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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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Fibonacci Vs Binomial estimation points?

Are there good arguments for using the modified Fibonacci series (0, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 20, 40, etc) instead of a geometric progression (1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, etc) when estimating story points in Scrum (or any agile methodology, really)? I know that…
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How to track estimation with remaining work in Scrum process?

I have been practicing Scrum and user stories estimation for few weeks and now I'm trying to track our estimation to know how good it was. So I created a table like this one: note: overestimation = original - completed That didn't help me much…
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Potentially Shippable Product Increment - what if users don't like the latest increment?

In our company we do usability test at the end of each Sprint. Many times we discover that the users don't like the implemented feature, so we either completely change it or scrap it in the next Sprint. However if we start doing potentially…
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Customize TFS 2013 Task board

I have TFS 2013 installed and my Projects use the Microsoft Visual Studio Scrum 2013 template. I want to customize the Task Board (Tasks are shown per Product Backlog Item which are assigned to a Sprint). I know how to change Work-Item-Limits,…
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Where in Jira do I indicate that I have burnt down some story points?

I am using Greenhopper in Jira and I have a user story of 25 points which has a number of tasks. I see there is a 'statistic burn up chart', so my question is if after 3 days of the sprint I have burnt 5 story points where do I indicate this in…
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How to account for Sprint Planning?

We are a small group of 3 developers working on a project, using Scrum. We are using 6 hrs/day/developer for capacity planning. My question is - if we are using 2 week Sprints and spend most of the day (5-6 hours) doing Sprint Planning, should we…
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Which of this scenarios are better from Scrum Teams?

I manage a team who develop a Web-based CRM. We are trying to introduce a UX Designer to this project, but I don't know the best approach to do that. I have two proposals, and I'm leaning more towards the 2nd one. In the first approach we have two…
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Why are there missing numbers in scrum poker (i.e. 4,6,...)?

We are in the process of planning our first sprint using scrum poker cards and we were wondering, why are there missing numbers in scrum poker (i.e. 4,6,...)?
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How to handle legacy project maintenance with Scrum

My company is experimenting Scrum and we are currently building a new product. Often we have to do some maintenance in legacy projects and as their Scrum Master I'm puzzled how handle this inside the Sprint. Should we wait for the end of the Sprint…
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SCRUM estimation accuracy

I would guess that there are a lot of cases where the estimation turns out to be wrong at some point. Because as soon as you drill down into the nitty gritty details of a backlog item you will probably almost always find something that you haven't…
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How to handle different speed of team members in scrum?

I've been using Scrum for some time, but I still do not have a clear understanding of how to handle the case when all team members have different working speed. For example, given an abstract task an employee A will solve it in 5 days while employee…
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Difference between potentially shippable product (PSP) and Minimal Marketable Feature (MMF)

PSP is increment, i get in the end of sprint. Something, valuable for client. MMF is not the same? I though, is valuable for client too... Please, help me to understand difference between PSP and MMF Thanks
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How do I develop an application with a Layered Architecture using Agile methodologies?

In Domain Driven Design applied architectures, you should start developing domain model and test it. After a model occurred, then you can use the model objects in other layers like that Presentation Layer or Persistence Layer. My question is how to…
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Undercomittment in Scrum

I have a team of 5 developers working a 10 day sprint schedule. After I deduct the scrum meeting times from their total capacity (300 hrs) I end up with 247.5 hrs. The breakdown is - Total - planning - daily scrum * 10 - review - retrospective -…
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Scrum: obsolete backlog items and external impediments

How can I deal with sprint backlog items that somehow becomes obsolete or unnecessary mid-sprint? Do I mark them as solved? What about tasks that are dependent on external factors outside the control of the team?
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