# The Elements of Scrum  Author:: Chris Sims, Hillary Louise Johnson ## Highlights > “We have been designing complex systems whose active components are variable and highly non-linear components called people, without characterizing these components or their effect on the system being designed,” Cockburn told an audience of systems scientists and other technologists at a conference in 1999. “Upon reflection, this seems absurd, but remarkably few people in our field have devoted serious energy to understanding how these things called people affect software development.” ([Location 331](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B004O0U74Q&location=331)) --- Title: The Elements of Scrum Author: Chris Sims, Hillary Louise Johnson Tags: readwise, books date: 2024-01-30 --- # The Elements of Scrum  Author:: Chris Sims, Hillary Louise Johnson ## AI-Generated Summary None ## Highlights > “We have been designing complex systems whose active components are variable and highly non-linear components called people, without characterizing these components or their effect on the system being designed,” Cockburn told an audience of systems scientists and other technologists at a conference in 1999. “Upon reflection, this seems absurd, but remarkably few people in our field have devoted serious energy to understanding how these things called people affect software development.” ([Location 331](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B004O0U74Q&location=331))