Scrum of Scrums – How the process works, and some modifications / variations
Filed Under Improvement, Issues, Product Management, Product Owner, Scrum | Posted on March 4, 2010
In the previous post (brief overview of Scrum of Scrums), I mentioned the Scrum of Scrums. In this post, will post some more details of how it operates (including some variations), and some scenarios in which it is needed.
When needed
A Scrum of Scrums is very useful when the overall project is much larger than a [...]
Responsibilites of a Product Owner in Scrum
Filed Under Product, Product Backlog, Product Management, Product Owner, Requirements, Scrum | Posted on January 27, 2010
The Product Owner is a critical person as per Scrum, since the Product Owner is a representative of the Product Management team, and represents the interests of the customers, is the interface for the team with the whole process of requirements / features, and also owns the Product Backlog. Here are some more details of [...]
Some tweaks in the Scrum process so as to generate an overall schedule
Filed Under Estimation, Features, Product Backlog, Product Management, Product Owner, Scrum | Posted on January 20, 2010
The Scrum process can seem pretty radical for somebody who has not done this before. If you consider my case, I was used to normal waterfall or modified waterfall, where we would start work on a set of features, move onto more features as succeeding features got done, and so on. However, this resulted in [...]
How to prioritize items in the Product Backlog ?
Filed Under Features, Prioritization, Product, Product Backlog, Product Management, Product Owner, Scrum | Posted on December 19, 2009
If you are not the Product Owner, you could just say “Ask the Product Owner / It’s the responsibility of the Product Owner”, and you would technically be correct. But, hey, you are now working in the Scrum model, and part of the responsibilities that come with Scrum is that the team feels a higher [...]