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Justifying an Investment, When and How? For a piece of work to be initiated and continued with, it is imperative for the people involved to justify the investment made by the sponsors in their work, be it an activity, a business operation, a project, a programme, or even a portfolio. This is so because without…
Is Value-Driven Delivery the Key to Scrum’s Success? One of the aspects of Scrum that attracts business stakeholders is the delivery of maximum business value in minimum span of time. To achieve this goal, Scrum is relies on the principle of value-driven delivery. Also, as projects involve collaborative effort to either create new products or…
Business Justification in Scrum One of the basic questions that comes to the mind of a new member in a project, programme or portfolio team is ‘why are we doing this project?’ Business justification of the project not only answers this question but also makes the team understand the importance of the project. Let us…
In Scrum, quality is defined as the ability of the completed product or deliverables to meet the Acceptance Criteria and achieve the business value expected by the customer. To ensure that a project meets quality requirements, Scrum adopts an approach of continuous improvement whereby the team learns from experience and stakeholder engagement to constantly keep…
The product owner is an important part of a Scrum project. He/She 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…
Isn’t it important that each person working in a scrum project know exactly what he/she should do? Undoubtedly, yes. There should be a clear understanding of defined roles and responsibilities to ensure the successful implementation of Scrum projects. Scrum roles fall into two broad categories, Core Roles and Non-core-roles. Core Roles—Core roles are those roles…
The purpose of the Quality aspect is to define quality as it relates to projects and to present the Scrum approach to achieve the required levels of quality. Quality, as defined in the Scrum Body of Knowledge (SBOKTM), is applicable to the following: • Portfolios, programs, and/or projects in any industry • Products, services, or…
As we know, organization is one of the Scrum aspects that must be managed and addressed throughout the Scrum project. It deals with the roles and responsibilities in a Scrum project, which is very important if we want to successfully implement Scrum. So, we have to learn the various facets of a Scrum project organization…
How does Scrum deviate from tradition? The emphasis in traditional Project Management is to conduct detailed upfront planning for the project with emphasis on fixing the scope, cost and schedule – and managing those parameters. Traditional project management may at times lead to a situation where the plan has succeeded yet the customer is not…
How to focus on value creation? The Scrum framework is driven by the goal of delivering maximum business value in a minimum time span. To achieve this practically, Scrum believes in iterative development of deliverables. In most complex projects, the customer may not be able to define very concrete requirements or is not confident…
