The Scrum Guide Flashcards
What are the 3 pillars of Scrum?
TIA
Transparency
Inspection
Adaptation
What does TIA reference?
Hint: Three Pillars of Scrum
TIA
Transparency
Inspection
Adaptation
Who were the creators of Scrum?
Hint: Both their last names begin with “S”.
Schwaber and Sutherland.
Ken Schwaber and Jeff Sutherland.
Of the 3 pillars of Scrum, which one pertains to making adjustments?
Adaptation
What are the four formal events of Scrum?
Sprint Planning
Daily Scrum
Sprint Review
Sprint Retrospective
What are the 5 Scrum VALUES that “make the Scrum Pillars come to life”?
Hint: C C F O R
Commitment Courage Focus Openness Respect
Who is accountable for the Product Backlog?
Product Owner
What are the three roles of the Scrum Team?
Product Owner
Scrum Master
Team Member (sometimes called a developer)
Can the Product Owner be a committee?
No. He or she can report to a committee but the Product Owner can be only one person.
What are the two main characteristics of a Development Team?
Hint: Self… and Cross…
A Development Team is self-organizing and cross functional.
Self-organizing because they decide how to turn Product Backlog into functional increments.
Cross-functional because they are self-contained. They have all the skills they need without depending upon others.
What’s the best size for a Development Team and why?
3 to 9 is recommended.
Less than 3 and you don’t have enough differing opinions or people or skills to do the work.
More than 9 is too difficult for communications and work.
If the Product Owner or Scrum Master do actual work on the team, they can be in your 3 - 9 count.
Do Product Owners or Scrum Masters actually work on the development.
They can or cannot, it depends.
If they do work on actual development, they are part of the 3 - 9 optimal count for a development team.
The Scrum Master has a very special function on a Scrum Team. What is that name or function?
Hint: s…… l…..
The Scrum Master is the servant-leader of their Scrum Team. It’s a very special role for following Scrum on the team and teach the outside organization how to respect his/her Scrum team and its methods.
What are the 4 formal events of a Sprint?
Hint: P D R R
Sprint Planning
Daily Scrum
Sprint Review
Sprint Retrospective
*Although not a formal event, development is ongoing during the Sprint.
What is the Scrum Guide’s recommended sprint length in weeks? What is the sprint length for your organization?
The Scrum Guide recommends a 4 week Sprint length.
Our organization has 2 week Sprints.
What is the “heart” of a Scrum sprint?
Hint: 4 and D
The heart of a Scrum sprint is a time box of 4 weeks and the accomplishment of a “Done” is created.
Our organization uses 2 weeks for a Sprint.
Can a Sprint be cancelled?
Yes, but it’s rare.
Rare because the Sprint lengths are usually 4 weeks or less. Also rare because Sprint cancellations are often traumatic to the Scrum Team.
Who has the authority to cancel a Sprint?
The Product Owner with advice from their Scrum Team.
As of March 2021, how many versions of the Scrum Guide have been written?
Seven
When was the 7th version of the Scrum Guide written?
November, 2020.
Who were Takeuchi and Nonaka?
They wrote a foundational article on “scrum” in the Harvard Business Review in 1986. They wrote “The New Product Development Game”.
It was the first time the word “scrum” (a Rugby term) was used to describe a method of work.
What are the 3 major Scrum artifacts?
Product backlog, sprint backlog, and the increment.
What are the 3 roles on a Scrum team?
1) Product Owner
2) Scrum Master
3) Developer
