To understand what are the anti-patterns for a Product Owner, one must first understand who is a Product Owner. In a nutshell a Product Owner is a visionary, accountable for the product. According to a survey done by Forrester research, one of the main reasons for organisations failing to adopt Read more…
Scrum framework defines three Roles, the Product Owner, the Development Team and the Scrum Master. In this post I will explain who a Product Owner is. So who is this Product Owner? Product owner more often than not is the business representative who understands the nitty gritty of the business. Read more…
Scrum, to me is the most precise manifestation of Agile values and principles. With this 12 part series I want to share my understanding about it. I believe this would help someone trying to get his feet wet while implementing Scrum. Scrum In an ever changing business market, IT which Read more…
A “whatsapp” group discussion triggered this post and I was amazed to see that most people who are new to Scrum often find it difficult to distinguish between “Acceptance Criteria” and “Definition of Done”. Here’s my attempt to bring out the differences. Short answer, “Acceptance Criteria” is all about intended functionality; Read more…
Software fraternity is abuzz with a word “Agile” for over a decade now. Every team is becoming an Agile team. But, how many of us do really understand what Agile or agility is? Recently finished reading “Software in 30 days” by Ken Schwaber and Jeff Sutherland. There is a great definition Read more…
Every one who has ever worked with Scrum knows that it is based on empirical process control theory i.e. empiricism. Empiricism, itself stands on three key pillars – Transparency, Inspection and Adaptation. But what would tell us that we are applying empiricism in our daily routine; what would guide us Read more…
In the Scrum framework, Scrum Master is an important role. There are so many different services that the Scrum Master has to provide to the team, PO and the organisation itself. This person has to be a coach, a trainer, a facilitator. Scrum Master has to remove impediments, protect the Read more…
Has it ever occurred to you, why agile way of software development is gaining popularity? Why suddenly the traditional way of development is not good enough? I too thought about the same. I found the answers in the manifesto for agile software development. It is not just the flexibility, nimbleness or Read more…
Developers, can be best describe as a pack of wolves, not too big not too small just the perfect size where every team member gels well with others; knows what he/she should do and what everyone else is doing. I came across a great quote on the site “www.quoteeveryday.com” which Read more…