The Ideal Daily Scrum The Scrum Master enables the Daily Scrum meeting. His work is to gather the team and Product Owner together, and derive from each team member three pieces of information: • Tasks done since previous Daily Scrum • Tasks planned to be done before the next Daily Scrum • What are the…
A Scrum Master is an organizer for the Scrum team who ensures that Scrum team follows the practices of Scrum. A good Scrum Master also coaches and guides the team to work in the best possible way. The Scrum Master’s role is more difficult than that of a typical project manager. A formal Scrum master…
We normally do not associate companies in the private sector with bureaucracy and reserve that criticism mostly for governments and public sector organizations. But how many times have we waited for a response from a department which never came? How many times have we felt things have taken twice as long as they should have?…
Out of several estimation techniques involved in Scrum, few are noted below. Wideband Delphi Relative sizing / Story Points Affinity Estimation Estimate Range Wideband Delphi Wideband Delphi is a group-based estimation technique for determining how much work is involved and how long it will take to complete. Individuals within a team anonymously provide estimation for…
There are three roles in scrum: Product Owner, Team, and Scrum Master. Together they are called The Scrum Team. The Product Owner is accountable for optimizing return on investment (ROI) by analysing product aspects, converting these into a priority-wise list so as to decide those things which should be at the top of the list…
The daily Stand-up or Scrum meeting is a daily meeting which provides status update to all the team members. Every member focuses on answering three statements: Task Completed Task to be done Road Blocks It’s very powerful tool and it keeps the project moving in the planned direction. If team does not follow the Rule…
Leadership styles vary depending on the organization, the situation, and even the specific individuals and objectives of the Scrum project. Some common leadership styles described in the SBOK are as follows: Servant Leadership—Servant leaders employ listening, empathy, commitment, and insight while sharing power and authority with team members. Servant leaders are stewards who achieve results…
Scrum developers, also referred to as the development team or Scrum team, are responsible for developing the product and they possess all the essential skills required to carry out the work of the project. They have a high level of collaboration to maximize productivity, so that minimal coordination is required to get things done. To…
A Product Owner’s role is one of three core roles in Scrum. Together with a Scrum Master and the development team, a Product Owner can be considered one of three legs that make a tripod. A good Product Owner is crucial to the success of a Scrum project. The Product Owner plays a crucial role by…
The objective of the Scrum Team members, the Scrum Master should be to minimize the risk involved in attaining the project objectives if not to remove it completely. Therefore, the Scrum Teams and the Scrum Master should spend their time to attempt to identify the potential risks that impact the project. This can be achieved…
