The Rules of Scrum: All PBIs are related to a single product (or system)
Scrum Teams work on one product at a time. The Product Backlog represents all of the work that needs to be done on that single product. The complete list of Product Backlog Items represents the goal...
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All Scrum Team Members, including the ScrumMaster and Product Owner, should understand the high-level business aspects of the product that is being built. As well, that understanding should be solid...
View ArticleThe Rules of Scrum: I know my product well and can quickly describe its...
All Scrum Team Members, including the ScrumMaster and Product Owner, should understand the high-level technical aspects of the product that is being built. As well, that understanding should be solid...
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As a Team Member, it is my job to figure out how to solve a problem or request that is stated by a Product Backlog Item (PBI), with the help of my team. It is the responsibility of the Product Owner...
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Over the past six months we have been working hard on launching a new product: The Scrum Team Assessment. This tool delivers to you a valuable report full of practical advice on how your team can get...
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The Product Owner has the most recent and important information about the value and cost of the product being delivered. This information can greatly serve the team by allowing them to understand the...
View ArticleThe Rules of Scrum: Your Product Owner uses the Sprint Review to help the...
The Sprint Review is a key meeting for the team to improve the product. There are three main purposes of the Sprint Review: inspect how the last Sprint went with regards to the product; identify the...
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The Product Owner’s job is to be the customer or the customer proxy. He needs to know the most current information about the product and the business that the team is working in. If this is the case,...
View ArticleThe Rules of Scrum: Your Product Owner can veto the inclusion of an idea on...
The Product Owner is responsible for ensuring that the Product Backlog Items reflect and contribute to the vision of the product being built by the Scrum Team. Therefore, the Product Owner needs the...
View ArticleThe Rules of Scrum: Your Product Owner refines the Product Backlog so it is...
The Product Owner is responsible for maintaining the Product Backlog. This includes its ordering in terms of value and effort, its clarity, and identification of what acceptance criteria apply to each...
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The Product Owner controls the order of the items in the Product Backlog, but not how many are done each Sprint. Instead, the team decides how many to do. This decision is made in Sprint Planning and,...
View ArticleThe Rules of Scrum: Your Product Owner never interrupts the team mid-Sprint...
The Product Owner is involved with the other Team Members throughout the Sprint, but after the Sprint Planning meeting is completed, the Product Owner cannot add to the scope of the work being done...
View ArticleThe Rules of Scrum: Your Product Owner puts known defects at the top of the...
The Product Owner has complete authority over the ordering of the Product Backlog. However, it is strongly recommended that the Product Owner put all known defects at the top of the Product Backlog so...
View ArticleThe Rules of Scrum: Your Product Owner creates and maintains the team’s...
The Product burndown chart tracks the amount of work remaining in the Product Backlog Sprint-by-Sprint. This burndown chart is updated every Sprint and is visible to the Scrum Team and its...
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The Real Agility Program – Execution and Delivery Teams
In a recent post, Mishkin outlined the Leadership Team component of the Real Agility Program. While the Leadership Team track focuses on developing leadership capacity for sustained transformation,...
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Scaled Agile Framework: I Learned about Weighted Shorted Job First (WSJF)
Learn more about our Scrum and Agile training sessions on WorldMindware.comAmong the great things I learned last week in London UK at the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) Program Consultant training is...
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Best Agile Advice Articles – Ten Year Anniversary!
Learn more about our Scrum and Agile training sessions on WorldMindware.comAgile Advice was started in 2005. In ten years, we have published over 850 articles (an average of just about 2 per week!)....
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