Scrum Management
Basics of the Framework
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Waterfall
▪ Traditional / Legacy
▪ Predictive
▪ Not Flexible
▪ Long Durations
▪ Used in Fast Food Chains and Construction
Agile
▪ New (2000)
▪ Adaptive
▪ Flexible
▪ Short Durations
▪ Used in Software, Science, Games,
Government.
Agile Manifesto
1 Individuals and Interactions over Processes and Tools
2 Working Software over Comprehensive Documentation
3 Customer Collaboration over Contract Negotiation
4 Responding to Change over Following a Plan
Agile Framework (Scrum)
• Roles
• Events
• Artifacts
Scrum Roles
1 Product Owner
Responsible for the vision, prioritization, marketing,
stakeholder management.
2 Scrum Master
The expert who helps make sure the project is following
scrum practices. They are not a manager. Helps to facilitate
meetings.
3 Development Team
Responsible for executing the work, working together, and
self directed. Typically 5-9 People who are cross functional.
4 Stakeholder
Anyone who has any outside effect on the product
(customer, users, shareholders, company owner, investors)
Scrum Artifacts
1 Product Backlog 2 Sprint Backlog 3 Product Increment
Scrum Events (Ceremonies)
1 Sprint Planning
Inspect the Product Backlog, create a Definition of “Done”
Adapt the Sprint Goal and Sprint Backlog
2 Daily Scrum
Inspect the progress towards Sprint Goal.
Adapt the Sprint Backlog and Daily Plan.
3 Sprint Review
Inspect the Product Increment, Product Backlog, and Market
conditions.
Adapt the Product Backlog
4 Sprint Retrospective
Inspect the Team and Collaboration, Technology, and
Definition of Done.
Adapt to have Actionable Improvements
Product Backlog Refinement
▪ Break down larger requirements as you
come closer to the sprint.
▪ Do not plan longer than 4 sprints.
▪ Work with your Development Team on
breaking down requirements.
Sprints
▪ Scrum projects make progress in a series of “sprints”
▪ Typical duration is 2–4 weeks or a calendar month at most
▪ A constant duration leads to a better rhythm
▪ Product is designed, coded, and tested during the sprint
▪ Plan sprint durations around how long you can commit to keeping change out of the sprint
Resources
Agile Estimating and Planning by Mike Cohn
Agile Product Management: Creating Products that Customers Love by Roman Pichler
Agile Project Management with Scrum by Ken Schwaber
Agile Software Development Ecosystems by Jim Highsmith
Essential Scrum: A Practical Guide to the Most Popular Agile Process by Kenneth Rubin
Scrum and XP from the Trenches by Henrik Kniberg
Succeeding with Agile: Software Development using Scrum by Mike Cohn
The Scrum Guide at www.ScrumGuides.org
User Stories Applied for Agile Software Development by Mike Cohn
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