Scrum of Scrums – a brief definition and some details
Filed Under Agile, Daily Scrum Meeting, Meeting, Process, Scrum, Sprint, Team | Posted on March 2, 2010
What is a Scrum of Scrums ?
Well, if you take any literature that deals with Scrum, you will find the typical team size for a workable Scrum team to be 7-10 people (ignore those articles where it is claimed that Scrum has been made to work with 50 plus team members, since that is more [...]
How to decide the length of a Sprint cycle – Part of Scrum
Filed Under Scrum, Sprint | Posted on February 12, 2010
When you decide on using Scrum for your project development needs, one of the important questions is about the length of the Scrum cycle to be used. Not an easy decision in any way for the team, and something that the ScrumMaster has an important role in deciding. One thing to keep in mind is [...]
What is a good time duration for a Sprint in Scrum ? 30 days ? 2 weeks ?
Filed Under Scrum, Sprint | Posted on February 8, 2010
Asking the above question is like entering a tricky arena. You just cannot make a good answer unless you know more about the environmental situation in which the project is being run. There are plus and minus points to having a shorter Sprint. For example, having a shorter Sprint leads to:
- More time spent in [...]
Participants in the Sprint Planning Meeting – An integral part of Scrum
Filed Under Product, Product Backlog, Product Owner, Scrum, Sprint, Sprint Meeting | Posted on January 17, 2010
We have described the Sprint Planning Meeting in earlier posts; a brief about this Sprint Planning Meeting: A meeting where all the Sprint team works through the Product Backlog and describes the features that need to be implemented in the current Sprint cycle.
This post will work through more details in the Sprint Planning Meeting including [...]
