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Scrum vs Platoon - What's the difference?

scrum | platoon |

As a proper noun scrum

is (software|development) an iterative and incremental agile software development method for managing software projects and product or application development.

As a noun platoon is

(military) a unit of thirty to forty soldiers typically commanded by a lieutenant and forming part of a company.

As a verb platoon is

(baseball) to alternate starts with a teammate of opposite handedness, depending on the handedness of the opposing pitcher.

scrum

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A tightly-packed and disorderly crowd of people.
  • ''A scrum developed around the bar when free beer was announced.
  • (Canada) Specifically used in the Canadian media to describe a tightly-packed group of reporters surrounding a member of the Canadian House of Commons while in the Parliament Buildings.
  • ''A scrum formed around Scott Brison shortly after he announced his candidacy for the federal Liberal leadership.
  • (senseid) (rugby) In rugby union or rugby league, all the forwards joined together in an organised way. Also known as a scrummage.
  • In (Agile software development), a daily meeting in which each developer describes what they have been doing, what they plan to do next, and any impediments to progress.
  • See also

    * ruck, maul, scrum-half * Wikipedia article on ----

    platoon

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (military) A unit of thirty to forty soldiers typically commanded by a lieutenant and forming part of a company.
  • Verb

    (en verb)
  • (baseball) To alternate starts with a teammate of opposite handedness, depending on the handedness of the opposing pitcher
  • Taylor has been hitting poorly against left-handers, and Morgan has been hitting poorly against right-handers, so they will platoon .

    See also

    * platoon system