Scrum vs Platoon - What's the difference?
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A tightly-packed and disorderly crowd of people.
(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.
(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.
(military) A unit of thirty to forty soldiers typically commanded by a lieutenant and forming part of a company.
(baseball) To alternate starts with a teammate of opposite handedness, depending on the handedness of the opposing pitcher
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 scrum developed around the bar when free beer was announced.
- ''A scrum formed around Scott Brison shortly after he announced his candidacy for the federal Liberal leadership.
See also
* ruck, maul, scrum-half * Wikipedia article on ----platoon
English
(wikipedia platoon)Noun
(en noun)Verb
(en verb)- Taylor has been hitting poorly against left-handers, and Morgan has been hitting poorly against right-handers, so they will platoon .