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Scrum — Focus and Scope

publish date: 2026/06/04 11:34:7.897173 UTC

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The Scrum approach is a general agile method. What is its primary focus, and what does it deliberately not prescribe?

Scrum focuses on managing the iterative development rather than prescribing specific technical approaches such as pair programming and test-first development — it can therefore be used with more technical agile approaches like XP

Scrum prescribes all aspects of agile development including coding standards, testing, and deployment

Scrum focuses on specific programming techniques such as pair programming and test-first development

Scrum focuses on requirements engineering and producing detailed specifications before development

Correct Answer

Explanation

The Scrum approach is a general agile method but its focus is on managing iterative development rather than specific technical approaches to agile software engineering. Scrum does not prescribe the use of programming practices such as pair programming and test-first development. It can therefore be used with more technical agile approaches such as XP to provide a management framework.

Reference

Software Engineering, Ian Sommerville, 9th edition

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