Scrum is a framework that allows team collaboration on complex problems. With a limited set of rules, Scrum provides a structure that helps teams focus their efforts and innovation on what appears to be an insurmountable problem.

The effectiveness of Scrum can be found in the ability of each team member to bring their unique skills and work habits together with others to collaborate effectively and solve a problem.

Scrum has specific components: roles, ceremonies and structure that set it apart from other collaboration methods. The Scrum roles are: Product Master, Scrum Master and Development Team. Each role is equal to each other, with specified duties to help propel the planning of the project along.

Scrum also has specific ceremonies that are held to engage the team in working towards the needed solution. Ceremonies frequent, short meetings that allow the team to connect and calibrate their work, then return to their assigned tasks. The Scrum ceremonies are: Sprint Planning, Daily Standup and Sprint Review and Retrospektive.

The structure of Scrum can be found with specific task-oriented results that can be used as a planning tool for the project. The reports generated with the Scrum framework are: Product Backlog, Burndown Chart and Sprint Backlog.

Managing product development and problem solving through the Scrum method can lead to greater productivity within a company, increased employee satisfaction and greater innovation and solutions. By instituting the Scrum methodology, a company can maximize a lean method of working. With self-organizing teams, the members are self-motivated to achieve high productivity to meet customer demands. Teams work together to create solutions to problems based on their skills and abilities, and then bring the results together. At each stage of development, the increment is tested, analyzed for well-written code and documented for user-operation. This speeds up the process from development to implementation and saves both time and money.