Every Scrum Team Member should be working on tasks in the Sprint Backlog. Generally speaking, this should be one task at a time with little or no work done on […]
Stable Teams Can Be a Key Success Factor
Disruption can be a powerful force and can effect rapid change for a paralyzed team. However, disruption is a double-edged sword and the preference is to create an environment and support structure where a stable team can grow, learn, and thrive.
Scrum Rules: The Scrum Team Does Not Include Any Other People
Since the Scrum Team only includes three roles: Scrum Master, Product Owner, and the Development Team Members, there is no need to have other people on the team. Each of […]
Scrum Rules: The Scrum Team Includes Three Roles
There are three roles on a Scrum Team, no more and no less. These roles are: Scrum Master, Product Owner, and the Development Team Members. It is critical to have […]
Scrum Rules: All Stakeholders Are Invited to Attend the Sprint Review
The Scrum Master organizes and facilitates the Scrum meetings, including the Sprint Review, and ensures that all the stakeholders of the Scrum Team and its product are invited to the […]
Scrum Rules: The Scope of Work Is Never Expanded Mid-Sprint
The Scrum Team plans their work in the Sprint Planning meeting and that planned scope (Product Backlog Items) is meant to be respected… it is a commitment by the team. […]
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: […]
VIDEO: How Kanban and Scrum Work Together
Kanban and Scrum are not mutually exclusive. If you’re already doing Scrum, Kanban can help you improve the flow of work through your sprints and better manage your product backlog. […]
MEET OUR TRAINERS: Pedram Malek
Pedram Malek’s family immigrated to Canada when he was still young. He grew up just outside of Toronto where, in high school, he discovered programming. Is his computer studies classes, […]
MEET OUR TRAINERS: Jerry Doucett
Jerry Doucett was born and raised in Toronto and has spent his entire life living in the GTA. But he’s an avid traveler and regularly makes his fellow BERTEIG colleagues […]