This article is a summary of a coaching talk given by Simon Reindel. My aim is to summarise, in a few brief points, how a scrum master can implement some techniques towards coaching the scrum team. As Scrum masters we…
This is a quick and dirty Scrum Fundamentals Entry. Scrum depends on the empirical process of inspection, transparency and adaptation. The basic roles that exist in scrum are listed below and briefly described. Based on the webcast present by scrum.org a…
Guidelines User Stories should adhere to the following guidelines. Independent Dependencies between stories lead to prioritisation and planning problems. Split one story into many or combine more stories into one. Higher priority stories should never have lower priority dependencies. Negotiable…
The Scrum Guide defines Scrum Sprint Review Meetings: A Sprint Review is held at the end of the Sprint to inspect the Increment and adapt the Product Backlog if needed. During the Sprint Review, the Scrum Team and stakeholders collaborate about…
I have observed a tendency in Scrum teams to easily get confused between the role of Acceptance criteria and the Definition of Done. Although theory easily differentiates between the two I try to clarify the difference between the two in…