CSM - Certified Scrum Master
Difference between SCRUM and Agile - Agile is using sprintgs. SCRUM is agile for Software
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Scrum employs an xx, yy approach to optimize zz and zz. - Iterative Incremental
predictablity control risk
Three pillars uphold every implementation of empirical process control - transparency,
inspection, and adaptation
Pillar of empirical process control : Transparency. What and how? - Important elements of
process must be visible to relevant people. Must also be defined with a common standard
Pillar of empirical process control: Inspection. What and how - Inspect artifacts to identify
variances by skilled inspectors at point of work without clogging work itself
Pillar of empirical process control: Adaptation. What and how - If inspector finds variance
is beyond accepted limits, the process or artifact must be adjusted
4 formal meetings of SCRUM? - Sprint planning
Daily SCRUM
Sprint review
Sprint retrospective
SCRUM Values? - CCFOR - Commitment Courage Focus Openness Respect
Scrum teams are (2) - Self Organizing - No leader. They pick how to do
Cross Functional - Not depend on other out of the team
Main goal of Product Owner? How? - Maximizing the value of the project developed by the
development team. How? By managing the product backlog!
What does Product Backlog management includes?(5) - 1. Clearly expressing PBIs
2. Ordering PBIs
3. Optimizing work done by DevTeam
4. Visibility and transparency of of PB
5. Ensuring DevTeam understands PBIs to the level needed.
The PB is basically the constitution to the republic that is a SCRUM team. And the powers of
the president (PO) are expressed through the PB -
Perfect team size? Are PO and SM part of this count? - 3 - 9. Less makes the empirical
process useless. More makes it hard to manage. PO/SM only if they work towards
deliverables
