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Scrum Flashcards

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What is Scrum?

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Scrum is an Agile Framework for completing complex projects.

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What are the 3 Pillars of Scrum?

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  1. Transparency
  2. Inspection
  3. Adaptation
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What are the Scrum Values?

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Commitment
Courage
Focus
Openness
Respect

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What are the Scrum Principles?

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Empirical Process Control, Iterative development, Time-boxed, Collaboration, Self-organization, Value-based prioritization.

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Agile is Characterized by:

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  • Estimated scope with fixed time and resources.
  • Requirements fleshed out during sprints.
  • Flexibility – changes are easily accommodated.
  • Cross-functional teams.
  • A vertical slice of functionality completed each sprint.
  • Potentially shippable product after each sprint.
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Scrum Delivery is…

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an empirical iterative approach emphasizing a continuous focus on value, flexibility, customer involvement, and rapid delivery of functionality.

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What is a Scrum Framework?

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The Scrum framework is a collection of practices that help teams create the conditions necessary to spark emergent behavior.

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What are the roles involved in a team using a Scrum Framework?

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  • Product Owner
  • Scrum Master
  • Development Team
  • Agile Coach
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Who is “The Decision Maker?”

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The Product Owner

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Who are “The Deliverers?”

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The Development Team

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Who is “The Guardian?”

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The Scrum Master

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Who is “The Wingman?”

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The Agile Coach

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What is the role of the Product Owner?

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Accountable for outcome. Content authority. Sets the product vision and roadmap. Manages the product backlog with the Scrum Team to create well-defined user stories. Empowered to accept user stories as done.

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What is the role of the Development Team?

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The team that is responsible for delivering sprint backlog stories. Consists of BAs (business analysts), designers, QA practitioners, testers, etc.

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What is the role of the Scrum Master?

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Facilitates the team’s daily work and Scrum process by removing obstacles and resolving impediments. Execution authority. Delivers sprint velocity and burndown charts.

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What are the attributes of a Product Owner?

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A leader with strong stakeholder support, expertise in product, and available to the team. Determines when products should be shipped.

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What are the attributes of a Development Team?

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Self-organizing / self-managing without externally assigned roles. Intensely collaborative – autonomy regarding how to reach commitments

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What are the attributes of a Scrum Master?

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A leader without management authority over the Scrum Team. Facilitates creativity and empowerment. Supports self-organizing and self-managing.

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Success criteria for a Product Owner include?

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Readily available to the Scrum Team for any questions or clarifications. Must respect the Sprint boundaries and allow the Scrum methodology to the work.

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Success criteria for The Development Team include?

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The team is most successful when co-located. Avoid moving team members around, most successful with long-term membership.

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Success criteria for The Scrum Master include?

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Shields Scrum Team from external interference and distractions and enforces time boxes. Maintains visibility of Scrum artifacts for a wider team.

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Who represents the interests of the business, but knows when to involve stakeholders and end-users in product backlog refinement and impediment resolution.

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The Product Owner

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Who provides the organization and team the Product Vision?

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The Product Owner

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Who has decision making authority for the product changes, and is empowered to make decisions and accept or reject user stories prior to sprint reviews.

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The Product Owner

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Who consistently anticipates changes to the product roadmap in alignment with any changes to market landscape and customer needs?

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The Product Owner

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Who supports and engages with the Agile team on a daily basis and participates in Agile ceremonies?

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The Product Owner

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Who prioritizes, refines, and manages the product backlog, especially during backlog refinement activity, based on overall strategy and business objectives?

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The Product Owner

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Product Owner Responsibilities are…

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  • Managing the Scrum Backlog
  • Release Management
  • Stakeholder Management
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Who is Responsible for enacting Scrum values and practices?

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Scrum Master

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Who shields the team from external interferences?

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Scrum Master

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Who addresses and Removes Impediments and escalates the impediments they can not resolve?

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Scrum Master

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Who is engaged with the Agile team on a daily basis and holds the team accountable to itself?

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Scrum Master

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Who enables close cooperation across all roles and functions?

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Scrum Master

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Scrum Master Responsibilities are…

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  • Serve the team and facilitate Ceremonies
  • Establish a Scrum-easy enviroment
  • Manage the Scrum Process
  • Uphold values of Agile and Scrum
  • Clear obstacles
  • Endorse positive relationships
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The cornerstone of Agile approaches as most are on an Agile team, all functionality is created by Agile teams, and resource management is performed at the team level.

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The Development Team

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People are not shared between teams. Teams here are like sports teams.

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The Development Team

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Composed of Developers (BA & SA), Testers, Designers, QA, etc., with a dotted line to the Product Owner and Scrum Master.

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The Development Team

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Meant to be persistent, working together as a cohesive team over a period of time.

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The Development Team

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Sustainability and team stability are key points in to watch among the “team health” metrics.

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The Development Team

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One or more Agile teams may need to coordinate to deliver the functionality desired by a Product Owner.

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The Development Team

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The Development Teams’ responsibilities are:

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  • Deliver value through the work
  • Attend Ceremonies

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