Scrum Guide Quizlet

3 Qualities of Scrum

- Lightweight - Simple to understand - Difficult to master

What has Scrum been used to develop?

- software - hardware - embedded software - networks of interacting function - autonomous vehicles - schools, government - marketing - managing the operation of organizations - almost everything we use in our daily lives, as individuals and societies

Examples of Transparency

1. A common language referring to the process must be shared by all participants; and, 2. Those performing the work and those inspecting the resulting increment must share a common definition of "Done".

Product Backlog Management includes: (5 actions)

1. Clearly expressing Product Backlog items 2.Ordering the items in the Product Backlog to best achieve goals and missions 3.Optimizing the value of the work the Development Team performs 4. Ensuring that the Product Backlog is visible, transparent, and clear to all, and shows what the Scrum Team will work on next 5.Ensuring the Development Team understands items in the Product Backlog to the level needed

5 Ways the Scrum Master serves the Development Team

1. Coaching the Development Team in self-organization and cross-functionality 2. Helping the Development Team to create high-value products 3. Removing impediments to the Development Team's progress 4. Facilitating Scrum events as requested or needed 5. Coaching the Development Team in organizational environments in which Scrum is not yet fully adopted and understood

7 Ways the Scrum Master serves the Product Owner:

1. Ensuring that goals, scope, and product domain are understood by everyone on the Scrum Team as well as possible 2. Finding techniques for effective Product Backlog management 3. Helping the Scrum Team understand the need for clear and concise Product Backlog items 4. Understanding product planning in an empirical environment 5. Ensuring the Product Owner knows how to arrange the Product Backlog to maximize value 6. Understanding and practicing agility 7. Facilitating Scrum events as requested or needed

Issues of a large development team

1. Having more than nine members requires too much coordination. 2. Large Development Teams generate too much complexity for an empirical process to be useful.

5 Ways the Scrum Master serves the Organization

1. Leading and coaching the organization in its Scrum adoption 2. Planning Scrum implementations within the organization 3. Helping employees and stakeholders understand and enact Scrum and empirical product development 4. Causing change that increases the productivity of the Scrum Team 5. Working with other Scrum Masters to increase the effectiveness of the application of Scrum in the organization

3 Things that occur during a Sprint?

1. No changes are made that would endanger the Sprint Goal 2. Quality goals do not decrease 3. Scope may be clarified and re-negotiated between the Product Owner and Development Team as more is learned

The 5 Uses of Scrum

1. Research and identify viable markets, technologies, and product capabilities; 2. Develop products and enhancements; 3. Release products and enhancements, as frequently as many times per day; 4. Develop and sustain Cloud (online, secure, on-demand) and other operational environments for product use; and, 5. Sustain and renew products.

What are the four formal events for inspection and adaptation of Scrum?

1. Sprint Planning 2. Daily Scrum 3. Sprint Review 4. Sprint Retrospective

What are the 6 factors Scrum is dependent on to be successful?

1. Successful use of Scrum depends on people becoming more proficient in living these five values. 2. People personally commit to achieving the goals of the Scrum Team. 3. The Scrum Team members have courage to do the right thing and work on tough problems. 4. Everyone focuses on the work of the Sprint and the goals of the Scrum Team. 5. The Scrum Team and its stakeholders agree to be open about all the work and the challenges with performing the work. 6. Scrum Team members respect each other to be capable, independent people.

What are three ways the Scrum Master helps the Scrum Team?

1. The Scrum Master is a servant-leader for the Scrum Team. 2. The Scrum Master helps those outside the Scrum Team understand which of their interactions with the Scrum Team are helpful and which aren't. 3. The Scrum Master helps everyone change these interactions to maximize the value created by the Scrum Team.

What are the 5 characteristics of a Development Team?

1. They are self-organizing. No one (not even the Scrum Master) tells the Development Team how to turn Product Backlog into Increments of potentially releasable functionality 2. Development Teams are cross-functional, with all the skills as a team necessary to create a product Increment 3. Scrum recognizes no titles for Development Team members, regardless of the work being performed by the person 4. Scrum recognizes no sub-teams in the Development Team, regardless of domains that need to be addressed like testing, architecture, operations, or business analysis 5. Individual Development Team members may have specialized skills and areas of focus, but accountability belongs to the Development Team as a whole.

