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Scrumban

Scrumban noun: a hybrid of Scrum and kanban.

Noun

Scrumban (uncountable)

  1. A hybrid of Scrum and kanban.
    • Scrumban may the best approach for many Agile marketing teams. But only if they are genuinely practicing Scrumban, rather than practicing what the developers derisively call “Scrumbut.”2020, Jim Ewel, The Six Disciplines of Agile Marketing […] , John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 112

Origin of Scrumban

Blend of Scrum + kanban.

Questions about Scrumban

What does Scrumban mean?
Scrumban means a hybrid of Scrum and kanban.
What part of speech is Scrumban?
Scrumban is a noun.

Words near Scrumban in the dictionary

  1. scrum poker
  2. scrum up
  3. scrum-diddly-umptious
  4. scrum-half
  5. scrum-halves
  6. Scrumban
  7. scrumbase
  8. scrumbases
  9. scrumble
  10. scrumbled
  11. scrumbles

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