Explain the “why” and “how” of sprint planning, daily scrum, sprint review, and retrospectives.

Understand why the scope and duration of a sprint are fixed.

List 3 ways to avoid sprint backlog spillover.

Define sprint goals and discuss the 5 benefits of having a sprint goal.

Understand how the Scrum Master and the Product Owner should coordinate with the team and list 5 points to improve such communications.

Discuss 3 damaging impacts of sprint cancellation and how to avoid it.

List 10 sprint anti-patterns (E.g. sprint cancellation, variable sprint length) and understand how these impact the delivery and turnaround time.

Topics covered

Sprint planning
Daily Scrum
Sprint Review
Sprint Retrospective

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Experience how scrum works in real projects with our “Crime Teller” simulation game. The activity will be divided into 3 sprints, wherein the participants will actively employ Product backlog refinement among other scrum artifacts to solve a given “crime” story.

What you will learn

At the end of this activity, you will be able to:

List and demonstrate 5 salient features of a well-formed product backlog (E.g. estimated, prioritized).
Discuss 2 responsibilities of the Product Owner, Scrum Master, and the Development team in creating and maintaining a product backlog.
The objective of having a product backlog and best approaches to product backlog refinement.
Analyze and discuss the ideal time and capacity to be dedicated to product backlog refinement.
Demonstrate 3 activities (E.g. budget and timeline, release schedule) that take place during a sprint review.
List 5 sprint review anti-patterns (E.g. delayed acceptance) and their negative impacts

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