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: Your Product Owner Puts Known Defects at the Top of the Product Backlog
The Product Owner has complete authority over the ordering of the Product Backlog. However, it is strongly recommended that the Product Owner put all known defects at the top of […]
Scrum Rules: Your Product Owner Has the Capacity to Respond Quickly to the Team’s Questions
The Product Owner needs to be highly available to the Scrum Team. If the Scrum Team has a question about a Product Backlog Item, then the Product Owner should be […]
Scrum Rules: Your Product Owner Uses the Sprint Review to Help Improve the Product
The Sprint Review is a key meeting for the team to improve the product. There are three main purposes of the Sprint Review: inspect how the last Sprint went with […]
Scrum Rules: As a Team Member I Attend Sprint Review Meetings In-Person
The Sprint Review meeting supports the Scrum value of Openness and the principle of inspect and adapt. This rule of Scrum also aligns with the Agile Manifesto principles “The most […]
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: 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 […]
Excessive Analysis and Planning
Regular big up-front analysis and planning is not necessary with Scrum. Instead, just get started and use constant feedback in the Sprint Review to adjust the team’s plans. Create the […]