Initiating a project team to Scrum
As a Scrum Master how do you initiate a project team to Scrum ?
One of the best ways to introduce a team to Scrum practices and events is to coach the...
Planning Poker / Burndown Chart / Burnup Chart
Why is Planning Poker considered effective ?
Planning Poker is considered effective in part because it’s collaborative. The whole team estimates effort for a User story or a backlog item and each...
Planning Poker / Task Boards
What is a Task Board ?
Task Board is a visual tool to represent work and its path towards completion. Task boards usually represent tasks that are in progress, upcoming tasks that...
User Stories / Story Point / T Shirt sizes / Story Maps
What are the common approaches to sizing User Stories ?
The common approaches to sizing User Stories include using – Story Points and T-shirt sizes.
What is a Story Point ?
Story Point is...
Epics & Epic example
What are Epics ?
Epics are large User Stories or multiple user stories that are very closely related. Another way to look at Epics is – a User Story that is too...
I N V E S T Criteria of User Stories
What are the guidelines for writing up a good User story ?
The guidelines for writing up a good User story can be summed up with the acronym INVEST –
I – Independent...
Generally Accepted Scrum Practices (GASPs) in Scrum
What are Generally Accepted Scrum Practices (GASPs) ?
Generally Accepted Scrum Practices are activities performed by many Scrum teams. These are practices that are generally accepted as a good idea.
Some examples of...
Transparency, Inspection and Adaptation in Scrum
What are the three pillars of Scrum ?
The three pillars of Scrum are the cycle of – Transparency, Inspection and Adaptation.
How does the three pillars of Scrum play itself out during...
Sprint Planning Session and all other Scrum Ceremonies
What is a Sprint Planning session ?
A Sprint Planning session is a meeting with the whole team including the Scrum Master and the Product Owner. The Planning session is divided into...
Principles, Artifacts and Focus of Scrum
What does Scrum focus on ?
The focus of Scrum is on Iterative and Incremental development ie. Scrum focuses on delivering small increments of product or solution in short iterations to allows...
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