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A Scrum Master plays a crucial role in the implementation of Scrum in development projects. Click here for the Challenges faced by a Scrum Master A Scrum Master is like a leg in the tripod of the Scrum Core Team, with the other two being the Product Owner and the Scrum/Development Team. The relationship of the…
A Scrum project often goes through a number of phases. Five phases, composed of nineteen processes, are suggested in A Guide to the Scrum Body of Knowledge (SBOK™). After the Plan and Estimate phase comes the Implement phase. This phase includes three processes related to the execution of tasks and activities—creating various deliverables, conducting Daily Standup Meetings,…
A Scrum project often goes through a number of phases. Five phases, composed of nineteen processes, are suggested in A Guide to the Scrum Body of Knowledge (SBOK™). The Release phase is the final stage of a Scrum project. This phase includes two processes that emphasize delivering the Accepted Deliverables to the customer and identifying, documenting and…
Before we read about how to be an effective product owner, let us first understand who a product owner is and what he/she does. A product owner is not a separate title but is a role that can be performed by a business analyst or even a representative of an end user. A product owner is…
The fundamental Scrum processes defined in the SBOK® Guide by SCRUMstudy are valid for all Scrum projects, and concepts mentioned in the SBOK are sufficient for managing Scrum projects of any size. When we deal with large projects generally involving four or more Scrum Teams, some additional processes may be required to address the additional…
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…
The Scrum Team, also referred to as the development team, is responsible for developing the product. They possess all the essential skills required to carry out the work of the project. They use a high level of collaboration to maximize productivity, so that minimal coordination is required to get things done. To minimize dependency, team…
Scrum believes that employees are self-motivated and seek to accept greater responsibility. So, they deliver much greater value when self-organized. The preferred leadership style in Scrum is “servant leadership”, which emphasizes achieving results by focusing on the needs of the Scrum Team. Benefits of Self-Organization Self-organization as an essential principle in Scrum leads to the…
In the process of creating Large Project Components, we need to understand how the multiple Product Owners work together and how the multiple Scrum Teams work together. Also common components and common and specialized resources are to be identified. Following are the inputs required for creating large project components in Scrum. Project Vision Statement A…
It is widely known in the software development industry that Agile values “working software” over “extensive documentation.” This leads to the common misconception that Agile does not believe in documentation. It is true that documentation in Agile does not always mean typing code descriptions or lengthy time consuming information that may come in handy sometime…
