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: […]
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 Rules: There Is No Break Between Sprint Review and Retrospective
After a team finishes its Sprint Review, the Retrospective meeting should begin immediately. Of course, there may be a small transition period as non-team members leave a meeting room or […]
Scrum Rules: Review and Retrospective Meetings Are Time-Boxed
Time-boxing is the practice of ending a meeting exactly on time regardless of the state of discussion or the desire of participants. In Scrum, the combined length of the Sprint […]
Scrum Rules: Sprints Include a Sprint Review Meeting
Scrum is a tool for product development that uses transparency and fast feedback. The Sprint Review is an open meeting during which the Scrum Team works with all interested stakeholders […]
Scrum Rules: Sprint Planning Starts Each Sprint
Sprint Planning is a time-boxed meeting which marks the start of the Sprint and is the opportunity for the Scrum Team to discuss what they will build during the Sprint […]
Scrum Rules: Each Sprint Results in a Potentially Releasable Product Increment
The phrase “potentially releasable” has a very simple meaning: the features built in a Sprint and all the related activities are done to such a degree that ONLY business considerations […]