SCRUMa brief introduction

Here’s the plan.

We learn what Scrum is

We take a look at the roles in a Scrum team

We get familiar with the artifacts a Scrum team uses

We briefly cover what a Sprint Cycle includes

What is Scrum?● An agile way to

manage a project

● An iterative approach

to developing a

product based on

fixed-length iterations

called Sprints

Scrum workflow

Roleswho works

Scrum Team

Product Owner● Represents the business

● Owns the product Backlog

● Creates acceptance

criteria for the backlog

items

● Answers the team’s

questions about items

There is one Product Owner

per team

Scrum Master● Coaches the Scrum team

● Ensures that all scrum

processes are

implemented correctly

There is one Scrum Master

per team

Team Member● Completes user stories

● Self-organizes

● Creates and owns the

estimates

● Decides “how to do the

work”

Artifactswhat they work with

Backlog Item (Story)● Something that has to be

done

● Contains:

○ users who need it

○ functionality description

○ why it’s important

○ estimate

○ acceptance criteria

Product Backlog● Contains desired

deliverables for the

product

● Is maintained and

prioritized by the Product

Owner

● Changes during the

development process

Product Backlog

Sprint Backlog● Contains a list of stories

and tasks for the current

sprint

● Is maintained by the

whole Scrum team during

the Sprint

● No new items are added

during the Sprint

Sprint Backlog

Product Increment

The Sprint Cyclehow they work with those

Sprint Planning Meeting

● The Team chooses the backlog items they can

deliver during the Sprint

● The Team splits items into tasks

● The Team and Product Owner review the

acceptance criteria for each item

● The Scrum Team composes the Sprint Goal

Average length is 8 hours for 1-month Sprint

Results of a Sprint Planning Meeting

Daily ScrumEach Team Member tells about:

● what tasks he/she has completed since the last

Daily Scrum

● what tasks he/she expects to complete by the next

Daily Scrum

● what obstacles he/she is encountering

Average length is ≤ 15 minutes

The issues are not resolved during the meeting, they are described and

the Team decides who will address them

Sprint Review

● The Scrum Team presents the finished items to

the stakeholders

● The stakeholders provide feedback

Average length is 4 hours for 1-month Sprint

Sprint Retrospective

● The Scrum Team discusses the Sprint and in what

ways future Sprints may be improved

Average length is 3 hours for 1-month Sprint

Thank you for your attention!