is everything

He's saying you need to watch your behavior very closely and continually readjust, like a pilot landing a plane. Make a plan and follow it, if you fail write out your actions and figure out where you went wrong. Adjust for your mistake and try again.

This is probably the worst TED Talks I've ever seen. If Sutherland ever reads my comment, I hope he learns to say twice as much in half the time. This is just a rambling bunch of nonsense. Watch some videos by Simon Sinek to learn how to give a presentation.

if you want to get twice as much done in half the time just go get started don't waste 15 minutes on this video.

or how to speak for 15 mn without saying anything

seems a bit long considering the subject matter.

16 minutes of self-congratulations. No real lessons or useful info given.

You were AWESOME!

I like this lecture very much. Jeff explains the way he found his methodology. Perhaps he does not explain exactly the path he promises in the title, but in return he reveals his values, his career and his motivation. I would like to express my appreciation to Jeff for what he has achieved, not for what he has not achieved. His development of scrum is an enrichment of mankind.

I feel like he could have made his point more efficiently :D

As a programmer, I have implemented Scrum in my everyday life. Works well.

This video is terrible

What a waste of time. I hate ted speakers who just brag about themselves and teach people nothing. Someone from Ted should read the speakers’ speeches before the go on stage and eliminate the ones with no substance and a lot of useless bragging.

Wait, so the secret is using Agile and Scrum project management techniques??

I get it! He said it once and showed it two or three times. Also, made a strong case for individual responsibility and gave multiple examples of how it performed when put into practice. In case your missed it... Make work visible. Become part of a self-directed team. If you are a manager, let go of managing and become a facilitator.

Wise stuff mixed with incredible confusions. So, beware of learning wrong lessons...

WTF is this talk ??!!

I could not understand any thing

He’s promoting himself, selling his book that outlines the SCRUM Project management technique. The video itself is not worth your time, but the technique itself may be of interest.

Reasonably interesting if you understand the Agile methodology - but if you don't, it ain't gonna convert you.

I learned absolutely nothing from this talk. It seems like he just likes to talk about himself and how great he is.

I love this idea but like all the other commenters I’m left empty... has anyone proactively taken a next step from this talk. I loved hearing about the kids learning section but what can I do to learn more, or how to implement this technique? Anyone?

Agile .. doing twice as much in half the time? LOL .. At my company .. Agile is a lot of wasting time in lots of useless meetings and less time to do the real work for the sprint. Work was quicker done before Agile.

I didn't learn anything from this TEDTalk. I expected much more from the title.

Typical American, 16 F'n minutes talking about himself.

Teacher giving lecture to last class

When he stated plans are worthless planning is everything I took that to mean when you come up with your first plan it will inevitably fail because you do not know everything the first time around. The same as the pilot who got shot down in front of him. An individual should consistently reevaluate their goal and see where they and others have gone/went wrong that will change their output. That is why he gave that example at the end about kids learning from yesterday and using that to decide on what to do today. The other example about him going to a small company and the robot example is still unclear to me.

He ends the talk with "You need to give up and let go to make it happen" Seems like there is some essence and words of training involved?