How does Scrum deal with risks? Being an Agile, iterative process, the Scrum framework inherently minimizes risk. The following Scrum practices facilitate the effective management of risk: 1. Flexibility reduces business-environment-related risk Risk is largely minimized in Scrum due to the flexibility in adding or modifying requirements at any time in the project lifecycle. This…
Scrum vs. Traditional Project Management Approach in Delivering Value Before we discuss the Scrum and Traditional approaches assessing and maintaining business justification for a project, let’s understand some of the key differences between these two types of methodologies. The emphasis in traditional Project Management is to conduct detailed upfront planning for the project with emphasis…
Scrum is a light-weight framework for project management which is used for complex product development in volatile market conditions. With high competition, companies have to develop products fast and innovatively always adding value and greater customer satisfaction. Quick decision-making and prioritization help mitigate risks in a project. The constant flow of new information changes requirements…
Scrum is a simple framework which believes in responding quickly to changes in business environment and the ability to respond to changes is one of the reasons that made Scrum popular. The Product Owner is responsible for getting the Product Backlog ready and prioritizing the items in the Product Backlog. The Scrum Master and the…
Scrum Teams often fixate on Sprint planning, particularly the estimates Even as Team members protest about spending too much time in meetings, and they’ll wrestle over individual task estimates. Let us quickly recall the reasons why we do this activity. We estimate tasks in order to Develop an attainable team pledge to deliver an assured…
There is a common misconception that the Scrum framework can only be used for small projects. However, it can easily be scaled for effective use in large projects. Large or complex projects are often implemented as part of a program or portfolio. The Scrum framework can easily be applied to manage even programs and portfolios.…
It is not uncommon in a Scrum Master training classes to encounter questions such as “Is being a Scrum Master a full time role?”, or “How much time does a Scum Master contribute towards his role?”, or “Can a person from the development team multitask as a Scrum Master?” New Scrum Masters might be apprehensive…
Selling Scrum to the top management is a tough job. Although Scrum is an increasingly popular Agile methodology, it is hard to sell as change is mainly about people and how they cope with it. Managers might defend the present system by saying that its already working fine so why ask for change. However, they…
Unlike a large amount of certifications such as ITIL certification, Prince2 certification and PMP certification, which are used for successful implementation of Best Practices or procedures for ensuring perfect design or output of a product or service, Scrum training also emphasizes on the satisfaction of employees and reduction in Technical Debt. Technical debt is considered as a difficult challenge…
One of the main advantages which a SCRUM project has over other certified ones is such that its most important principle stresses on developing the functionality of the highest preferred service or product first. In this case, less important features could be developed in alternative sprints or they can be either retired or pushed into…
