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SCRUM

Terms

  • User story: A short description of desired functionality (user requirement).
  • Story point: Measure of effort required for implementing a user story. Usually corresponds to an ideal day of work.
  • Product Backlog: A set of all user stories currently known. Sprint An iteration.
  • Sprint Backlog is subset of the Product Backlog consisting of user stories that the Team committed to implement in a particular Sprint. Each story is further split into tasks.
  • Scrum Team developers responsible for implementing functionality.
  • Product Owner represents the interests of everyone with a stake in the project and maintains the Product Backlog.
  • ScrumMaster manages the Scrum process and ensures that everyone follows Scrum rules and practices.
  • Velocity represents the amount of work accomplished in each Sprint expressed in story points. It is typically used to compare planned vs actual velocities
  • Burndown chart shows the amount of work remaining by plotting the sum of story points of all unfinished stories in the Product Backlog.
    • Release burndown chart tracks story points across sprints, Sprint burndown chart tracks story points within a sprint
  • Sprint planning happens at the beginning of each sprint to plan the work to be performed in the Sprint.
  • Sprint review is held at the end of the Sprint to gauge what has been built and adapt the Product Backlog if needed
  • Sprint Retrospective is held after Sprint review to gauge how to inspect itself and create a plan for improvements to be enacted during the next Sprint. Usually shorter than Sprint Review and under 3 hours.