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…
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 and a plan of how to create a potentially releasable 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 specific challenges that the team is unable to handle, which 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 or one is more complex than the other? How do 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 caught my attention was Whether to be a good Product 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 the master of Scrum. This is one person role; accountable 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…
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…
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…