Today almost all industries and markets are exposed to constant changes. Changes come in the form of government policies, new tax rules, everyday advance in technology, consumer psyche, product or service demand, media influence, social media trend, buying motivation and many more. Whatever the reason, ‘Change’ has become an integral part of any business and…
After a project makes it through feasibility analysis, you select the team that will deliver the project. Ideally, you want to begin with your feasibility team and expand that group as needed. Feasibility team members can share the information from their analysis with the additional team members; this will kick-start the project team. …
Risk Management consists of five steps: 1. Risk identification: Using various techniques to identify all potential risks 2. Risk assessment: Evaluating and estimating the identified risks 3. Risk prioritization – Prioritizing Risk to be included for specific action in the Prioritized Product Backlog 4. Risk mitigation: Developing an appropriate strategy to deal with the risk…
Although there are many certifications such as ITIL, PRINCE2, which are implemented in organizations for achievement of goals through a project, Scrum training or Scrum certification can be described as one of the many courses where employees are groomed to become self-motivated and become keen to accept greater responsibility. There is a famous proverb, “If you are comfortable with yourself, you…
A project is a collaborative enterprise to either create new products or services or to deliver results as defined in the Project Vision Statement. Projects are usually impacted by constraints of time, cost, scope, quality, people and organizational capabilities. The objective of the project team is to Create Deliverables as defined in Prioritized Product Backlog.…
Scrum is an iterative and incremental product development framework which ensures that the highest value is delivered to the consumer or the customer. 7 C’s of Scrum are the characteristics which ensure the highest value delivery through scrum framework. These C’s are discussed below: Consumer Centric: The focus of the Product Owner, Scrum Master…
Responsibilities of a Product Owner include determining the project’s initial overall requirements and kicking off project activities; this may involve interaction with the Program Product Owner and the Portfolio Product Owner to ensure that the project aligns with direction provided by senior management. He represents user(s) of the product or service with a thorough understanding…
The term stakeholder creates a lot of confusion in Scrum. Usually the term is confused with the responsibilities of a Product Owner. Let us now clear all the confusion around it. Best definition of stakeholders is that they have legitimate interest in the project and another important point to be noted is that stakeholders are…
In a Scrum project, it is the Scrum Team members who are responsible for delivering the desired product or service and not the Scrum. Hence, we should be careful in forming the Scrum Teams. The Scrum Team is sometimes referred to as Development Team since they are responsible for developing the product, service or other…
The Product Owner represents the interests of the stakeholder community to the Scrum Team. The Product Owner is responsible for ensuring clear communication of product or service functionality requirements to the Scrum Team, defining Acceptance Criteria, and ensuring those criteria are met. In other words, the Product Owner is responsible for ensuring that the…