3 Pillars of Empirical Process Control (Scrum Theory)

1. Transparency 2. Inspection 3. Adaptation

What two questions are answered in a Sprint Planning?

1. What can be delivered in the Increment resulting from the upcoming Sprint? 2. How will the work needed to deliver the Increment be achieved?

The 5 Scrum Values

1. commitment 2. courage 3. focus 4. openness 5. respect

What is required at the Sprint Review?

A "Done" increment is required at the Sprint Review.

What is a Sprint?

A Sprint is a time-box of one month or less during which a "Done", useable, and potentially releasable product Increment is created

What are the two times a Sprint would be canceled?

A Sprint would be cancelled if: 1. the Sprint Goal becomes obsolete. This might occur if the company changes direction or if market or technology conditions change. 2. In general, a Sprint should be cancelled if it no longer makes sense given the circumstances.

What is a Sprint?

A container for all of the events

Scrum

A framework within which people can address complex adaptive problems, while productively and creatively delivering products of the highest possible value.

When does the new Sprint start?

A new Sprint starts immediately after the conclusion of the previous Sprint

What is the heart of Scrum?

A sprint

When should an adjustment be made to minimize further deviation?

An adjustment must be made as soon as possible to minimize further deviation.

What competencies do cross-functional teams have?

Cross-functional teams have all competencies needed to accomplish the work without depending on others not part of the team.

Who structures and empowers the Development Teams to do?

Development Teams are structured and empowered by the organization to organize and manage their own work. The resulting synergy optimizes the Development Team's overall efficiency and effectiveness.

When is a Sprint Goal made?

During Sprint Planning the Scrum Team also crafts a Sprint Goal.

What's the longest a Sprint can run?

Each Sprint may be considered a project with no more than a one-month horizon.

Each event is an opportunity for what?

Each event in Scrum is a formal opportunity to inspect and adapt something

What is empiricism?

Empiricism asserts that knowledge comes from experience and making decisions based on what is known.

2 Failures from not including an event:

Failure to include any of these events results in: 1. reduced transparency 2. is a lost opportunity to inspect and adapt

True or False: a sprint cannot be canceled before the Sprint time-box is over.

False. A Sprint can be cancelled before the Sprint time-box is over.

True or False: Sprints do not have a consistent duration

False. Sprints have consistent durations throughout a development effort

True or False: once a Sprint begins, the time can be shortened or lengthened.

False. Once a Sprint begins, its duration is fixed and cannot be shortened or lengthened.

True or False: the work planned for sprint planning is all the same size or amount of work each time.

False. Work may be of varying size, or estimated effort. However, enough work is planned during Sprint Planning for the Development Team to forecast what it believes it can do in the upcoming Sprint.

True or False: Are the Scrum Master and Product Owner included in the development team count?

False. The Product Owner and Scrum Master roles are not included in this count unless they are also executing the work of the Sprint Backlog.

Issues of a small development team

Fewer than three Development Team members 1. decrease interaction 2. results in smaller productivity gains 3. Smaller Development Teams may encounter skill constraints during the Sprint, causing the Development Team to be unable to deliver a potentially releasable Increment.

What does the Product Owner need in order to succeed?

For the Product Owner to succeed, the entire organization must respect his or her decisions.

How will the chosen work get done: What two actions help the Development Team build this functionality into a "Done" product increment?

Having set the Sprint Goal and selected the Product Backlog items for the Sprint, the Development Team decides how it will build this functionality into a "Done" product Increment during the Sprint.

When does the process have to be adapted/adjusted?

If an inspector determines that one or more aspects of a process deviate outside acceptable limits, and that the resulting product will be unacceptable, the process or the material being processed must be adjusted.

Adaptation

If an inspector determines that one or more aspects of a process deviate outside acceptable limits, and that the resulting product will be unacceptable, the process or the material being processed must be adjusted. An adjustment must be made as soon as possible to minimize further deviation.

When was Scrum founded?

In the early 1990's

What does a delivery of a "Done" product ensure?

Incremental deliveries of "Done" product ensure a potentially useful version of working product is always available.

