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Scrum Methodology: Roles, Events & Artifacts

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The scrum methodology was developed as a response to rigid project management approaches such as the waterfall method, which didn’t adapt to the needs of agile product and software development teams. We’ll explore the scrum methodology in-depth, but before that, let’s start with a simple scrum definition. Scrum Values.

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Scrum: A Brief History of a Long-Lived Hype

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The Scrum Guide holds the definition of Scrum, they say. How did its definition evolve before and after 2010 and become the framework that we know today? In the end, the sources I used for describing the evolutions of the definition of Scrum are: The paper “SCRUM Software Development Process” by Ken Schwaber (1995, 1996).

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Scrum: A Brief History of a Long-Lived Hype

Gunther Verheyen

The Scrum Guide holds the definition of Scrum, they say. How did its definition evolve before and after 2010 and become the framework that we know today? Finally, I have shared my thoughts and observations on the changes to the definition of Scrum for every source. Scrum has been around for a while, they say.

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In-Depth: How To Create Better Work Agreements For Your Team

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Some find the process of creating them “childish” or “a waste of time”. This is also why the Scrum framework includes the Definition of Done. Once that definition is clearly engrained in the minds of its members, there is less need to constantly talk about it, decide about it, and coordinate work to assure it. Butchibabu, A.,

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In-Depth: The Evidence-Based Business Case For Agile

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A working definition of Agile and Stakeholders. But adherence to a framework or prescribed process does not guarantee agility. Adherence to a framework or prescribed process does not guarantee agility.”. I prefer a process-based definition of agility. I prefer a process-based definition of agility.

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In-Depth: Stable Or Fluid Teams? What Does The Science Say?

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Although the concept has many different definitions, a characteristic they share is that members move in and out of a team during its lifetime. Bushe and Chu (2011) identify seven situations that drive the use of fluid teaming in those environments: High turnover among employees, leading to changes in teams. The need for fluid teams.

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How To Base Your Beliefs About Agile On Evidence

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There are dozens of high-quality academic works to draw from, there are dozens of academic journals dedicated to (agile) software development (ASD) and change management. Some of the references in the paper “The impact of inadequate customer collaboration on self-organizing teams” by Hoda, Noble & Marshall (2011). That is great!

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