Here we’ll introduce you to Scrum with an overview of key terminology and roles. Plus you can start educating your team ASAP by downloading our entire Scrum Guide as a PDF with the form below!
Scrum: A focused, yet flexible project management strategy that empowers self-organizing teams to work through an iterative software development process.
Although that definition seems pretty straightforward, we know Scrum implementation is easier said than done! That’s why we wanted to equip our readers with a comprehensive guide that gives teams the opportunity to quickly understand each component of Scrum and how it plays into a software development project.
Our bite-sized chapters will cover the key concepts Scrum incorporates, and define the most common terminology. Once you’ve got that down, your team will be one step closer to becoming a cohesive agile unit!
Team Roles
1. The people who make up a great Scrum team
Product Backlog
2. The place you collect all your product ideas
Release Backlog
3. A prioritized subset of the product backlog
Estimations
4. How you judge the complexity of items
Sprints
5. Small development iterations that produce working software
Burndowns
6. Charts that show team progress throughout a sprint
Expectation Chart
7. A chart that helps set stakeholder expectations
Daily Standups
8. A brief daily meeting that keeps everyone in the loop
Retrospectives
9. A time for your team to reflect on a completed sprint