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Scrum Methodology: Roles, Events & Artifacts

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The scrum methodology was developed as a response to rigid project management approaches such as the waterfall method, which didn’t adapt to the needs of agile product and software development teams. Scrum is a framework that consists of values, roles , events and artifacts. Scrum Events. Sprint Review.

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Development Team Anti-Patterns

Scrum.org

TL; DR: Development Team Anti-Patterns. After covering the Scrum Master and the Product Owner, this article addresses Development Team anti-patterns, covering all Scrum Events as well as the Product Backlog artifact. The Role of the Development Team in Scrum. Source : Scrum Guide 2017. .

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The Forgotten Scrum Event

Scrum.org

What are the 5 events in Scrum? Chances are that you said something like “Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint Review, Sprint Retrospective, and…. The Sprint is the most commonly overlooked event in Scrum. In fact, many people don’t even realize that it is an event in Scrum. Can you name them?

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Scrum Master Engagement Patterns: The Development Team

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The first article of this series will address the Scrum Master engagement with the Development Team. Scrum Master Engagement with the Development Team. Following this layout, there are three main scenarios for the Scrum Master’s support of the team: The Co-located, Stable Scrum Team Scenario.

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Refinement Revised

Scrum.org

Product Backlog Refinement is all about a shared understanding between Product Owner and the Development team. During the Sprint the Dev Team has full focus on the Sprint Goal. In Sprint Planning the Dev Team just sits blank at first. We do too little refinement as a team. Who has to be there?

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Sprint Goal Template

Scrum.org

When I started out in a Scrum Team we never really had a Sprint Goal, our focus tended to be looking at the items in the backlog then saying "Get that done and that one, if not all of them!" . One purpose of the Sprint Goal is to provide focus to the Development Team during the Sprint. Not a great place to be in!

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15 Sprint Review Anti-Patterns

Scrum.org

TL; DR: 15 Sprint Review Anti-Patterns. Answering this question in a collaborative effort of the Scrum Team as well as internal (and external) stakeholders is the purpose of the Sprint Review. Given its importance, it is worthwhile to tackle the most common Sprint Review anti-patterns. Are we still on the right track?