When is Inspection most beneficial?

Inspections are most beneficial when diligently performed by skilled inspectors at the point of work.

What was Scrum initially developed for?

Managing and Developing Projects

Can the Product Owner force the Development Team to work from a different set of requirements other than the Product Backlog?

No. No one can force the Development Team to work from a different set of requirements.

Is the Product Owner one person or a committee?

One person

Who creates the Increment?

Only members of the Development Team create the Increment.

Who has the authority to cancel a Sprint?

Only the Product Owner. Although he or she may do so under influence from the stakeholders, the Development Team, or the Scrum Master.

What's the size of a development team?

Optimal Development Team size is small enough to remain nimble and large enough to complete significant work within a Sprint.

Why are Scrum Events used in Scrum?

Prescribed events are used in Scrum to create regularity and to minimize the need for meetings not defined in Scrum.

What does the Scrum Master do?

Scrum Masters do this by helping everyone understand Scrum theory, practices, rules, and values.

What are the 2 characteristics of a Scrum Team?

Scrum Teams are self-organizing and cross-functional.

How does the Scrum Team deliver products? (characteristics)

Scrum Teams deliver products iteratively and incrementally, maximizing opportunities for feedback.

What approach does Scrum employ?

Scrum employs an iterative, incremental approach to optimize predictability and control risk.

Inspection

Scrum users must frequently inspect Scrum artifacts and progress toward a Sprint Goal to detect undesirable variances.

What do self-organizing teams choose?

Self-organizing teams choose how best to accomplish their work, rather than being directed by others outside the team.

Transparency

Significant aspects of the process must be visible to those responsible for the outcome. Transparency requires those aspects be defined by a common standard so observers share a common understanding of what is being seen.

What length is Sprint Planning time-boxed?

Sprint Planning is time-boxed to a maximum of eight hours for a one-month Sprint. For shorter Sprints, the event is usually shorter.

What are the downsides to Sprint cancellations?

Sprint cancellations consume resources, since everyone regroups in another Sprint Planning to start another Sprint. Sprint cancellations are often traumatic to the Scrum Team, and are very uncommon.

What are Sprints used to do and what are the 3 goals?

Sprints are used to accomplish something Each Sprint has a goal of: 1. what is to be built 2. a design and flexible plan that will guide building it 3. the work, and the resultant product increment

What does a Sprint consist of?

Sprints contain and consist of: 1. the Sprint Planning 2. Daily Scrums 3. the development work 4. the Sprint Review 5. the Sprint Retrospective

What do Sprints enable and limit?

Sprints enable predictability by ensuring inspection and adaptation of progress toward a Sprint Goal at least every calendar month. Sprints also limit risk to one calendar month of cost.

Who does a Development Team consist of and what do they do?

The Development Team consists of professionals who do the work of delivering a potentially releasable Increment of "Done" product at the end of each Sprint.

What does the Development Team do to undertake work in the Sprint Backlog? When do they do it?

The Development Team self-organizes to undertake the work in the Sprint Backlog, both during Sprint Planning and as needed throughout the Sprint.

How will the chosen work get done: what does the Development Team start by doing?

The Development Team usually starts by designing the system and the work needed to convert the Product Backlog into a working product Increment.

What can be delivered in the next Sprint: what's the development team's role?

The Development Team works to forecast the functionality that will be developed during the Sprint.

How will the chosen work get done: What makes up a Sprint Backlog?

The Product Backlog items selected for this Sprint plus the plan for delivering them is called the Sprint Backlog.

Who can clarify the Product Backlog and delegate work? Who can renegotiate the Product Backlog with the Product Owner? Can the Development Team invite others to provide advice?

The Product Owner can help to clarify the selected Product Backlog items and make trade-offs. If the Development Team determines it has too much or too little work, it may renegotiate the selected Product Backlog items with the Product Owner. The Development Team may also invite other people to attend to provide technical or domain advice.

What can be delivered in the next Sprint: what's the Product Owner's role?

The Product Owner discusses the objective that the Sprint should achieve and the Product Backlog items that, if completed in the Sprint, would achieve the Sprint Goal.

