Agile
The Scrum Process
Scrum Terminology
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In 2001 several software industry leaders gathered at Snowbird ski resort and published this document describing a now famous approach to software development.
What is the Agile Manifesto?
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This high speed event usually lasts between 2-4 weeks.
What is a Sprint?
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This is a set of integers that starts with a zero, followed by a one, then by another one, and then by a series of steadily increasing numbers. The sequence follows the rule that each number is equal to the sum of the preceding two numbers.

What is the Fibonacci Series

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This is the primary measure of progress for an Agile development team.
What is Working Software?
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The prioritized list of user stories the delivery team commits to working on during a 2-4 week development cycle.
What is the Sprint Backlog?
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The format is as follows: As a I want to so that
What is a User Story?
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This is the ongoing effort to improve products, services, or processes.
What is Continuous Improvement?
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Daily standing status meeting.
What is the Daily Scrum?
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At the beginning of a project the Product Owner is responsible for defining this. The Delivery Team should refer back to this often for reinforcement.
What is the Product Vision?
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The 2002 Standish Group study reported on 20% of features are used "often" or "always." This is a key reason why Agile projects focus on this.
What is Business Value?
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A tool Scrum teams use to Inspect and Adapt at the end of every development cycle.
What is a Retrospective?
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A collection of features to implement the vision prioritized by business value.
What is the Product Backlog?
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Waterfall projects have fixed requirements and usually negotiate Cost and Schedule. Agile projects negotiate this.
What is Scope?
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At the end of development cycle the delivery team produces this.
What is a Potentially Shippable Product?
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The number of story points that the team can complete in a given sprint.
What is an Velocity?
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