Scrum definition Flashcards
What is Scrum?
Scrum is a lightweight framework that helps people, teams and organizations generate value through adaptive solutions for complex problems.
Scrum in a nutshell
A Scrum Master to foster an environment where:
A Product Owner orders the work for a complex problem into a Product Backlog.
The Scrum Team turns a selection of the work into an Increment of value during a Sprint.
The Scrum Team and its stakeholders inspect the results and adjust for the next Sprint.
Scrum is founded in
Empiricism and lean thinking
Empiricism definition
Empiricism asserts that knowledge comes from experience and making decisions based on what is observed
Lean thinking definition
Lean thinking reduces waste and focuses on the essentials
Empirical Scrum pillars
Transparency
Inspection
Adaption
Transparency
The process and work must be visible to those performing the work as well as those receiving the work.
Transparency enables inspection.
Inspection and scrum
Scrum artifacts and the progress toward agreed goals must be inspected frequently to detect problems and opportunities to improve
Scrum provides inspection in the form of its five events.
Inspection enables adaptation.
Adaptation
If any aspects of a process deviate outside acceptable limits or if the resulting product is unacceptable, the process being applied or the materials being produced must be adjusted.
A Scrum Team is expected to adapt the moment it learns anything new through inspection.
Scrum Values
Commitment Focus Openness Respect Courage
Scrum Team composition
one Scrum Master
one Product Owner
Developers
Meaning of cross-functional teams
The members have all the skills necessary to create value each Sprint
Meaning of self-managing teams
they internally decide who does what, when, and how.
Scrum team size
Typically 10 or fewer
