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Scrum is an agile software development methodology developed by Ken Schwaber and Jeff Sutherland in the mid-1990s. Scrum is based on a "Sprint," which is typically a 30-day period for delivering a working part of the system. Each Sprint starts with a two to three-hour planning session that includes the customer (product owner), the facilitator (Scrum master) and the cross-functional team. The customer describes the highest priority in the backlog, and after the team agrees on how much of it to do, it is left alone to do it. To keep the team synchronized, there is a 15-minute meeting every day (daily scrum).

Scrum Roles

Non formal roles:

  • Stakeholders
  • Managers

See Scrum Roles

Scrum meetings

  • Daily Scrum
  • Sprint Planning
  • Sprint Review
  • Sprint Retrospective

Scrum process

Wikipedia Article

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Difference between VS2010 Scrum v1.0 vs MSF for Agile software development v5.0 or the latter is the superset?

How significant are the differences between Visual Studio Scrum 1.0 & MSF for Agile Software Development v5.0 process templates? Has anyone used one over the other? We are currently using external tools (TRAC) for implementing Scrum in our…
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Scrum and Fogbugz

Anyone out there using Fogbugz and Scrum together? We use Fogbugz extensively, and I'm looking for ideas from anyone who may be using it as part of Scrum. I found these two items, but they are archived and unvailable for further discussion. I'm…
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Visual Studio Team Services: How to migrate from Agile to Scrum process template

I'm using Visual Studio Team Services (previously Team Foundation Service, not Team Foundation Server) and I need to migrate a team project process template from Agile to Scrum. Doe anyone know how to do it?
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Does a software architect have a role in agile, esp. Scrum?

I'm reading the book "The Software Architect's Profession" by Marc and Laura Sewell (Amazon link) and it got me wondering whether a software architect is a part of the old non-agile BDUF approach. Is there a place for software architects in an agile…
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Manage Scrum Software

What software do you use to manage Scrum software development ? We've tried Tackle and VersionOne (both free) so far and they are good except for the fact that it's difficult to track work in progress. For example, if I have a task that I…
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Misusing the term "Code Freeze"

I'm just curious if the community considers it acceptable to use the term "Code Freeze" for situations where we stop development except for testing and fixing bugs. Development Situation We're just finishing up our third and final sprint, which will…
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How do you create user stories and tasks in Jira / GreenHopper?

We are using Jira / GreenHopper to run our sprints on a Scrum team. The fact that Jira is a bug tracking tool and GreenHopper is a Scrum-ish add-on is becoming painfully apparent. We want our Product Owner to enter user stories in Jira/GreenHopper…
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Version control approaches in Scrum

Recently with my coworkers we were discussing how to organize the version control in a Scrum project. More specifically, the criteria for branches creation (per developer, per task, per Story, per Sprint?) and the methods of integration. My opinion…
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Sprint versions vs Release versions in Jira and Greenhopper

When using Greenhopper with Jira, it is clear that Greenhopper is using the "fixed in version" field in the Jira issues to represent which scrum sprint the issue is being worked on. This in itself is a bit hackish, because an issue can conceivably…
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Writing user stories for internal technical tasks

I am attempting to manage my projects a little better so I am looking at attempting to apply some of (eventually all) the features of scrum. Looking at user stories specifically the high level format seems to be: As a User I can Feature Description…
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What is the difference between microsoft visual studio scrum 2.0 vs MSF for Agile Software Development 6.0

What is the difference between Microsoft Visual Studio Scrum 2.0 vs MSF for Agile Software Development 6.0. I am looking to get feedback on what is the best template to use for Visual Studio and TFS for agile development. I was mostly wondering if…
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Scrum Burndown issues

We have been using Scrum for around 9 months and it has largely been successful. However our burndown charts rarely look like the 'model' charts, instead resembling more of a terrifying rollercoaster ride with some vomit inducing climbs and…
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Agile scrum development tool?

I recently started using "Jira" with the "GreenHopper" plugin. However, I don't feel like this is really doing what I want. I saw a cool feature in "Scrumworks pro" where you can run the app as a desktop application. My requirements therefore…
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SCRUM - non cooperative team members

What do you do if members of your team are not cooperative during scrum meetings? They either provide a very high level definition of what they are currently working on, ("working on feature x"), or go into extremely irrelevant details, in spite of…
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Project methodology for small teams

We're usually 1-4 developers / art directors / copywriters on each project at my firm, what methodology would you recommend use to use? Agile? XP? Scrum? Something else? (I know they are all variations of essentially the same concept, yes)
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