Nothing gets done without the people who do the work in a Scrum team. Scrum calls these people the Development Team. Scrum also includes two special roles: the Scrum Master […]
Scrum Rules: The Product Backlog Changes Every Sprint
The Product Backlog reflects the current state of the Product Owner’s understanding of the future of the Product. Unless the product is being discontinued, the future state will always include […]
Scrum Rules: The Product Backlog Is Easily Visible to Every Stakeholder
The Product Backlog is a constantly changing artifact, owned by the Product Owner. Stakeholders need real-time visibility into the current state of the Product. Stakeholders should be able to discuss […]
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: Any Stakeholder Can Suggest a New Product Backlog Item
The Product Backlog is a list of potential work to be done for future Sprints. This list is most vibrant when as many people as possible contribute to it. Those […]
Scrum Rules: The Product Backlog Is Refined for Every Sprint Planning Meeting
A well-refined Product Backlog is one which is: ordered to maximize return on investment for the customer; provides enough clarity that the Scrum team can perform the work of their […]
Scrum Rules: Product Backlog Items Are Invitations to Conversations
Product Backlog Items are brief descriptions of a feature or function. Usually they are short enough that they could be hand-written on a small note card. This brevity is meant […]
Scrum Rules: The Top Product Backlog Items Are Refined
Product Backlog Items (PBIs) that are at the top of the Product Backlog (in other words, those which are to be done next), need to be small enough that the […]
Scrum Rules: Product Backlog Items Have Their Effort Estimated by the Team
The Product Owner brings Product Backlog Items to the Scrum Team to estimate their effort (cost). In order to create the right environment of safety and accountability, no Product Backlog […]
Scrum Rules: Product Backlog Items Are Written as User Stories
The User Story is a tool developed with Extreme Programming that is almost universally accepted as part of Scrum. Product Backlog Items formatted as User Stories express the desired functionality […]