What is a Sprint Retrospective?
The last of the scrum events in our Fundamentals series explores what a retrospective is for and how best to facilitate it
The History of Scrum Gatherings
Certified Scrum Trainer, Mark Summers, explores a personal history of attending Global Scrum Gatherings and particular highlights over the years
What is a Sprint Review?
The second of the Scrum events is the Sprint Review, a crucial time for the team and stakeholders to get together and assess progress
How to Maintain a Great Product Backlog
The product backlog is one of the most important artefacts in Scrum and left unmaintained it can become the single most disruptive element to the team
What is Sprint Planning?
Sprint Planning is the first of the Scrum Events within the Sprint, the one where the team agrees the goal for the Sprint and makes an initial plan
Understanding Scrum Values: Openness
Understanding Scrum Values: Openness is the fourth value described in the Scrum Guide and here we explore what that means for the members of the Scrum Team
Understanding Scrum Values: Focus
The third in our Scrum Values series looks at Focus and how simplicity and breaking tasks down into smaller chunks helps the perform at their best
What have exploding ants got to do with Scrum?
Reading the newspaper over breakfast this morning, I came across an intriguing article regarding a newly discovered species of ant in Borneo, the Colobopsis explodens ant. This got me thinking [...]
