Implementing Scrum

Question 1

what are the 5 scrum events?

Answer 1

sprint, sprint planning, daily scrum, sprint review, sprint retrospective

Question 2

what’s product backlog?

Answer 2

the single authoritative source for things a team works on. It contains all of the features, requirements, and activities associated with deliverables to achieve the goal of the project

the guide and roadmap of your product

Question 3

what are the three key features of a product backlog?

Answer 3

1. living artifact
2. owned and adjusted by the product owner
3. prioritized list of features (highest to lowest priority, specifice to vague details)

Question 4

what are the pieces of data to capture when working with product backlogs?

Answer 4

• the description
• the value
• the order
• the estimate

Question 5

what are user stories?

Answer 5

short, simple descriptions of a feature told from the perspective of the user

Question 6

what are the three elements of a user story?

Answer 6

1. user
2. action
3. benefit

Question 7

what’s the common user story format?

Answer 7

As a <user> I want this <action> so that i can get this <value>.</value></action></user>

Question 8

what are the six criteria each user story should meet?

Answer 8

I.N.V.E.S.T

I - independent
N - negotiable
V - valuable
E - estimable (DoD)
S - small
T - testable

Question 9

what’s the purpose of a user story?

Answer 9

user stories help the team create a solution that is always centered around the user experience

Question 10

what is an epic?

Answer 10

a group or collection of user stories

Question 11

what’s the acceptance criteria ?

Answer 11

the checklist you will use to decide whether a user story is done

Question 12

what’s backlog refinement?

Answer 12

the act of keeping the backlog described, estimated, and prioritized so that the scrum team can operate effectively

Question 13

what’s absolute estimation?

Answer 13

time and effort estimation in traditional project management

units of hours, days, or weeks

Question 14

what’s relative estimation?

Answer 14

instead of trying to determine exactly how long a task will take, we compare the effort of that task to another task, and that becomes the estimate

a relative value for size

Question 15

what are two common methods of relative estimation?

Answer 15

t-shirt sizes and story points

Question 16

what are the steps for t-shirt sizes method?

Answer 16

1. Agrees on the chosen scale and metrics to be used.
2. Identifies at least
   Identifies at least one anchor backlog item. That item will be assigned a T-shirt size. Some teams will choose two anchor items—one at the top of the range and one at the bottom of the range.
3. Sorts through the remaining backlog items and agrees on T-shirt sizes for each of them.

Question 17

what’s the process of assigning story points?

Answer 17

1. Agrees on the permitted points values. Some teams cap the size at a certain number, like 21. Some teams decide to jump from 21 to 100 as the next larger value. This is a team decision.
2. Identifies at least
   Identifies at least one anchor backlog item and agrees to assign it a points value. Some teams will choose two anchor items, one at the top of the range and one at the bottom of the range.
3. Sorts through the remaining backlog items as a team, agrees on an estimate for each item, and captures it in the backlog management system.