SCRUM

User Stories

Definition of done

Minimum requirements have been met for all stories.

Stand up discussion questions

• What did you do yesterday?
• What are you going to do today?
• Is anything blocking your progress?

Daily Scrum meeting

The Daily Scrum includes all three Cs, and is the expected cadence for communication and collaboration.

Backlog changes

• New features and stories are added
• Stories are changed and removed

Backlog refinement session

• Lasts 30-60 minutes
• Occurs at the sprint’s midpoint
• At least once per Sprint, the whole Scrum team meets to evaluate the new items that have come up
• Stories can only be added to future sprints
• Sprint commitment cannot change once the sprint begins

Capacity

• As a general guide, remember that in an eight-hour working day, people usually only have about six hours of productive time

Information radiator

An information radiator is anything you post on your team sites or walls that helps the team understand the work and its progress.

Sprint review

• Unaccepted or incomplete work is reviewed, prioritized, and moved to another sprint.
• Team agrees on what to demonstrate to stakeholders

Demo

• meeting that shares the product with stakeholders
• the team directly communicates with stakeholders and receive feedback
• relationships build between the team and stakeholders
• overall progress toward the final goal is shared

Retrospective

• meeting focused on team performance at the end of each sprint
• safe environment, closed-door session
• open dialog
• questions:
  • What worked well?
    • Focus on examples of great collaboration
  • What did not work well?
    • Focus on what you can change
  • What can be improved?
    • Focus on one or two items in the next sprint