Scrum Guide Flashcards
What is the definition of scrum?
Scrum is a lightweight framework that helps people, teams, and organizations generate value through adaptive solutions for complex problems.
Scrum requires 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.
- Repeat
True/false - scrum is simple
true
The scrum framework is purposefully __________, only defining the parts required to implement scrum theory.
incomplete
Scrum is built upon the ________ __________ of the people using it.
collective intelligence
Rather than provide people with detailed instructions, the rules of scrum guide their ___________ and __________.
relationships and interactions
Scrum _______ __________ existing practices or renders the unnecessary
wraps around
Scrum is founded on ________ and _____ _________
empiricism and lean thinking
Empiricism asserts that knowledge comes from ___________ and making decisions based on what is ____________.
experience and making decisions based on what is observed
Lean thinking reduces __________ and focuses on the ___________.
waste and focuses on the essentials
Scrum employs an iterative, incremental approach to optimize ____________ and to control ______.
optimize predictability and to control risk
What are the empirical pillars of Scrum?
transparency, inspection, and adaptation
What are the four formal events for inspection and adaptation within the sprint?
Sprint planning
Daily Scrum
Sprint Review
Sprint Retrospective
What does transparency mean?
The emergent process and work must be visible to those performing the work as well as those receiving the work.
Artifacts that have low transparency can lead to decisions that diminish _______ and _______ risk
value and increase risk.
Transparency enables…
inspection
Inspection without transparency is misleading and ___________.
wasteful
The scrum artifacts and the progress toward agreed goals must be inspected ________ and _________ to detect potentially undesirable variances or problems.
frequently and diligently
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. What is this describing?
The Adaptation empirical pillar.
________ becomes more difficult when the people involved are not empowered or self-managing.
Adaptation
A ______ ________ is expected to adapt the moment it learns anything new through inspection.
Scrum Team
Successful use of Scrum depends on people becoming more proficient in living five values:
Commitment
Focus
Openness
Respect
Courage
The Scrum Team commits to achieving its ______ and to supporting each ________
goals and to supporting each other.
The Scrum Team and its stakeholders are _____ about the work and the challenges.
open