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EA7 The Three Reasons Scrum Won the Agile Wars

By: Ed Rubulak Published on: 14/11/2025

A Framework That Changed Everything By the mid-2000s, software teams had choices. Multiple agile frameworks competed for adoption. But within a decade, one clear winner emerged: Scrum. Today, surveys consistently show that Scrum and Scrum-based approaches dominate the agile landscape. The 15th Annual State of Agile Report found that Scrum far surpasses all other frameworks in actual use. How did Scrum win? It came down to three key advantages.