Value of Events

Question 1

What are the 5 Scrum Events?

Answer 1

Sprint Planning
Sprint
Daily Stand-Up
Sprint Review
Retrospective

Question 2

What is the value of sprint planning?

Answer 2

Allows team to start new sprint w/ shared understanding and approach to work

Work is effectively laid out and can be delivered faster

Reducing wasted time

Reducing bottlenecks if something isn’t ready or if plan doesn’t match capacity

Question 3

What is the value of the sprint?

Answer 3

Work is done in

Question 4

What is the value of the daily stand-up?

Answer 4

-Ensures that critical knowledge doesn’t fall through the cracks (work in testing, releases, updates that may affect other areas/ people)
-Short, focused, energetic meeting builds team cohesion
-Reliably shorter than sit-down meetings: more time for hands on keyboards/ producing

Question 5

What is the value of the sprint review?

Answer 5

Continuous improvement through feedback

Inspecting work with Stakeholders informs next steps to make sure that the work is on track

Question 6

What is the value of the retrospective?

Answer 6

Reflection on the sprint allows team to build an action plan for growing/ improving in the next Sprint

Team is able to have a safe place to have honest and courageous conversations

A place for teambuilding, which increases team’s capacity for trust

Place to build resiliency and celebrate work done