Quality control refers to the execution of the planned quality activities by the Scrum Team in the process of creating deliverables that are potentially shippable. It also includes learning from each set of completed activities in order to achieve continuous improvement. Within the cross-functional team, it is important to have the skills necessary to perform…
Any Scrum Master worth his Scrum Master certification believes that all humans are enthusiastic and seek to receive greater duty. So, they deliver much greater value when self-organized. This self-organization is what created us from single celled beings. A Scrum Master brings working deliverables sooner and makes available more precise predictions of timetable and budget compared…
“I love those who can smile in trouble, who can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection.’Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but they whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves their conduct, will pursue their principles unto death.” – Leonardo da Vinci, famous artist, sculptor, architect, anatomist and botanist. Principles have…
One very important factor considered while forming Scrum team is physical location of team members– are all of them located at the same place or in geographically dispersed locations. For many of the Scrum practices, high-level, frequent communication between members of the Scrum Team, Product Owners, and Scrum Masters is required and to enable this,…
Scrum has become one of the most popular Agile methodologies used for software and product development. Various factors have contributed to this popularity. The methodology works very well with complex projects where requirements change often and/or the technology is new and not used before. How does Scrum do this? What supports this framework? Scrum is…
It is the people who develop great products or service and not the Scrum or any other production technique. Scrum requires the teams to be motivated, empowered and self-organized. Self-motivated employees accept the responsibility and do not wait for the superiors or managers to delegate or and assign the tasks. Hence they deliver greater value…
It’s a widely accepted fact that Scrum Teams should ideally have six to ten members. This could be the underlying fact that leads to the misconception that the Scrum framework can only be used for small projects. There are a lot of people who say “Scrum can be used to improve the team productivity but…
Do you really use Scrum, do you follow Scrum as it is or you use Scrum, but you do a few things differently? This is a new term which has made its entry in the past few years. If you ask anyone if they have ever used scrum for their organization or project. You will…
Collaboration in Scrum refers to the Scrum Core Team working together and interfacing with the stakeholders to create and validate the deliverables of the project to meet the goals outlined in the Project Vision. It is important to note the difference between cooperation and collaboration here. Cooperation occurs when the work product consists of the sum…
Delivering maximum business value in a minimum time span is ingrained in the Scrum framework. Usually, Scrum projects are expected to create business or service value which makes Scrum framework attractive for business stakeholders. But it is not clear if Business Value can be achieved by reducing costs involved, increasing the end revenue, enhancing customer…
