Truth, Lies, and Scrum – Agile Archive

is a great article from Zach Bonaker in which he describes that:

Scrum is not equal to Agile;
Your context and culture dictates Scrum’s effectiveness;
Your organization will likely need a new structure to use Scrum;
The Scrum Guide is not a straw-man document;
Daily Scrum is a feedback loop.
Scrum Master is not a role “in agile”;
Scrum Masters are not a sign or assessment of “maturity”.
User stories are not part of Scrum;
The outcome of the Sprint Review is an updated product backlog;
Velocity is not part of Scrum;
If retrospectives have no organizational impact, you’re not doing Scrum;
Teams are the heart of Scrum, but a bunch of people with the same boss are not necessarily a team;