Introduction to SCRUMBy Sriram Srinivasanwww.iamsriram.com

What is SCRUM

SCRUM Timeline

People

Artifacts

Process

What is SCRUM?

SCRUM is an agile methodology for developing software. The term is named for a formation in rugby, which is used to restart the game after an event that causes play to stop, such as an infringement.

SCRUM Timeline

1986 - Hirotaka Takeuchi and Ikujiro Nonaka described a new holistic approach for product development

1991 - DeGrace and Stahl, in “Wicked Problems, Righteous Solutions,” referred to this approach as Scrum, a rugby term mentioned in the ‘article by Takeuchi and Nonaka.

1995 - Sutherland and Schwaber jointly presented a paper describing Scrum at OOPSLA ’95 in Austin, TX, its first public appearance.

2001 - Schwaber teamed up with Mike Beedle to describe the method in the book “Agile Software Development with Scrum.”

Source – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scrum_%28development%29

People

Product Owner is responsible for managing the Product Backlog and represents stakeholders in the project.

Stakeholder is someonewith an interest in the outcome of the project.

Team - A group of people that is responsible for managing itself to develop software

SCRUM MASTER is responsible for making sure SCRUM is correctly implemented and the goal of using SCRUM is achieved.

Artifacts

Product Backlog - List of project requirements with estimates. This will change due to business andtechnology changes

Product Backlog Items areFunctional & Nonfunctionalrequirements and issues,which are prioritized inorder of importance

Sprint Backlog - A list of tasks that defines ateam’s work for a Sprint.

Sprint Backlog Task is one of the task team needs to execute to turn product backlog into working functionality

Process

Time box is a period of time in which a planned event or meeting occurs and cannot be exceeded.

Increment – Productfunctionality developedin various stages.Each iteration results in incremental development of functionality

Iteration is a cyclewithin a project.

Sprint Planning is a one-day meeting timeboxed to 8 hours that initiates every Sprint.

Sprint - A 30 calendar day time box, where teamdevelops product backlog items selected

into a shippable product.

Burn Down Chart work remaining across time in asprint, a release, or a product.

Done – Work completed and agreed by all stake holders and conforms to organization processes , conventions and guidelines

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Daily Scrum Meeting is a daily status meeting held for a short period of time where, team will discuss about the work completed and planned plus let scrum master know about any impediments that needs to be removed.

Sprint Review Meeting a short meeting where completed product is demonstrated to and reviewed by stakeholders

Sprint Retrospective Meeting is a short meeting scheduled by the scrum master where just concluded sprint will be reviewed and learning‘s noted to be implemented in the next sprint.

SCRUM helps in achieving

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