Alternatives for Agile Scrum [closed]

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We started following the Agile Scrum methodology and we have completed about 10 sprints.

One observation I had is that not all in the team are taking up the responsibilities of completing the tasks and user stories by themselves and everytime they have to be instructed or allotted with some tasks. Also the estimate they are giving are not very agile.

There is always a need for someone to look after all the user stories, their completion status, tasks that are yet to be done etc and allot them to team members who are not occupied.

I also feel that we would be able to deliver faster if we had one person who would create tasks and assign them to people along with deadlines to complete them (project manager role).

And this is what I feel is missing in Agile Scrum.

Given that the team is not taking up tasks and not risking to take up tight estimates, what are the alternates that we can look for? Or, are there any provisions in Agile Scrum to fasten things?

Answer 1

If you only looked at agile because you were expecting an increased productivity be aware that agile (/scrum) is not a silver bullet. Yes, self empowered teams can become more productive, but they need help.

So get a coach. Agile is like playing chess. It takes 30 minutes to explain the rules and after that you can start playing. But it takes years to reach a reasonable level as a chess player.

Answer 2

At the risk of sounding a bit cheeky, one alternative is to actually use scrum. You're using something like scrum but isn't actually scrum.

If you have team members that aren't engaged, it sounds like you need an agile coach to get you past the learning phase.