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Scrum Terms

This page collects a ton of standard industry terms and is intended as a reference. We have written these definitions for the both new readers and advanced. Many of the terms listed below are poorly defined in our industry. In our experience, half of the struggle for someone to understand scrum/agile is a stable language from which to base a discussion.

  • Adaptive Planning

    One of the biggest problems that we encounter in software development is change. Adaptive Planning is a paradigm that ...

  • Agile

    What is Agile? AGILE is being quick enough to avoid or take advantage of those things that can hurt or help in your pursuit.

  • Agile Analysis

    What is agile analysis? Simple put,...

  • Agile Development

    Agile is being quick enough to avoid or take advantage of those things that can hurt or hel...

  • Agile Earned Value Metrics

    As long as the metrics are not used to drive performance but, instead used to understand throughput they can be a powerful aid.

  • Agile Model

    What are the characteristics of a good agile model? In this post we identify 6

  • Agile Scorecard

    Find out why agile scorecards are so hard to implement well. What are you measuring?

  • Analysis

    Move your teams forward. The goal of analysis is to find opportunities to move. Great products are built this way.

  • Architecture

    Architecture is the context within which particular stories are...

  • Backlog

    The word backlog is used in scrum to describe two kinds of work. Work we are doing now "Sprint Backlog" and work we might...

  • Capabilities

    What is a capability? Typically, open ended and fuzzy in scope. A system is made up of behavior that ca...

  • Certified Scrum Developer

    The Scrum Alliance Certified Scrum Developer CSD program is an intense training session for software development professionals.

  • Certified Scrum Master

    Understand what a Certified Scrum Master is and which organizations offering this designation.

  • Certified Scrum Professional

    We are excited to see... The designation of Certified Scrum Practicing has been changed to Certified Scrum Professional (CSP)...

  • Code Viscosity

    Code Viscosity, generally referred to as Technical Debt. The word viscous is a good metaphor because...

  • Commitment Based Planning

    Most teams doing agile never evolve past simple activity orientation. Great teams become riveted on establishing a commitment and finding a way to deliver.

  • Distributed Agile Development

    Building and sustaining distributed agile development efforts requires a process that focuses on teams and building up their protocols one at a time.

  • Distributed Agile Teams

    Distributed agile can work, but it is risky. Even more than traditional agile implementations, distributed teams tend to fall into two failure modes: “command as control” or team fragmentation.

  • Information Radiator

    Getting the right information radiator can help you teams focus and succeed. Big visible display boards help people find where to spend energy.

  • Make It Visible

    Self organization can occur when the work has enough visibility..This term was coined to described why agile team boards work in 2004 by Doug Shimp.

  • Online IT Certification Training

    So, why is there so little emphasis on getting agile / scrum online IT certification training? Organizations are conducting their work this way

  • Process Fog

    Process fog can be thought of as a reduction in visibility brought about by creating too much...

  • Professional Scrum Training

    Professional Scrum Training from the Scrum Alliance is internationally recognized and community driven. The industries best training companies are selected...

  • Scrum Agile Training

    Scrum or agile can dramatically increase the chances of success.

  • Scrum Coach

    Although the role scrum coach is not called out formally in Scrum, ...

  • Scrum Framework

    The Scrum Framework is ideally suited for complex efforts and requires discipline to execute.

  • Scrum Methodology

    Scrum Methodology is a modern approach for developing complex products and often software products.

  • Scrum Team

    The fundamental unit in Scrum is the team...

  • Scrum Tools

    3 scrum tools to help manage workflow

  • Scrum Training

    What kinds of Scrum training are there? How will I identify the good from the bad?

  • ScrumMaster

    A good ScrumMaster or scrum master is someone who likes to work with people and can establish a pattern of continuous improvement.

  • ScrumMaster Training

    Mastering Scrum requires more than a 2-day course can provide. Training can help you begin mastering scrum.

  • Sprint Review

    Sprint Review is when the Product Owner and the Team show the team's results to their Stakeholders. There are a few reasons we do this...

  • Stakeholders

    ... the most important role involved in a project effort is the Stakeholder, as the Stakeholders are the ones who have desires, wants, and needs,...

  • Stories

    What are stories in scrum / agile development?

  • Story Boss

    The Story boss is a temporary focus and can be applied to agile or Scrum ...

  • Team Fragmentation

    occurs when there is a lack of unifying purpose in product development work....

  • Team Swarm

    Great project management recognizes team swarm and is good a...

  • Time Boxing

    Time boxing is a the closest thing in agile or scrum has to ...

  • What is Scrum
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