Without a doubt, the Sprint Retrospective meeting is one of the main ingredients in the "secret sauce" of Agile project management. Facilitated by the Scrum Master, this session, held at the end of each sprint, is where your team reflects on what worked, what didn’t, and how to fine-tune processes, tools, and collaboration. Through consistent reflection and adaptation, … [Read more...]
The sprint review meeting is more than just a checkpoint, it’s the triumphant finish line of a sprint, where the team unveils their hard work and sets the stage for what’s next. In agile project management, this meeting caps off each 1-4 week sprint, showcasing a fully functional, shippable product increment, not a slide deck or a progress report. Guided by the agile … [Read more...]
Scrum has sparked a quiet revolution in project management, often stealing the spotlight in the broader Agile movement. While the Agile Manifesto lays out guiding principles, the agile frameworks lay out the nitty-gritty of daily execution, of which scrum is by far the most popular. As the go-to choice for teams worldwide, Scrum’s popularity sometimes blurs the line … [Read more...]
Since the beginning of civilization, sprinting has been one of man's most prominent pursuits. Being the fastest runner is an accomplishment worthy of praise and admiration. This ultimate form of achievement has many parallels to project management, where progress and pursuit of an end goal is a daily focus. The sprint is the basic building block of scrum, a … [Read more...]
In the scrum development framework (part of the Agile project management methodology) the scrum master is the servant leader for the scrum team. They are not the boss nor the project manager. Rather, they promote scrum practices and facilitate scrum meetings. They are the resident scrum expert within the team and attempt to maximize the productivity of the … [Read more...]
