Matt Daniels wrote:Project Management is a deeper subject while scrum is more or less just limited to IT related projects and has a much smaller scope within that.
I don't fully agree with that.
It's true that Scrum has a limited scope, but that's by design: It's meant to be a framework on which teams can build a flexible and responsive project management process. In and of itself, there's not that much to Scrum. However, you can't effectively use Scrum if you don't pull a myriad of other Agile practices into the picture as well. I would say that the general subject of project management is
broader rather than deeper than Scrum/Agile because it encompasses a wider range of techniques, including the traditional ones that Agile practices try to improve upon. IMO, Scrum and Agile Project Management go as deep as, if not deeper, into the various aspects of project management when compared to traditional methods.
Scrum is based on principles around
empirical process control which is not limited to just IT-related projects. If you search for "
Agile Scrum other industries" you'll find a number of references to Scrum and Agile practices being used outside of IT projects. Lean practices, in particular, largely came out of the automotive industry.
The PMI, realizing that Agile is no longer just a grassroots developer fad, has been incorporating Agile and Scrum in its programs for a few years now.