Can Scrum methodologies used for electrical engineering development?

Question

I would like to know if Scrum methodologies can be used in electrical engineering development.

Answer 1

Scrum is just an iterative process, so it can be pretty much applied to whatever you like.

Yes.

Answer 2

I would like to know if Scrum methodologies can be used in electrical engineering development

Yes you can.You can do whatever you want as long as it benefits your organisation.

Pardon me if I am being presumptuous but are you really meaning to ask the below question?

I would like to know if Scrum methodologies would be beneficial in electrical engineering development?

Do you have the following? 1. a product or final product vision 2. a cross functional team who builds that product 3. product requirements which can be converted to bit sized shippable product user stories 4. and it is technically possible to work in as less as 2 weeks to 1 month iterations 5. a collocated team

If you have most of the above in your favor then it should work great for you, even if you don't, there is nothing that stops you from using Scrum in EE Development.

Answer 3

Can you use 'standard project management' methodologies in Electrical Engineering? If the answer is "yes", then you can use Scrum. Scrum is "a team-based framework to develop complex systems and products”. Scrum is not a 'silver bullet'; it will not magically resolve the issues the Team and Organization have. What it is is a 'silver mirror' that will reveal dysfunctions, and provide a framework and processes to help resolve them. The Scrum Alliance site has a wealth of information available; A good initialization might be http://agileanarchy.wordpress.com/2009/09/20/simple-scrum/

Many non-Software (and non-Engineering) groups are adopting Scrum.