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Self organisation a key ingredient for scrum
by Richie
One of the principles of the Scrum approach to agile development and project management is self-organisation. The benefit(s) that occur when a team self-organises include improved performance and creativity within the team.
It is important to remember that when a team is self-organising, it is still working towards the goals of the organisation, so the [...]
Top 7 Impediments when Implementing Scrum
By Laszlo Szalvay
As agile project management methods have displaced traditional approaches in the past decade, Scrum, one method of agile project management, has emerged as the most popular. As more and more companies begin to consider it as a means to improve every aspect of their development efforts as well as the lives of their [...]
Software Maintenance: The Scrum Way
Our team was working on a replacement for our current production system a few years ago. The development manager had a brilliant idea. We would have a stand up meeting every morning. There were multiple problems with that idea. We were so busy due to being behind schedule. The meetings lasted a long time. That [...]
Top 7 Responsibilities of a Scrum Product Owner
By Laszlo Szalvay
There are three fundamental roles in the Scrum method of agile software development: the Product Owner, the ScrumMaster, and the team. The Product Owner is the one person responsible for a project’s success. In other words, if a project flops, it’s the Product Owner who must face the music. What follows doesn’t include [...]
How Agile Practices Reduce Requirements Risks
By Ellen Gottesdiener
Every software project carries some risk, but many of these risks can be mitigated. That's true of problems related to product requirements – problems that are often cited as one of highest risks for any type of software project. Whether it is having unclear requirements, lack of customer involvement in requirements development, or [...]
