The scrum events Flashcards

1
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What does “Time boxed events” mean?

A

That all events have a maximum duration. The duration is fixed and cannot be shortened or lengthened.

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2
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What event is the heart of scrum?

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The sprint. Duration 4 weeks.

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3
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When does a new sprint start?

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Directly after the conclusion of the previous sprint

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4
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What does a sprint consist of?

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  • Sprint planning
  • Daily scrum
  • development
  • Sprint review
  • Sprint retrospective
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5
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How do sprints increase predictability?

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By ensuring inspection and adaptation of progress toward a sprint goal.

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6
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Can sprint be cancelled? How? Why

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Yes.
The product owner has the authority.
Only does this when the sprint goal becomes obsolete. and the sprint no longer makes any sense.

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7
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What happens when a sprint is cancelled?

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The completed and done product backlog items are reviewed. It might be re-usable. The rest of the items are re-estimated and put back on the product backlog.

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What is a sprint planning?

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Planning the work to be done in the sprint. Takes maximum 8 hours in a sprint of 4 weeks.

  • What can be done
  • How can we do it
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What is topic 1 in a sprint planning?

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1) What can be done

  • Product owner sets objective and links product backlog items to it.
  • Only development team can assess what can be done.
  • The objective is transformed into a sprint goal by the development team
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What is topic 2 in a sprint planning?

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2) How will the work get done

  • The team decides how it will build the functionality in a done product increment
  • The backlog items and the plan is called the sprint backlog
  • Work for the first days of the sprint is decomposed by the end of the sprint planning
  • At the end of the planning the development team should be able to explain how it will function
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What is a sprint backlog?

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  • The backlog items and the plan for the sprint is called the sprint backlog
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12
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Negotation between development team and product owner?

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The product owner can help clarify and make trade offs with the dev team if it has too much or too little work.

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13
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Who can be present?

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The scrum team but also other people may be invited in order to give advice.

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14
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What is a sprint goal?

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Objective for a sprint.
It provides guidance for the development team.
Kept in mind.

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15
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What is a daily scrum?

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  • 15 minute time boxed event
  • Synchronize activities and create 24h plan
  • Inspecting the last work done, and forcasting work to do
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16
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What do members explain in the daily scrum?

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What did i do yesterday
What will i do today
What impediments do i see?

17
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What often happens directly after the daily scrum?

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Members meet fr detailed discussions to adapt, or replan the rest of the sprints work

18
Q

What is the time box for the daily scrum?

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15 minutes, the scrum master teached the team to keep it within this limit

19
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Who participates in the daily scrum?

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Only development team members

20
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What is a sprint review?

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  • a 4 hour meeting
  • Inspect increment and adapt the product backlog if needed
  • Scrum team and stakeholders collaborate about what was done in the sprint
  • Both talk about next things that can be done to optimize value
21
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Who can join the sprint review?

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The development team and key stakeholders invited by the product owner

22
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What is done during the sprint review?

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  • Product backlog discussed by product owner
  • Process discussed by dev team
  • Work demonstration by dev team
  • New time est by prod owner
  • What to do next?
  • Context analysis, did the market change?
23
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What is result of sprint review?

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  • Revised product backlog with probable items for next sprint
  • Potential adjustment backlog according to changes in context
24
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What is a sprint retrospective?

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  • 3 hour meeting

- Scrum team inspects itself and creates plan for improvement

25
Q

What does a sprint retrospective look at?

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- Potential improvements and plan for
People
Relationships
Process
Tools
26
Q

Is sprint retrospective only time for improvements?

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No. Can be any time. This however is a formal opportunity to focus on inspection and adaptation.