scrums
Pack formations restart
Scrums is the plural of scrum.
A scrum is a tight formation in rugby where players bind together and push against the opposing pack to contest the ball.
The word extends to any crowded, jostling group: A scrum of reporters surrounded the senator.
In software development, scrum is an agile methodology using short work cycles called sprints: Our team runs two-week scrums.
Rugby's ground-level contest
hooker · prop · lock · flanker · fly-half · fullback · winger · center
Brief maximum-speed effort
- standupSolo comedic performance
- backlogAccumulated unfinished work
- kanbanVisual workflow signal card
- iterationRepeated procedural pass
retrospective · velocity · burndown · epic · grooming · refinement · timebox · increment
Collection of people meeting
- clusterGathered group nearby
- circleCurved closed shape
- groupAssembled collection of things
- caucusParty selection meeting
meeting · assembly · get-together · conclave · briefing · formation · pack · crowding
Joint intellectual work
- coordinationOrganized cooperative movement
- cooperationJoint action toward shared aims
- synergyCombined effect exceeding components
- unityWholeness through cohesion
cohesiveness · interdependence · alignment · communication · synchronization · collective
ruck
Rugby's ground-level contest
tackle · hooker · prop · lock · flanker · fly-half · fullback · winger · center · conversion
sprint
Brief maximum-speed effort
iteration · retrospective · velocity · burndown · epic · grooming · refinement · timebox · increment · daily
gathering
Collection of people meeting
caucus · meeting · assembly · get-together · conclave · briefing · formation · pack · crowding
collaboration
Joint intellectual work
- coordinationOrganized cooperative movement
- cooperationJoint action toward shared aims
- synergyCombined effect exceeding components
unity · cohesiveness · interdependence · alignment · communication · synchronization · collective
- group activitiesgroup games, voting, protest, group dance, group project
- footballfootball, touchdown, field goal, quarterback, end zone
- kids rugbymini rugby, tag rugby, rugby clubs, rugby matches
scrumslineouts
Rugby set pieces
line-outs · throw-ins · kickoffs · restarts · drop kicks
scrumsopen play
Continuous active gameplay
rucks · mauls · running play · phases · continuous play
scrumsboard meetings
Formal executive group discussions
conferences · committee meetings · annual reviews · town halls
- media scrumJournalists swarming a figure