Yes it can be done. Some pointers (there can be much more)
* You are bound by requirements, audit policies, company policies info, ... etc. so each iteration will need to accommodate for such information. so your estimates need to account for all that are to be done.
* communications. not to enforce it, but rather to facilitate it. If you need to move people to improve this, then do so. if you want a collaboration tool, then get it ( you can use something like SharePoint or Microsoft Access ... etc) . I have dedicated the stand up room to be a place where people will go and talk out solutions to problems.
* stand up, and story board. I cannot stress how valuable these were. anyone lost is back on track just by being in a stand up facing a story board.
* If you have a large team, then apply the "scrum of scrums" concept. keep each scrum team no more than 5 or 6 members. The more people you have, the less communication.
* teach members about scrum.
* keep iterations short. and make it a policy to be ready for live at the end of it.
* focus on quality. this means include unit testing, automated testing, test scripts, manual testing, code review, test script review... etc.
* Last but not least; have a retrospective meeting at the end of each iteration; this will allow the team to reflect back on the it.
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