The Product Owner Definition

The Product Owner is responsible for maximizing the value of the product resulting from work of the Development Team. How this is done may vary widely across organizations, Scrum Teams, and individuals.

What does the Scrum Master do during Sprint Planning?

The Scrum Master ensures that the event takes place and that attendants understand its purpose. The Scrum Master teaches the Scrum Team to keep it within the time-box.

What is the Scrum Master responsible for?

The Scrum Master is responsible for promoting and supporting Scrum as defined in the Scrum Guide.

Who does the Scrum Team consist of?

The Scrum Team consists of 1. a Product Owner 2. the Development Team 3. a Scrum Master

What kind of work has the Scrum Team proven increasingly effective?

The Scrum Team has proven itself to be increasingly effective for all the earlier stated uses, and any complex work.

What is a Sprint Goal?

The Sprint Goal is an objective that will be met within the Sprint through the implementation of the Product Backlog, and it provides guidance to the Development Team on why it is building the Increment.

What can be delivered in the next Sprint: what does the Scrum Team do?

The entire Scrum Team collaborates on understanding the work of the Sprint.

What is the input to the Sprint Planning and what does it indicate about the Development Team?

The input to this meeting is the Product Backlog, the latest product Increment, projected capacity of the Development Team during the Sprint, and past performance of the Development Team.

Who selects the number of items for the Product Backlog and who is the only people to access it?

The number of items selected from the Product Backlog for the Sprint is solely up to the Development Team. Only the Development Team can assess what it can accomplish over the upcoming Sprint.

When may the remaining events end?

The remaining events may end whenever the purpose of the event is achieved, ensuring an appropriate amount of time is spent without allowing waste in the process.

What are the three characteristics the team model in Scrum is designed to optimize?

The team model in Scrum is designed to optimize 1. flexibility 2. creativity 3. productivity

What work is done at the Sprint Planning?

The work to be performed in the Sprint is planned at the Sprint Planning.

How frequent should Inspection be?

Their inspection should not be so frequent that inspection gets in the way of the work.

What are events enabled to do?

These events are specifically designed to enable critical transparency and inspection.

Who is involved with Sprint Planning?

This plan is created by the collaborative work of the entire Scrum Team.

Who must people address if they wan to change the Product Backlog?

Those wanting to change a Product Backlog item's priority must address the Product Owner.

True or False: The Product Owner is the sole person responsible for managing the Product Backlog.

True

True or False: is Scrum used worldwide?

True

True or False: all events are time-boxed

True. All events are time-boxed events, such that every event has a maximum duration.

True or False: It is rare for a Sprint to be canceled.

True. Due to the short duration of Sprints, cancellation rarely makes sense.

True or False: the Development Team has an understanding of the work planned for the first days of the Sprint and they are broken down into reasonable units.

True. Work planned for the first days of the Sprint by the Development Team is decomposed by the end of this meeting, often to units of one day or less.

What happens when a Sprint is canceled?

When a Sprint is cancelled: 1. any completed and "Done" Product Backlog items are reviewed 2. If part of the work is potentially releasable, the Product Owner typically accepts it 3. All incomplete Product Backlog Items are re-estimated and put back on the Product Backlog 4. The work done on them depreciates quickly and must be frequently re-estimated

What 3 things happen when a Sprint is longer than a month?

When a Sprint's horizon is too long: 1. the definition of what is being built may change 2. complexity may rise 3. risk may increase

What happens when The 5 Scrum Values are embodied by Scrum users?

When the values are embodied and lived by the Scrum Team, the Scrum pillars of transparency, inspection, and adaptation come to life and build trust for everyone. The Scrum Team members learn and explore those values as they work with the Scrum events, roles and artifacts.

Can the Product Owner delegate tasks from the backlog to the Development Team?

Yes. The Product Owner may do the Product Backlog work, or have the Development Team do it. However, the Product Owner remains accountable.

Can the Product Owner represent the desire of the committee in the Product Backlog?

Yes. The Product Owner may represent the desires of a committee in the Product Backlog.

Are the The Product Owner's decisions visible in the content and ordering of the Product Backlog?

Yes. The Product Owner's decisions are visible in the content and ordering of the Product Backlog.

What theory is Scrum based off of?

empirical process control theory, or empiricism