Competing video game companies—one that operates inside of the Scrum framework and one that does not—release similar games around the same time. The graphics and story-lines in each are fantastic. As gamer’s button mash their way through the campaigns, however, disparities emerge. Unlike its competitor, the company that operates inside of the Scrum framework finds…
“To some degree we all live with uncertainty. We have no control over the future. Yet we carry on, we persevere, because, I guess, it’s the way we’re made.” – Karen Walker Thompson When many of us think of risks, we think of a child’s roller skate left on the front doorstep or the possibility…
The “hybrid cloud may be garnering increased interest and adoption, but it is already giving way to new terms such as hybrid IT and hybrid enterprise,” writes Eileen Yu on ZDNET. Hybrid IT? Where have we heard this term before? In 2014, Computerworld.com predicted that businesses would need to fill one or more of five…
Question: What’s a camel? Answer: A horse designed by a committee. Sometimes a Project Vision Statement can become clumsy-looking and all-inclusive like a camel, when what is needed is a sleek, powerful racehorse. Using the right tools skillfully can keep your Project Vision Statement thoroughbred thin. A Guide to the Scrum Body of Knowledge (SBOK™)…
Organizations around the globe have accepted Scrum as a primary project delivery framework for their projects, especially when they operate in a dynamic business environment. Growing popularity and acceptability of Scrum has created a great demand for Scrum and Agile certified professionals in the job market. SCRUMstudy, the global accreditation body for Scrum and Agile…
What is a Sprint Backlog? Is it a baseline, a record or a report? Baseline is a project document, which, defines aspects of the project and, once approved, is subject to change control. It is used to measure project’s actual performance as against planned targets. A record maintains information on the progress of the project.…
Developing functionality of highest priority to the customer at first is one of the major principles of Scrum. This approach allows the Scrum team to focus keenly on the quality planning as they get the required time to categorize the essential functionality according to the customer’s requirements. What is Technical debt? The technical debt, which…
Scrum is a framework for collaborative effort of the team on some of the very complex software projects. It is the most widely-used subset of Agile. The Scrum principles are the fundamental guidelines for applying Scrum framework. The Scrum framework drives on the goals of giving utmost business value in least time. Various Scrum…
When implementing Scrum, sooner or later steam members ask, “So, what am I supposed to do?” Understanding defined roles and responsibilities in a Scrum project is extremely important for helping the team implement the framework successfully. Scrum roles fall into two broad categories, core and non-core: Core Roles—Core roles are those roles which are mandatorily…
When we talk about any process control, we talk about three elements: Input Process (structured set of activities designed to accomplish a specific objective) Output If inputs and processes are in control and are reliable, we can get reliable outputs (which are generally the case with Waterfall model). The problem arises when inputs and processes…
