Every Sprint starts with a Sprint Planning event. It is very crucial to ensure that the Scrum Team comes to a shared understanding of what and how are they going to deliver a “Done” increment that creates maximum business impact. Although, like other events Sprint Planning also is often marred Read more…
Scrum, is a framework to address complex adaptive problems while creatively and productively delivering products of highest possible value. To start doing Scrum, all we need is 3 Roles, 3 Artifacts and 5 Events. These are the 11 essentials of Scrum. Then, there are rules and guidelines described throughout the Scrum Read more…
Daily Scrum is an important Inspect and Adapt event for a Scrum team. Yet the purpose is often ignored and swept under the carpet by a multitude of teams. In my 9 years of experience with Scrum I have seen teams using Daily Scrum for all the wrong reasons; although very Read more…
Towards the end of the Sprint two important events happen – Sprint Review and Sprint Retrospective. In this post we will explore; understand Sprint Review and break couple of myths around Sprint Review. Sprint Review The Sprint Review happens at the end of the Sprint. At Sprint Review the Scrum Read more…
Once the Sprint Planning is done and the Scrum Team starts sprinting; the Developers meet daily for an event called Daily Scrum. Daily Scrum is an important inspect and adapt opportunity for the Developers. Purpose: The purpose of Daily Scrum is to inspect progress towards the Sprint Goal and adapt Read more…
Daily Scrum is an important inspect and adapt event in the Sprint life-cycle. However, it has been taken for granted or converted into a status update meeting by many teams. The blame could be credited to multiple factors including the older version of Scrum guide itself where it stated that Read more…
Every Sprint starts with a Sprint Planning. Like there is accountability within the Scrum Team, every event is an opportunity to inspect and adapt for the Scrum Team. Sprint Planning is the event where the Scrum Team collaborates to inspect the Product Backlog and adapt the Sprint Backlog. From the Read more…
So far we have explored the accountabilities and the artifacts of Scrum. From here on, we will be exploring the 5 essential events of Scrum. Let’s start with “The Sprint”. The Sprint The Sprint is the heart beat of Scrum. It is a time-boxed event of one month or less. Read more…
During my Scrum training sessions one of widely discussed and misunderstood topic is Sprint Goal. And there are couple of reasons behind it. A few of them could be Sprint Goal is not one of the 11 essentials. Even though it is not one of the 11 essentials, we the Read more…
In continuation of “Understanding Scrum” series, in this part let’s explore what an “Increment” is. Increment As Scrum Guide describes it The Increment is the sum of all the Product Backlog items completed during a Sprint and the value of the increments of all previous Sprints. It is the third Read more…