Scrum is an agile framework for helping teams develop products through collaboration, short cycles, and regular feedback. This lesson introduces Scrum’s origins and core principles, then explains the responsibilities of its three main roles.
Scrum organizes work into time-boxed iterations called sprints. Teams work toward a goal during each sprint, inspect their progress regularly, and use feedback to guide future work. Sprints last no longer than one month; two weeks is common.
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What is backlog refinement?
An ongoing or separate activity that clarifies and prioritizes product backlog items for future sprints.
What does a definition of done specify?
The team's agreed checklist for deciding whether work meets its completion standard.
What is Scrumban?
An approach that combines Scrum with Kanban practices for visualizing workflow.
What is Scrum of Scrums?
A coordination approach in which representatives from multiple teams discuss shared risks, impediments, dependencies, and assumptions.
What did Takeuchi and Nonaka's “rugby approach” describe?
Cross-functional teams moving through overlapping development phases together and passing work back and forth.
Quiz questions
What is the main purpose of the daily scrum?Answer: Coordinate progress toward the sprint goal and identify impediments.
What is the primary focus of a sprint retrospective?Answer: How the team worked and how its process can improve.
How does backlog refinement differ from sprint planning?Answer: Refinement prepares and clarifies future work; planning sets a sprint goal and selects work for that sprint.
What is a central purpose of Scrum of Scrums?Answer: Coordinate multiple teams working on the same product.