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Scrum is a framework for dealing with complex work, such as new product development.
What Scrum does is to a bit of all the steps required to develop a product (such as requirements, analysis, design, development, testing) and to put them in a fixed-length iteration called a sprint. So a sprint combines all aspects of the work.
Scrum defines three accountabilities: Product Owner, Scrum Master, and Developers all being part of the Scrum Team.
Many organizations see a Scrum or agile certification as a requirement or at least as a nice to have when applying for many positions.
In Feb 2001, a group of 17 software experts, including the founders of Scrum, got together to discuss the growing field of what used to be called lightweight methods in software, named agile. They wrote the Manifesto for Agile Software Development, later becoming agile practitioners' reference.
To better understand where Scrum is coming from, it is important to understand what has happened before Scrum was introduced. A lot of software development in the past has been done and is still done using the waterfall model.
Scrum is a process framework used to manage work on complex products, not only in software development.
Using the framework helps people address complex adaptive problems, while productively and creatively delivering products of the highest possible value.
Scrum is based on empiricism (the empirical process control theory). This means that knowledge comes from the past experience and decisions are made based on what is known. Scrum is never about knowing or planning everything in advance.
Scrum is widely adopted in the software development industry but Scrum is not only used for developing software.
What is Agile and what where does it come from?
Most of the time Agile in software development describes a way under which business requirements and potential solutions emerge through the joint effort of cross-functional, self-organizing teams and their customers or end-users.
The term Agile, used in this context, comes from the Manifesto for Agile Software Development.
Scrum is based on empiricism (the empirical process control theory). This means that knowledge comes from the past experience and decisions are made based on what is known. Scrum is never about knowing or planning everything in advance.
The Scrum Values are commitment, courage, focus, openness, and respect. Scrum is based on three pillars: transparency, inspection, and adaptation.
Scrum uses prescribed events (or Scrum meetings or Scrum ceremonies) to create a routine and to reduce the need for other meetings that are not defined in Scrum.
At the heart of Scrum is the Sprint, which acts as a container for all the events. All events inside Scrum are time-boxed.
Scrum defined the following events:
Sprint Planning (where the work to be performed in the Sprint is planned)
Daily Scrum (which is held every day of the Sprint)
Sprint Review (which is held at the end of the Sprint to review the Increment)
Sprint Retrospective (which is an opportunity improve the process)
All events that are a formal opportunity to inspect and adapt.
In Scrum, the time-box indicates the maximum duration of an event.
A Sprint has a time-box of one month or less in which a potentially shippable Product Increment is created. A Sprint will contain all the prescribed Scrum events, a flexible plan on how to build the Product Increment and, of course, the development work needed.
A new Scrum Sprint starts immediately after the previous Sprint has ended. There is no gap between Sprints and nothing happens between the Sprints.
The Sprint Planning meeting is time-boxed to a maximum of eight hours for a one-month Sprint.
During this event, the Scrum will agree on a Sprint Goal and discuss which Product Backlog Items from the Product Backlog will be added to the Sprint Backlog.
Once the Sprint Goal has been defined and the Product Backlog Items for the Sprint selected, the Developers discuss how the functionality will be built into a Product Increment.
Work planned for the first days of the Sprint is decomposed by the end of this meeting, often to units of one day or less. Because work emerges during the Sprint, this meeting cannot identify all the work that needs to be done in advance. It is just a plan with enough detail so that the development work can begin.
The Developers should be able to explain to the Product Owner and Scrum Master how they plan to accomplish the Sprint Goal and to create the forecasted Product Increment.
Create a plan for the upcoming 2 weeks of your work Engage the team working with you if possible
The Daily Scrum is a timeboxed event, held at the same time and place each day to reduce complexity. The Daily Scrum is held every day during the Sprint and it is an event intended for the Development Team.
The Daily Scrum helps the Developers inspect progress toward completing the work in the Sprint Backlog and reaching the Sprint Goal.
Regardless of the size of the team, the Daily Scrum is a 15-minute time-boxed event.
During the Daily Scrum the Product Owner, the Scrum Master, or other parties are not present. This is an internal meeting for the Developers.
By the end of the Sprint, the Scrum Team should have created a potentially shippable Product Increment.
The Sprint Review is held at the end of the Sprint to inspect the Product Increment and adapt the Product Backlog if needed.
The Product Owner owns this meeting and will invite the key Stakeholders to this event. Also taking part are the Developers and the Scrum Master. The Scrum Master's role is to facilitate this meeting and to make sure it is held within the timebox.
The Sprint Review is an informal meeting, not a formal status meeting. The demonstration of the Increment is done in order to obtain feedback and encourage collaboration on what needs to be done next.
What happens with incomplete Product Backlog Items?
So what happens with Product Backlog items that have not been done yet or that are not fully done (for example some functionality has been built but more is needed or testing is not completed yet)? First of all, they will not be demonstrated during this meeting and they should not be part of the Product Increment. They will be put back in the Product Backlog.
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What is Scrum?
Scrum is a framework in which people can deal with complex problems while delivering valuable products. Scrum is straightforward to understand but very difficult to master. Scrum has been used for managing work on complex products since the early 1990s. Many people think that Scrum is a methodology. It is not. Scrum is a framework.
The Scrum Master role
The Scrum Master helps everybody to understand Scrum values, rules, and theory. It is the person coaching the Scrum Team on how to use the Scrum framework.
Many people new to Agile and Scrum aspire to become Scrum Masters. A Scrum certification can help show what you have the understanding needed.
Do I need to be a Scrum Master?
You can be an aspiring Business Analyst, Project Manager, Product Owner, or Developer. You don't need to be a Scrum Master or have the desire to become one. A Scrum certification will just certify your Scrum know-how.
Discovering Scrum changed my life, and I'm on a mission to help people discover how to leverage the simplicity of the Scrum framework to navigate this complex and rapidly changing world with more confidence, less stress, and greater resilience.
Who can give PSM certification exam?
The Professional Scrum Master level I PSM I assessment is available to anyone who wishes to validate his or her depth of knowledge of the Scrum framework and its application. Those who pass the assessment will receive the industry recognized PSM I Certification to demonstrate their fundamental level of Scrum mastery.
What is the advantage of CSM courses from scrum alliance?
Whether you want to serve as a Scrum Master, are adopting Scrum, or just need the tools to be more agile, Scrum Alliance Certified ScrumMaster CSM course is the right place to start. You’ll gain a solid understanding of Scrum and learn practical ways to apply it on your team and throughout your organization.
You’ll learn the Scrum framework and gain an understanding of team accountabilities, events, and artifacts as well as how to guide your team to apply Scrum.
CSM training gives you hands-on skills that you can immediately apply in the real world and expand your career opportunities. Once you complete the course, you will have everything you need to take and pass the CSM exam.
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What is Agile Project Management?
Agile project management is an iterative approach to delivering a project throughout its life cycle. Iterative or agile life cycles are composed of several iterations or incremental steps towards the completion of a project. Iterative approaches are frequently used in software development projects to promote velocity and adaptability since the benefit of iteration is that you can adjust as you go along rather than following a linear path.
Who can be a Product Owner?
A product owner is a role on a Scrum team that is responsible for the project's outcome. The product owner seeks to maximize a product's value by managing and optimizing the product backlog.
What is the focus area for Product Owners?
Manage multiple business initiatives from competing stakeholders
Ways to clearly order and express Product Backlog items
Define a clear product vision that ensures your product remains focused on the features your customers and end users will actually use
Ways to communicate effectively with various stakeholder groups to achieve alignment
Identify the crucial opportunities and avoid wasting time
Define and validate business value using EBM
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