Overview of Scrum

Question 1

What is Scrum Body of Knowledge(SBOK)?

Answer 1

SBOK is a compilation of best Methods and practices employed by its practitioners and experts.

Question 2

What are the six scrum principles?

Answer 2

1. Empirical Process Control:
   Many decisions are made based on observation and experimentation rather than on detailed predictive upfront planning.
2. Self-organization:
   Team members have the authority and the responsibility to figure out ways to convert a Prioritized Product Backlog into a finished product without the intervention of stakeholders outside the Scrum Team.
3. Collaboration:
   Product development is a shared value-creation process that needs all stakeholders working and interacting together to deliver the greatest value.
4. Value-based Prioritization:
   The Highest priority is to satisfy the customer through early and continuous delivery of a maximum business value.
5. Time Boxing:
   Time is considered the primary constraint and many Scrum processes and activities are allotted a fixed amount of time.
6. Iterative Development:
   All work is divided into units that can produce a potential shippable deliverable.

Question 3

Empirical Process Control is a Scrum principle consisting of making decisions based on observation and experimentation rather than on detailed predictive upfront planning. On which three main ideas this principle relies on?

Answer 3

1. Transparency
2. Inspection
3. Adaptation

Question 4

The preferred leadership in Scrum is Servant Leadership. What does it refer to?

Answer 4

Servant Leadership emphasizes achieving results by focusing on the Scrum Team’s needs.

Question 5

What is the difference between Cooperation and Collaboration?

Answer 5

Cooperation occurs when the product consists of the sum of the work efforts of the various people in the team.

Collaboration occurs when a team works together to play off each other’s inputs to produce something greater.

Question 6

what are the three core dimensions of collaborative work?

Answer 6

• Awareness: individuals working together need to be aware of each other work.
• Articulation: dividing work into units and distributing those units among team members.
• Appropriation: refers to adapting technology to one’s own situation.

Question 7

Value-based prioritization is one of the core principles of a Scrum process. While prioritizing the user’s stories in the prioritized product backlog, what are the three factors to consider?

Answer 7

• Value
• Risk or uncertainty
• dependencies

Question 8

Time-boxing is another important Scrum principle. For example, each daily stand-up meeting is time boxing to 15 minutes. what are the three critical pieces of information each team member should answer during a stand-up meeting?

Answer 8

• What have I done since the last meeting?
• What do I plan to do before the next meeting?
• what impediments or obstacles (if any) am I currently facing?

Question 9

In a Scrum process, what is the required time-boxing for a sprint Planning Meeting?

Answer 9

Sprint Planning Meeting is time-boxed to 8 hours for one month Sprint.

Question 10

The Sprint Review Meeting and Retrospect Sprint Meeting are conducted after a Spring. What is the required time-boxing for these meetings?

Answer 10

A Spring Review Meeting and Retrospect Sprint Meeting are time-boxed to 4 hours for one month of Sprint.