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 Read more…
Last weekend had pleasure to attend Professional Scrum Product Owner class from Steve Porter and Nagesh Sharma. The class was real eye opener for me who has been working with Scrum framework for over 6 years now. In last 6 Read more…
In the previous post in this series I provided some insights into Product Backlog. In this post I will explore Sprint Backlog. Sprint Backlog It is a set a selected Product Backlog Items from the Product Backlog for the sprint Read more…
Recently, had a chance to work with the team which thought it was under-performing, not efficient and wanted to become a high performing team. The first thing that hit me was, why is the team thinking so? Are there any Read more…
You are driving on a highway and fuel runs out. Is that a problem? Yes, I think. You are developing a software but requirements keep changing. Is that a problem? Yes, I think. Are both the problems similar in nature Read more…
So far I have discussed, basic Scrum theory and the Scrum roles in my previous posts. Moving forward, in the next three posts (including this), lets explore the next three essentials of Scrum i.e. the three artefacts. Let’s start in Read more…
I recently attended a Product Owner training from Scrum.org conducted by Nagesh Sharma. The training was no doubt awesome and provided a lot insights into the role of Product Owner and Product Ownership; but one important thing that Nagesh said and Read more…
In my previous post I introduced the role of Scrum Master. And it is pretty clear that being a Scrum Master is no easy job. This person has to keep changing styles and stances as and when needed. However, when Read more…
The third and final role which is essential to start working with Scrum is the Scrum Master. As every other role, Scrum Master also has its own accountability and responsibility. Scrum Master in the simplest terms can be described as Read more…
The next role without which Scrum would be incomplete is the Development Team. Let’s explore the accountability, responsibility and attributes of the Development Team. The Development Team The Development Team is a set of professionals, motivated by a common purpose. Read more…
