Scrum Is Not a Ceremony: Ivan Gekht on the Engineering Reality Behind Agile Success

The fundamentals of Scrum—roles, artifacts, and ceremonies—are well-documented. But too often, teams stop there. In Plaky’s recent guide to Scrum Project Management, you’ll find the essentials clearly laid out.

At Gehtsoft, Scrum is just one instrument in a larger system of disciplined delivery. Ivan’s approach emphasizes Scrum not as a checklist, but as an engineering scaffold—one that must be validated, adapted, and stress-tested against real-world constraints: compliance, scale, and business risk.

For us, velocity is not a metric—it’s an outcome of sound architecture and ruthless clarity.

Read the full Scrum explainer here: Scrum Project Management by Plaky