entropy
(noun) lack of order or predictability; gradual decline into disorder.
Many people think Scrum is about going faster.
It isn’t. Not really.
Scrum is a framework for managing entropy – the natural drift of work towards confusion, misalignment and noise.
The most effective team I have ever worked with ran one week sprints. Every seven days they hit the reset button.
Each sprint is a reset. A chance to bring order back to the system:
- re-align goals
- re-connect people
- re-focus information
- re-establish clarity
When a team reduces entropy, speed appears as a side effect.
When a team ignores entropy, speed becomes impossible.
Scrum isn’t a race. It’s a rhythm – a disciplined way of keeping complexity from overwhelming us.
Lower entropy. Higher clarity. Better outcomes.
That’s the real engine of agility.
