Scrum supports the doctrine of cross-functional, self-managed teams in which individuals help each other in completing the tasks to deliver value. The Scrum Book of knowledge says that employees “deliver much greater value when self-organized.” Self-Organization leads to the team members taking ownership, being entrepreneurial, contributing the best that they genuinely can. So Scrum proscribes…
As more and more companies are adopting Scrum as preferred project management method over traditional waterfall method, the subject of mapping of the roles is becoming more critical. Probably one of the biggest challenges organizations face when they move to Scrum is where does a Project Manager fit in Scrum? We are so used to…
Central to the success of a Scrum project are the people or employees working on the project, and coordination between them. To ensure coordination and harmony within the scrum team, it is necessary to clearly define the roles and responsibilities of the Scrum team members. The roles in scrum teams fall into 2 major categories…
One of the questions which throw a curveball into the diligent efforts of the Scrum community to introduce Scrum Framework is: How long should it be? Why should there be a fixed length to Sprints? After all, Scrum is about adapting to change; poorly chosen Sprint length will lead to impatient management, overburdened Scrum Team…
Understanding defined roles and responsibilities are very important for the successful implementation of Scrum projects. The usual roles of product manager or a team leader is not present in Scrum. There are three core roles in Scrum that are responsible for meeting the project objectives. They are: Product Owner Scrum Master Scrum Team Together they…
There are lot many ways to develop or code software. Easiest is the one in which no documentation, design or testing is involved. Others describe on how to improve coding, testing etc. All developers claim that software delivered is better by their method and also is faster with less effort. It sounds really good but…
The first thing we have to be sure when dealing with SCRUM master is whether they have a full time Scrum masters, and the second question we have to ask is if what do they do? We usually don’t find a full time scrum master. Scrum master is described by scrum guide as one who…
Many organizations all over the world are finding it hard to keep up with the fast-changing business scenarios, using the traditional project management methods. These scenarios may include periodic customer demands, fast-changing project requirements, and issues relating to support activities and so on. Increasingly, project managers and software developers have started to prefer Agile software…
Before knowing why the information technology industries are adopting scrum in a big way, it is important for us to ask the following questions. 1. Why does your organisation need to adopt scrum and why is it better than the traditional project management methodologies like PRINCE2 & ITIL? 2. Why scrum looks just the opposite…
Scrum as an Agile methodology is currently most popular in IT development teams. However, that does not mean that it cannot be effectively used in other domains. In fact, as an Agile methodology of managing projects, it can be used wherever people work on projects. It can be used in a particular division of a…
