The Product Owner is a business person making business decisions to maximize business results. “The Product Owner is accountable for maximizing the value of the product resulting from the work […]
Scrum Rules: As a Team Member I Attend the Daily Scrum Meetings In-Person
The Daily Scrum meeting supports the Scrum value of Openness and the principle of self-organizing teams. This rule of Scrum also aligns with the Agile Manifesto principle “The most efficient […]
Scrum Rules: As a Team Member I Share My Obstacles Every Daily Scrum
The principles of openness and transparency include being able to be truthful about ways that you are struggling. A Team Member must share their struggles with their Scrum Team and […]
Scrum Rules: The Scrum Team Is Made Up of Five to Eleven People
A very effective learning that has come out of many fields of research is that we function well in small groups, specifically groups that range from five to seven people […]
Scrum Rules: The Three Questions of the Daily Scrum
The Daily Scrum meeting is a critical method for creating transparency between Team Members and every day, each Team Member in turn answers the three questions of the Daily Scrum: […]
Scrum Rules: The Daily Scrum Occurs at the Same Time Every Day
The Daily Scrum is most effective when it is held at a regular time of day so that all team members can easily remember it, schedule for it, and it […]
Scrum Rules: The Daily Scrum Is Time-Boxed to 15 Minutes
The Daily Scrum is designed to dramatically improve transparency among Scrum Team Members and their stakeholders who are interested in observing the meeting. There is a fixed limit of 15 […]
Scrum is NOT for Project Management
Once Again for Emphasis: Scrum is NOT a Project Management Framework Scrum is for complex product development, enhancement or maintenance, not project management. The authors of the Scrum framework assert […]
Five Rules for an Effective Daily Scrum
Of all the Scrum ceremonies, the “Daily Scrum” is the easiest one and the one that gets adopted first when an organization migrates to Scrum. You may hear jokes about […]