It's also that a huge number of new tech startups are operated by extremely green techs. That means that many have no management experience and very little practical software industry experience. Frequently, they've worked only at other similar companies.
So, a few things happen.
* The boss knows of nothing other than Scrum, so Scrum it is.
* The boss recognizes that he or she doesn't have that experience, figures something needs to happen, and leans on the biggest name in the game.
* The boss is so enamored of the idea that software applies to any of the world's problems that the process is offloaded to Jira or whatever, and now you've got this weird Scrumthing happening.
* The board realizes that there is insufficient management capability and pushes the organization toward it.
If you are a young leader in software, or new to the business, take stock of the reality that software, and business of software, are both far older than Scrum. Somehow, things got done. Ask, "is today's software superior?" That's not really an easy or very fair question, but consider if Scrum contributed to software quality before going all-in.
So, a few things happen.
* The boss knows of nothing other than Scrum, so Scrum it is.
* The boss recognizes that he or she doesn't have that experience, figures something needs to happen, and leans on the biggest name in the game.
* The boss is so enamored of the idea that software applies to any of the world's problems that the process is offloaded to Jira or whatever, and now you've got this weird Scrumthing happening.
* The board realizes that there is insufficient management capability and pushes the organization toward it.
If you are a young leader in software, or new to the business, take stock of the reality that software, and business of software, are both far older than Scrum. Somehow, things got done. Ask, "is today's software superior?" That's not really an easy or very fair question, but consider if Scrum contributed to software quality before going all-in.