Scrum (n): a lightweight framework that helps Empirical Scrum pillars Scrum Values

people, teams and organizations generate value Transparency, Inspection, Adaptation Courage, Focus, Openness, Respect, Commitment
through adaptive solutions for complex problems.
Scrum employs iterative, incremental approach Scrum is simple. The Scrum Framework is
Scrum is founded on empiricism and lean thinking purposefully incomplete.
to optimize predictability and to control risk.

Artifact transparency is crucial in Scrum. Each artifact The Scrum team consists of one Product Owner, one Scrum The Sprint is a container for all other events where ideas
contains a commitment to ensure it provides information Master, and Developers. Typically 10 or fewer people. are turned into value. Sprints are fixed length of one month
that enhances transparency and focus to measure or less to create consistency. A new sprint starts after
progress. The Product Owner is accountable for maximizing value conclusion of the previous sprint.
of the product resulting from the work of the scrum
Artifact: The Product Backlog team. Work to be performed during the sprint is planned in Sprint
Emergent, ordered list of what is needed to improve Also accountable for effective product backlog planning.
the product. management. Topic 1: Why is this Sprint valuable? – Define Sprint
The single source of work undertaken by the Scrum Product Owner is one person not a committee. Goal
Team Develops and explicitly communicates the Product Goal Topic 2: What can be done this sprint? : Select Product
Commitment: The Product Goal Backlog Items
Describes a future state of the product that serves as Topic 3: How will chosen work get done? : The
a target for the Scrum team to plan against. The Developers are committed to creating any aspect of Developers decompose into smaller work items of one
Long-term objective that they must fulfill (or a useable increment each sprint. day or less. No one tells them how to decompose.
abandon) before taking on the next. Create a plan for the Sprint, the Sprint Backlog Time-boxed to max of 8 hours for a one month Sprint.
Instill quality by adhering to a Definition of Done Scaled down proportionately for shorter sprint lengths.
Artifact: The Sprint Backlog Adapt their plan each day toward the sprint goal
Composed of the Sprint Goal (why), the set of Product Hold each other accountable as professionals The Daily Scrum is 15 m event each working day for the
Backlog Items selected for the Sprint (what), as well Developers to focus on progress toward the Sprint Goal
The Scrum Master is true leader who serves the Scrum and produce actionable plan.
as actionable plan for delivering the Increment (How)
team and the larger organization.
Planned by and for the Developers. Is highly visible,
Causes removal of impediments to the Scrum team’s The purpose of the Sprint review is to inspect the
real-time picture of the work during the sprint.
progress outcome of the Sprint and determine future
Commitment: The Sprint Goal
Coaches the Development in self-organization, and cross- adaptations.
Single objective for the Sprint that creates coherence
functionality. This is a working session where the Scrum team and
and focus, encourages the Scrum Team to work
Helps establish empirical product planning for a complex stakeholders collaborate, not a presentation.
together.
environment. Time-boxed to max of 4 hours for a one month Sprint.
Provides flexibility in terms of exact work needed to
achieve it. Leads and coaches the organization in its adoption of
The purpose of the Sprint Retrospective is to plan
Scrum.
ways to increase quality and effectiveness.
Artifact: Increment
Scaling Recommendations The Scrum team discusses what went well during the
A concrete stepping stone towards the Product Goal.
If Scrum teams become too large, consider reorganizing Sprint, what problems it encountered, and how those
Increment must be useable.
into multiple cohesive Scrum Teams, each focused on the problems were (or were not) solved.
Each increment is additive to prior increments and Occurs after the Sprint Review and prior to next Sprint
same product. They share same Product Goal, Product
meets the Definition of Done. Planning.
Commitment: Definition of Done Backlog, and Product Owner.
Multiple Scrum Teams working together on a product Time-boxed to max of 3 hours for a one month Sprint.
Formal description of the state of the Increment
must mutually define and comply with the same
when it meets quality measures required for the Product Backlog Refinement is the act of breaking down
Definition of Done.
product. and further defining Product Backlog Items into smaller
Can be part of the standards of the organization, or more precise items.
the Scrum Team must create for the Product.

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