In our previous blog, we have discussed about the agile workflow and its different methodologies. Scrum Agile is one of the Agile Methodologies, commonly used in project management.
Scrum agile is an approach that primarily focuses on how to handle activities, within a team-based development environment. And also where people can tackle complex functional challenges in productive and creative manner, while producing products with the highest possible expectations.
Scrum Framework
Vision
The product vision is a description of what the product is, how it will help your organization’s mission and who will use it. Therefore, it clearly describes the potential results.
Theme
Themes generally refers to the broad areas of focus or the central point throughout the span or cycle.
Initiatives
Initiatives can be defined as the set of epics which lead to a common goal or objectives.
Epics
An Epic generally known as a long user story that can’t be finished in a single sprint.
User Stories
User stories refers to the smaller activities or short requirements written from the end user’s perspective. In addition, they refer to a short explanation about the specifications of the consumer.
Product Backlog
A product backlog is a priority task list, resulting from the strategy and its requirements, that can be carry out by a team to accomplish a particular objective. Likewise, at the top of the product backlog, the most relevant things are highlight, so the team knows what to produce first.
Sprint Planning
In Sprint planning, the Scrum team is engage collaboratively, to prepare the schedule of the work to be carry out in the Sprint. Hence, It means setting deadlines and targets for the achievement of future objectives.
Sprint Backlog
A sprint backlog is a specific list of items taken from the product backlog, which must be done in a sprint.
Sprint
Scrum’s essence is a Sprint. A 1 to 3 weeks or one-month time-box within which, a potentially releasable increase in product is made. Furthermore, a new Sprint begins immediately after the previous Sprint has ended.
Daily Scrum
The Scrum Team’s Daily Scrum Meeting is a 15-minute time-box occurrence. To synchronize the tasks and create a schedule for the day.
Potentially Shippable Product
Sprint’s production shall be referred to as the Potentially Shippable Product or the item deliverable after every Sprint.
Sprint Review
At the conclusion of the Sprint, a Sprint Review is conduct to review the Increment. And, if necessary, make adjustments to the Product Backlog.
Backlog Refinement
Updating, modifying and incorporating specifications in the backlog known as Backlog Refinement or Backlog Grooming. As a result, entire cycle repeats itself from product backlog to its end after this step.
Sprint Retrospective
After the Sprint Analysis and before the next Sprint Preparation, the Sprint Retrospective occurs. The Scrum Team is to audit itself in this meeting. And develop a roadmap to implement changes during the subsequent Sprint.
Scrum Team
Moreover, Scrum team consists of:
- Product Owner – Maximize work value by prioritizing market value of the features.
- Scrum Master – Manages scrum framework.
- Team – Self-organizing inspired people driven by business objectives.
Scrum Artifacts
- Product Backlog – A product backlog is a priority task list, resulting from the strategy and its requirements.
- Sprint Backlog – A sprint backlog is a specific list of items taken from the product backlog, which must be done in a sprint.
- Burn Down Chart – Burn-Down Chart is a tool, uses by the Scrum Team to track the work, which has proven to be a useful strategy for calculating Sprint’s progress towards the Sprint Target. Whereas, Burnup diagram is a visual representation to track progress of the work.
- Increment – The Increment is the average of all Product Backlog items completed during a Sprint, in conjunction with all previous increments in Sprints.
Benefits Of Scrum Methodology
- Adaptation and Flexibility.
- Improvement of quality.
- Customer satisfaction.
- Innovation and Creativity.
- Synergy between the organisation.
- Lower costs.
- Employee satisfaction.
Difference between Agile & Scrum
- Agile is a continuous development and testing replication in the software development cycle. While Scrum is an Agile process that focuses on generating business value in the shortest possible time.
- Agile methodology regularly delivers feedback to the software while Scrum provides the software after each sprint.
- Furthermore, leadership plays a crucial role in the agile process; on the other hand, Scrum fosters a self-organizing, cross-functional team.
- Agile includes interactions and face-to-face encounters between the members of different cross-functional teams. While Scrum cooperation is accomplish by regular stand-up meetings.
- Moreover, design and execution of Agile processes should be kept simple. While design and execution of Scrum processes may be creative and experimental.
Conclusion
Hence, scrum is a framework that defines guidelines, tasks and functions to provide regularity and meet users diverse needs. And also it offers numerous opportunities for evaluating a project and making the required improvements to optimize the benefits that the project can provide to an organization. However, it applies to any organisation based on their requirements.
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