Scrum Overview

Introduction

Scrum is a set of team guidance practices, roles, events, artifacts, and rules that should be followed. It is based on three pillars:

• Transparency
• Inspection
• Adaptation

Pillars of Scrum

1. Transparency

• Everything should be visible to those responsible for the outcome.
• Customers can see what is being done.
• Feedback is welcomed from customers.

2. Inspection

• Timely checks on how well a project is progressing towards goals.
• Daily inspections include peer programming and stand-up meetings.
• Customer inspections occur at the end of each sprint.

3. Adaptation

• Adjust processes to minimize further issues.
• Willingness to change approaches if problems arise.
• Errors or ineffective processes should be identified and improved.

Scrum Roles

1. Product Owner

• Owns the product vision.
• Defines features and market release dates.
• Prioritizes product backlog based on market value.
• Can change features and priorities in every sprint.

2. Scrum Master

• Facilitates the process (not a manager).
• Ensures the team follows Scrum methodology.
• Protects the team from external interruptions.
• Enhances productivity and assists the product owner.
• Advocates and teaches Agile methodologies.

3. Development Team

• Small group with all necessary project skills.
• Steadily delivers high-quality features.
• Manages their own work within the sprint.
• Determines how work gets done.
• Scrum Master provides necessary resources for success.