Scrum Team in a Nutshell

The Scrum team consists of 3 accountabilities, Developers, Product Owner, and Scrum Master. Developers are accountable for building and delivering a quality working Product Increment at the end of each Sprint. They are a small group, typically 3 to 9 members that are cross-functional and self-organizing. Developers are cross-functional to remove bottlenecks and dependencies. Developers on…

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Scrum Accountabilities, Artifacts, and Events in a Nutshell

In Scrum, there are 3 accountabilities, 3 artifacts, and 5 events. The 3 accountabilities in Scrum are: Product Owner, accountable for the delivery of a valuable product. Developers, accountable for building and delivering a working quality product. Scrum Master, accountable for the effectiveness of the Scrum team and organization in building and delivering a valuable, quality,…

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Agile Online Summit 2022

On November 2, 2022, Fadi Stephan presented at the Agile Online Summit on 6 Tips for Effective Product Backlog Refinement. Below are some of the resources mentioned in the talk: 6 Tips For Effective Product Backlog Refinement 13 Patterns For Splitting User Stories The Product Backlog Refinement Canvas

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Scrum Foundations Class Assessment

Scrum foundations are part of the Certified ScrumMaster (CSM), Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO), and Certified Scrum Developer (CSD) classes. To ensure we have a solid understanding of Scrum foundations, please take the class assessment below. If you did not do already read the Scrum Guide (15 pages), please go ahead and do that now, then…

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2022 Global Scrum Gathering in Lisbon

On October 17-19, 2022, Fadi Stephan presented at the Global Scrum Gathering in Lisbon on Coaching Your Team to Technical Excellence and on 6 Tips for Effective Product Backlog Refinement. Below are some of the resources mentioned in the talk: Coaching Your Team To Technical Excellence 8 Steps to Technical Excellence The Definition of Done Canvas…

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AgileDC 2022

On October 3, 2022, Fadi Stephan was at AgileDC and presented 6 Tips for Effective Product Backlog Refinement. Below are some of the resources mentioned in the talk: 6 Tips For Effective Product Backlog Refinement 13 Patterns For Splitting User Stories The Product Backlog Refinement Canvas

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10/17/2022 – The Global Scrum Gathering

Scrum Alliance has proudly hosted our signature Global Scrum Gatherings since 2004, turning them into the not-to-be-missed event. In Lisbon, you'll join presentations and interactive sessions led by experts in the field who inspire with stories of success, current implementation best practices, and creative applications of agile and the scrum framework. You'll meet agile-minded people from…

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Top Tips For Product Backlog Refinement

At the 2022 & 2024 Global Scrum Gathering in Denver and Ghent, I presented on 6 Tips for Product Backlog Refinement. Below is the abstract of the talk, along with the presentation slides and a blog post related to the presentation. Abstract: Are your Sprint planning meetings taking longer and longer each Sprint? Are some of…

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The Agile Dashboard

At the 2022 Global Scrum Gathering in Denver, I presented on Agile Metrics. Below is the abstract of the talk, along with the presentation slides. Abstract: There are more to Agile metrics than velocity and burn-down charts. However, most Agile teams just focus on velocity and target story points which leads to managers misusing the metric…

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2022 Global Scrum Gathering In Denver

On June 6-8, Fadi Stephan attended the Global Scrum Gathering in Denver and presented 6 Tips for Effective Product Backlog Refinement as well as The Agile Dashboard. Below are some of the resources mentioned in the talks: 6 Tips For Effective Product Backlog Refinement 13 Patterns For Splitting User Stories The Product Backlog Refinement Canvas The…

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Interpreting Cumulative Flow Diagrams

For our May event, Mark Grove presented on Interpreting Cumulative Flow Diagrams. Abstract The Cumulative Flow Diagram (CFD). Perhaps you’ve heard of it. Maybe you’ve been told it can help you better understand the flow of work, identify bottlenecks, and get a sense how long work items will take to complete. It sounds intriguing, but…how exactly…

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5/24/2022 – mtpcon San Francisco

The conference for product people is back! Join us on May 24 and 25 for two days of product inspiration at #mtpcon SF+Americas – as always, you’ll hear insights with some of the biggest names in product and get the chance to network with over 1000 of your peers – but this time, it's hybrid! Find…

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Team Member Practices Scrum Foundations Assessment

Congrats on completing your Team Member Practices CSD class! It is now time to take the assessment below: Read the Scrum Guide (15 pages) . Review what we covered in class by reading and/or watching the Scrum in A Nutshell Series that recaps Scrum basics. Achieve 70% or higher on the assessment below. Scrum Foundations assessment:

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Agile Engineering Scrum Foundations Assessment

Congrats on completing your Agile Engineering CSD or ACSD class. Well done! Since most of the time spent in class was on the Agile Engineering Practices, the Scrum Foundations was part of the pre-class work. Please complete the following assessment. If you did not do the pre-class prep, please go ahead and do that now: Read…

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Protected: Class Notes

You can download the class workbook here and the class notes here.

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