What is the difference between Scrum and Agile methodologies?

by Ranjeet Kumar SEO and Digital Marketer

Many software development enthusiasts want to know how Scrum is different from Agile methodologies. Well, Well, Well. What I see here is a fallacy in the notion itself as Scrum is nothing but one of the Agile methodologies itself. To put it just right, Agile is a philosophy of how software development process can be arranged to deliver business value in the shortest time, whereas Scrum is one of the frameworks to implement that philosophy. The important point to note here, though, is that among all existing Agile methodologies, Scrum is being the most popular one.

Having said that, the right question to answer comes down to what makes Scrum sit atop all other existing Agile methodologies, including Kanban, Lean Development, Extreme Programming, etc.

Why is Scrum being used the most to implement Agile?

A Sprint is the basic unit of development in Scrum, which makes it ideal for complex projects where it’s not possible to gather all the requirements upfront and/or that have rapidly changing requirements. In Scrum, tasks are prioritized and broken down into small sprints and each sprint is planned on a priority basis by the Scrum Team, Scrum Master and the Product Owner.. Read full blog here - What is the difference between Scrum and Agile methodologies?