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Scrum: A Brief History of a Long-Lived Hype

Scrum.org

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

Scrum.org

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 and her colleagues (2016) performed an experiment with 13 teams. References.

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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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5 Whys to Explore Scrum with an independent Scrum Caretaker

Gunther Verheyen

From 2013-2016 I maintained the official “Professional Scrum” series of Scrum.org meanwhile training candidate-PSTs and shepherding the global community of Professional Scrum Trainers and coaches. After ending the exclusivity of Scrum.org over my work in 2016, I had to think about a new title.

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Agile. Creativity. Innovation.

International Institute for Learning

During the last two decades there has been the emergence of a number of software development methods as a response to the inefficiency of existing software development methods in rapidly changing environments (Highsmith, 2004). ” Software Development 9(8): 28-32. By Luigi Morsa. July 2013).

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How to shrink your project with the Minimum Viable Product: 5 Tips for Minimum Viable Projects

Inloox

The Minimum Viable Product concept , which we know from product development, meets precisely this challenge. In software development, for example, a Minimum Viable Product helps to minimize the number of feature requests to a feasible level. Author: Dr. Andreas Tremel

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

Scrum.org

A working definition of Agile and Stakeholders. I prefer a process-based definition of agility. This definition answers the question: “What kind of processes typically happen in Agile teams that distinguish them from non-Agile teams?”. In International Conference on Agile Software Development (pp. 2013, June).

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