Agile vs. Scrum — What's the Difference?

Able to move quickly and easily

A play in rugby in which the two sets of forwards mass together around the ball and, with their heads down, struggle to gain possession of the ball.

Relating to or denoting a method of project management, used especially for software development, that is characterized by the division of tasks into short phases of work and frequent reassessment and adaptation of plans

The mass or formation of players during such a play.

Characterized by quickness, lightness, and ease of movement; nimble.

Chiefly British A disordered or confused situation involving a number of people.

Mentally quick or alert

To engage in a scrum.

Having the faculty of quick motion in the limbs; apt or ready to move.

A tightly-packed and disorderly crowd of people.

Characterised by quick motion.

(Canada) A tightly packed group of reporters surrounding a person, usually a politician, asking for comments about an issue; an opportunity provided for a politician to be approached this way.

Of or relating to agile software development, a technique for iterative and incremental development of software involving collaboration between teams.

(rugby) In rugby union or rugby league, all the forwards joined together in an organised way.

Having the faculty of quick motion in the limbs; apt or ready to move; nimble; active; as, an agile boy; an agile tongue.

(software engineering) In Agile software development (specifically Scrum or related methodologies), a daily meeting in which each developer describes what they have been doing, what they plan to do next, and any impediments to progress.

Moving quickly and lightly;

Hostile shoving between two groups.

Mentally quick;

To form a scrum.

(software engineering) Scrum

(rugby) the method of beginning play in which the forwards of each team crouch side by side with locked arms; play starts when the ball thrown in between them and the two sides compete for possession