Teams that work within the Scrum framework do not have traditional roles. There are no set programmers, designers, QA, etc. Everyone who is on the team, works as one to complete the items they have agreed to complete during a set time period (sprint). For the most part, scrum teams have a true “team” feeling because […]
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Scrum Event: The Daily Scrum
A standup meeting of the Sprint team where status is exchanged, progress is observed, and impediments are noted and removed. The meeting is usually held at the same time and place every working day. All team members are expected to attend, but the meetings are not postponed if some of the team members are not […]
Scrum Roles: Product Owner
The Product Owner represents the voice of the customer. They ensure that the Scrum Team works with the right things from a business perspective. In trying to come up with a perfect definition of the Product Owner, I went on and looked for certain areas that might help with it…
Scrum Roles: Scrum Master
A ScrumMaster is a member of a Scrum team, and is responsible for guiding the team in following the values and practices of Scrum. The ScrumMaster also facilitate the team meetings and is responsible for identifying and (hopefully) removing obstacles that block or hamper the team from being able to do their work.
Scrum Roles: Pigs and Chickens
Several roles are defined in Scrum; these are divided into two groups; pigs and chickens, based on a joke about a pig and a chicken.
A pig and a chicken are walking down a road. The chicken looks at the pig and says, “Hey, why don’t we open a restaurant?” The pig looks back at the […]
A List of Must Have Books for the Scrum n00b
No matter what you do in today’s life, you are always going to be a n00b at something. When I say the word n00b, I mean in the best possible way. Hell, I’m still a n00b @ learning scrum, and I try to learn more every day. The day I considered myself […]
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Retrospectives : Why they Rock
Project retrospectives help teams examine what went right and what went wrong on a project. But traditionally, retrospectives (also known as “post-mortems”) are only performed at the end of the project — too late to help. In organizations where teams develop using iterative, incremental methods,
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