pile-up vs scrum

pile-up

noun
  • A pile of tackling players. 

  • An accumulation that occurs over time, especially one which is not welcome. 

  • A pile of crashed vehicles due to a traffic accident. 

scrum

noun
  • Hostile shoving between two groups. 

  • A tightly-packed and disorderly crowd of people. 

  • 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. 

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

  • 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. 

verb
  • To form a scrum. 

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