CEN 4010 Final Review
User Story - ✔️✔️-A description of the functionality from the point of view of a person
(or user) of the system, and what value it delivers.
-Fosters communication and collaboration to create functionality that brings value to the
customer.
-A Sprintable user story can be estimated in days and can be implemented within a
sprint.
Roles in Scrum - ✔️✔️Product Owner
Scrum Master
The Team
Product Owner Role - ✔️✔️-Delivers value for the product
-Creates the product backlog of "user stories"
-Grooms and prioritizes the backlog so that it's ready for the team to pull work into the
sprints
The Development Team - ✔️✔️-Responsible for implementing user stories created by
the product owner into deliverable functionality
-Self-organized and product-focused
-Gives Product Owner grooming input
Product Owner Responsibilities - ✔️✔️-Mange economics
-Participate in planning
-Groom the product backlog
-Define acceptance criteria and verify that they are met
-Collaborate with the development team
-Collaborate with the stakeholders
Scrum Master Role - ✔️✔️-Provides Scrum process leadership
-Combines with the Product Owner & Dev. Team to form a Scrum team
-Focus of the ScrumMaster is helping everyone understand and embrace Scrum values,
principles, and practices
-Helps the organization develop its own high-performance, organization-specific Scrum
approach
How do you manage work in Scrum? - ✔️✔️With the Product backlog and Sprint
backlog
Product Backlog - ✔️✔️Prioritized list of user stories or features that have business
value for the product.
Sprint Backlog - ✔️✔️Estimated list of user stories that has been pulled in to the sprint
and the team has agreed to complete in the sprint. Usually lined up with the sprint goal.
, Grooming - ✔️✔️-Proactively manage, organize, and administer the Product Backlog to
acomplish DEEP characteristics.
-Occurs once per sprint, every week, or even daily
Grooming Activities - ✔️✔️Creating, estimating, and refining PBIs
How do we capture requirements in Scrum? - ✔️✔️-Scrum utilizes progressive
refinement and bidirectional conversations to ensure that requirements are discussed
and communicated
-Scrum framework does not dictate a specific artifact to use for documenting
requirements/features/etc.
-User Stories are widely used to document many types of requirements capturing
business value in the process
Scrum Master Responsibilities - ✔️✔️-Coaching
-Serving (serving leader)
-Process authority
-Interference shield
-Impediment remover
-Change agent
Development Team Responsibilities - ✔️✔️-Planning the sprint
-Performing sprint execution
-Inspecting and adapting each day
-Grooming the product backlog
-Inspecting and adapting the product and process
Development Team Characteristics - ✔️✔️-Self-organizing
-Cross-functionally diverse and sufficient
-T-shaped skills
-Musketeer attitude
-High-bandwith communications
-Transparent communication
-Right sized
-Focused and committed
-Works and sustainable pace
-Long lived
Product Owner Characteristics - ✔️✔️-Domain skills
-People skills
-Decision making skills
-Accountability
User Story - ✔️✔️-A description of the functionality from the point of view of a person
(or user) of the system, and what value it delivers.
-Fosters communication and collaboration to create functionality that brings value to the
customer.
-A Sprintable user story can be estimated in days and can be implemented within a
sprint.
Roles in Scrum - ✔️✔️Product Owner
Scrum Master
The Team
Product Owner Role - ✔️✔️-Delivers value for the product
-Creates the product backlog of "user stories"
-Grooms and prioritizes the backlog so that it's ready for the team to pull work into the
sprints
The Development Team - ✔️✔️-Responsible for implementing user stories created by
the product owner into deliverable functionality
-Self-organized and product-focused
-Gives Product Owner grooming input
Product Owner Responsibilities - ✔️✔️-Mange economics
-Participate in planning
-Groom the product backlog
-Define acceptance criteria and verify that they are met
-Collaborate with the development team
-Collaborate with the stakeholders
Scrum Master Role - ✔️✔️-Provides Scrum process leadership
-Combines with the Product Owner & Dev. Team to form a Scrum team
-Focus of the ScrumMaster is helping everyone understand and embrace Scrum values,
principles, and practices
-Helps the organization develop its own high-performance, organization-specific Scrum
approach
How do you manage work in Scrum? - ✔️✔️With the Product backlog and Sprint
backlog
Product Backlog - ✔️✔️Prioritized list of user stories or features that have business
value for the product.
Sprint Backlog - ✔️✔️Estimated list of user stories that has been pulled in to the sprint
and the team has agreed to complete in the sprint. Usually lined up with the sprint goal.
, Grooming - ✔️✔️-Proactively manage, organize, and administer the Product Backlog to
acomplish DEEP characteristics.
-Occurs once per sprint, every week, or even daily
Grooming Activities - ✔️✔️Creating, estimating, and refining PBIs
How do we capture requirements in Scrum? - ✔️✔️-Scrum utilizes progressive
refinement and bidirectional conversations to ensure that requirements are discussed
and communicated
-Scrum framework does not dictate a specific artifact to use for documenting
requirements/features/etc.
-User Stories are widely used to document many types of requirements capturing
business value in the process
Scrum Master Responsibilities - ✔️✔️-Coaching
-Serving (serving leader)
-Process authority
-Interference shield
-Impediment remover
-Change agent
Development Team Responsibilities - ✔️✔️-Planning the sprint
-Performing sprint execution
-Inspecting and adapting each day
-Grooming the product backlog
-Inspecting and adapting the product and process
Development Team Characteristics - ✔️✔️-Self-organizing
-Cross-functionally diverse and sufficient
-T-shaped skills
-Musketeer attitude
-High-bandwith communications
-Transparent communication
-Right sized
-Focused and committed
-Works and sustainable pace
-Long lived
Product Owner Characteristics - ✔️✔️-Domain skills
-People skills
-Decision making skills
-Accountability
