Scrum is a popular Agile project management framework that has been adopted by organizations worldwide. A scrum master is a critical member of a scrum team, responsible for facilitating the process and ensuring the team follows scrum practices. In this comprehensive guide, we’ll cover everything you need to know about being a scrum master, including […]
Author Archives: Alasdair Macleod
This Vlog looks at the topic of Emergence from its definition as a word and application in the natural environment. Emergence in Scrum is a key principle to delivery. Emergence as applied in Scrum The Vlog considers how emergence is applied by Scrum in four fundamental ways. From the emergence of the Product as it […]
The Bytesize Agile Series is inspired by discussion tangents that arise during training. 3 Amigos the topic of today comes up during discussion regarding refinement of backlog items into a ready state. The general response to this is creating a Definition of Ready. There is a risk that Definitions of Ready become a tick list. […]
The topic of my blog today is another one that is common on client’s sites. The use of the terms Showcase, Show & Tell or Sprint Review. In this situation, there is likely to be a broad mix of people fulfilling the Scrum Master roles. These could be client staff both with previous experience or […]
Advances in Technology, Maintenance & Updates are not Technical Debt. Although I am going to use the term technical debt in this discussion. I am actively forming the opinion that this is the wrong term to be used both in how various assessments assess understanding and by practitioners in the agile community. The Scrum Guide […]
The Basics Within the scrum process, there are eleven basic elements that make up the framework. 3 roles, 3 artifacts, and 5 events. Practitioners need to learn to apply and understand the principles behind these in order to obtain the full benefits of the scrum process. As well as its implementation. The scrum process is […]