Scrum Guide Flashcards
What is Scrum?
A lightweight framework that helps people, teams, and organizations generate value through adaptive solutions for complex problems.
What are the three empirical pillars of Scrum theory?
✅ Transparency – Making work visible - Transparency enables inspection. Inspection without transparency is misleading and wasteful.
✅ Inspection – Checking progress frequently - Inspection enables adaptation. Inspection without adaptation is considered pointless. Scrum events are
designed to provoke change.
✅ Adaptation – Adjusting based on inspection - Adaptation becomes more difficult when the people involved are not empowered or self-managing. A
Scrum Team is expected to adapt the moment it learns anything new through inspection.
What are the five Scrum values?
● Commitment - to achieving its goals and to supporting each other.
● Focus - on the work of the Sprint to make the best possible progress toward these goals
● Openness - Scrum Team and its stakeholders are open about the work and the challenges
● Respect
● Courage - to do the right thing, to work on tough problems
Who makes up a Scrum Team?
● Developers
● Product Owner
● Scrum Master
Within a Scrum Team, there are no sub-teams
or hierarchies. It is a cohesive unit of professionals focused on one objective at a time, the Product Goal.
What is the role of the Developers in Scrum?
Create usable increments each Sprint by:
✅ Planning the Sprint
✅ Ensuring quality through the Definition of Done
✅ Adapting plans toward the Sprint Goal
✅ Holding each other accountable
What is the role of the Product Owner in Scrum?
Maximizing the value of the product by:
● Defining and communicating the Product Goal
● Managing the Product Backlog
● Prioritizing work for the team
What is the role of the Scrum Master towards the scrum team?
Ensuring Scrum is understood and applied by:
✅ Coaching self-management and cross-functionality
✅ Helping the Scrum Team focus on creating high-value Increments that meet the Definition of Done
✅ Removing impediments
✅ Facilitating Scrum events and are kept within the
timebox
What is the role of the Scrum Master towards the Product Owner?
● Helping find techniques for effective Product Goal definition and Product Backlog management;
● Helping the Scrum Team understand the need for clear and concise Product Backlog items;
● Helping establish empirical product planning for a complex environment;
● Facilitating stakeholder collaboration as requested or needed.
What are the five Scrum Events?
✅ Sprint – A time-boxed cycle to create an increment
✅ Sprint Planning – Plan work for the Sprint
✅ Daily Scrum – Short daily meeting for developers
✅ Sprint Review – Inspect work and adapt backlog
✅ Sprint Retrospective – Identify ways to improve
Sprint – what happens during the sprint ?
All the work necessary to achieve the Product Goal (Sprint Planning, Daily Scrums, Sprint Review, and Sprint Retrospective).
● No changes are made that would endanger the Sprint Goal
● Quality does not decrease
● The Product Backlog is refined as needed
● Scope may be clarified and renegotiated with the Product Owner
Sprint – In what case can a sprint be cancelled?
If the Sprint Goal becomes obsolete.
Only the Product Owner has the authority to cancel the Sprint.
Sprint – In what case can a sprint be cancelled?
If the Sprint Goal becomes obsolete.
Only the Product Owner has the authority to cancel the Sprint.
What is the role of the Scrum Master towards the organization?
● Leading, and coaching the organization in its Scrum adoption;
● Planning and advising Scrum implementations within the organization;
● Helping employees and stakeholders understand and enact an empirical approach for complex work
● Removing barriers between stakeholders and Scrum Teams
Sprint Planning – What is its purpose?
Initiates the Sprint by laying out the work to be performed for the Sprint.
What are Scrum Artifacts?
✅ Product Backlog – Ordered list of work needed for the product
✅ Sprint Backlog – Plan for delivering selected backlog items in a Sprint
✅ Increment – Work completed that meets the Definition of Done
What are the commitments in Scrum?
✅ Product Goal – The long-term objective in the Product Backlog
✅ Sprint Goal – The objective for the Sprint in the Sprint Backlog
✅ Definition of Done – A formal description of quality standards
What happens during Sprint Planning?
✅ The Scrum Team addresses:
1️⃣ Why is this Sprint valuable? (Set Sprint Goal)
2️⃣ What can be done this Sprint? (Select backlog items)
3️⃣ How will the work get done? (Create a plan)
What happens during the Daily Scrum?
✅ The Developers inspect progress and adapt the Sprint plan as necessary.
What happens during the Sprint Review?
✅ The Scrum Team and stakeholders inspect the increment and adapt the Product Backlog.
What happens during the Sprint Retrospective?
✅ The Scrum Team reflects on the Sprint and identifies improvements for future Sprints.
When can a Sprint be cancelled?
✅ Only the Product Owner can cancel a Sprint if the Sprint Goal becomes obsolete.
What is the Definition of Done?
✅ A shared understanding of when work is complete and meets quality standards.
How does Scrum promote empiricism?
✅ By continuously applying transparency, inspection, and adaptation.
Scrum Cycle
- A Product Owner orders the work for a complex problem into a Product Backlog.
- The Scrum Team turns a selection of the work into an Increment of value during a Sprint.
- The Scrum Team and its stakeholders inspect the results and adjust for the next Sprint.
- Repeat
