Scrum vs Waterfall - 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.
A flow of water over the edge of a cliff.
(figuratively) A waterfall-like outpouring of liquid, smoke, etc.
* A waterfall of mist from the open freezer.
(technical, computing, slang)
* ''A very long duration project [...] had taken a whole group of people through a painful waterfall development process.
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 waterfall is
a flow of water over the edge of a cliff.As a verb waterfall is
to fall like a waterfall.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 ----waterfall
English
(wikipedia waterfall)Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* (flow of water over the edge a cliff): cascade, cataract, saultDerived terms
* coastal waterfall * waterfall bong * waterfall effect * waterfall illusion * waterfall model * waterfall stomachDerived terms
* waterfalled * waterfallingSee also
* smokefallExternal links
*WorldWaterfalls.com - Stock Waterfall Photographs, Waterfall Information, Waterfall Forum