Scrum
A framework for working together incrementally on complex product challenges.
What is Scrum?
Scrum is a framework in which a self-managing, cross-functional team works towards a Product Goal. Product Owner, Scrum Master and Developers have different accountabilities. Timeboxed Sprints produce usable outcomes. Product Backlog, Sprint Backlog and Increment make work and results visible; defined events support inspection and adaptation.
In a fictional portal project, the team agrees a Sprint Goal: customers should submit traceable requests. Developers plan the necessary work; the result must meet the Definition of Done. The Review examines the outcome and next adaptations with stakeholders, while the Retrospective examines collaboration. A task board and daily meeting alone do not make a process Scrum. The framework replaces neither domain knowledge, technical quality nor a suitable product decision.
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Related terms
- Agile software developmentDeveloping software in verifiable increments and adapting the plan based on feedback.
- Product BacklogThe ordered, continually evolving collection of improvements needed for a product.
- Definition of DoneThe shared description of the quality conditions a completed product Increment must meet.
- Product OwnerThe person accountable in Scrum for product value, the Product Goal and effective backlog management.
- Product discoveryInvestigating needs, constraints and risky assumptions before settling on a product solution.
- User storyA short description of a user role, a need and the goal behind it.
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