I also sensed this piece to be an emotional criticism to sprints, backlogs and tickets, lacking structure, evidence and logical arguments.
For instance:
> (...) they’re designed for managers who don’t trust their employees (if your manager needs to look at Jira to figure out what work you’ve done for your review or what’s shipped lately then they’re not paying enough attention to the team).
I disagree. Visibility and documentation of work are important for having everyone working in a project on the same page in an efficient manner, and definitely not a sign of lack of trust on the team.
From checking the author's information I found that he's a "writer and web designer". So maybe he comes from a different background that led him to develop this pessimistic views on scrum.
I'm personally more attracted to Kanban than to Scrum, even so I can see value in Scrum when run in a disciplined manner.
For instance:
> (...) they’re designed for managers who don’t trust their employees (if your manager needs to look at Jira to figure out what work you’ve done for your review or what’s shipped lately then they’re not paying enough attention to the team).
I disagree. Visibility and documentation of work are important for having everyone working in a project on the same page in an efficient manner, and definitely not a sign of lack of trust on the team.
From checking the author's information I found that he's a "writer and web designer". So maybe he comes from a different background that led him to develop this pessimistic views on scrum.
I'm personally more attracted to Kanban than to Scrum, even so I can see value in Scrum when run in a disciplined manner.