In Scrum, the Sprint starts with Sprint Planning where the Scrum team plans out their work for the Sprint and creates a Sprint Backlog. The Sprint Backlog is the team’s plan to accomplish the work. Sprint planning is timeboxed to 2 hours per week of Sprint, so for a 2-week Sprint it is one event for…
The Product Backlog is an ordered list of hypotheses, requirements, features, enhancements, or Product Backlog Items that help the team accomplish the Product Goal. Product Backlog Attributes The Product Backlog is the team’s single source of work. Meaning, anything the Developers are working on should be coming from the Product Backlog. There are no side requests.…
The Scrum team consists of 3 accountabilities, Developers, Product Owner, and Scrum Master. Developers 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. Cross-functional Developers are cross-functional to remove bottlenecks and dependencies.…
In Scrum, there are 3 accountabilities, 3 artifacts, 3 commitments, and 5 events. Scrum Accountabilities 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…
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
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…
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
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…
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…
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…
At the Product Ownership - Beyond The Class Room event hosted by the Scrum Alliance, Fadi Stephan presented on 6 Steps 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
The Definition of Done often gets confused with the Acceptance Criteria. Acceptance Criteria Acceptance Criteria is specific to a user story and it will differ from one user story to the next as it’s tied to a particular functionality or feature. The acceptance criteria further clarifies the feature by proving context and intent. It helps manage…
One of the most common questions I get asked in my Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) training class is "How do I get my first job as a Scrum Master?" So let's look at 3 steps you can take to help you land your first Scrum Master job. It's important to note that a Scrum Master training certification…
Today is February 2021 and we are celebrating 20 years since the writing of the Agile Manifesto. Here’s a behind-the-scenes look at what happened back in Snowbird 2001 when 17 software development thought leaders authored the Manifesto for Agile Software Development more commonly referred to as the Agile Manifesto. 1990s – Before the Agile Manifesto Let’s…
Happy Birthday Scrum! Scrum celebrates 25 years with an updated 2020 Scrum Guide. Scrum was first introduced in a paper at the 95 OOPSLA Business Object Design and Implementation Workshop by Ken Schwaber and Jeff Sutherland. In 2010 Ken and Jeff published the 1st Scrum guide and since then they have updated it every couple of…