The development of Scrum was heavily influenced by the concepts outlined in the Harvard Business Review article “The New New Product Development Game.” This article, authored by Hirotaka Takeuchi and Ikujiro Nonaka, described how several companies used a team-based approach to achieve impressive results in product development. Companies like Honda, Canon, and Fuji-Xerox were highlighted for their innovative methods.
These methods included self-organising teams that were Cross-Functional, meaning they could handle different tasks required to achieve their goals. The success seen in these companies inspired software developers to adopt and adapt these principles to their own projects, leading to the creation of Scrum.
