IBM History
Scrum Ceremonies
Can You Kanban?
Metrics
Scrum Roles
100

This was the first president of IBM

Who is Thomas J. Watson?

100

Agile teams do this every day to check in on what was done the prior day, what will be worked on today and if there are any blockers.

What is Daily Standup/Daily Scrum?

100

This threshold represents the total number of tasks being worked on at the same time — whether by a team or an individual.

What is a WIP limit?

100

A report that tracks the completion of work throughout the sprint.

What is a sprint burndown?

100

This person manages the Product Backlog and optimizes value of the Product

Who is the Product Owner?

200

This is the location of IBM's Headquarters

What is Armonk, NY?

200

Agile teams do this to add and assign stories to be completed in the next sprint

What is Sprint Planning?

200

This visual flow of work tool is used to showcase work status from columns like "To Do" to "Done"

What is a Kanban board?

200

The average amount of work a scrum team completes during a sprint, measured usually in story points.

What is Velocity?

200

200 - This servant leader protects the team's processes and provides guidance on Agile practices

Who is a Scrum Master?

300

IBM invented this highly popular laptop and later sold it to Lenovo

What is a ThinkPad?

300

Agile teams do this to reflect on the progress of the last sprint and work toward continuous improvement?

What is a Retrospective?

300

Taiichi Ohno created the Kanban system while working for this company.

What is Toyota?

300

The measure of average tasks processed in each time unit.

What is Throughput?

300

 They conduct the main work on the project

Who are Developers?

400

This is the name of IBM's superpowered computer

What is Watson?

400

Agile teams hold this session on a regular basis to groom, understand and prioritize the outstanding requirements and tasks for the team

What is Backlog Refinement?

400

This Kanban core practice encourages and helps teams evaluate progress towards their goals, and course correct accordingly to meet them.

What is a feedback loop?

400

This calculation requires dividing work in progress (WIP) with the average completion rate of an issue type.

What is cycle time?

400

These are users, customers, and vendors who will be the beneficiaries of the completed project work.

Who are the Stakeholders?

500

This strategic acquisition positions IBM to be a leader in Hybrid Cloud provision and adoption

What is Red Hat?

500

This ceremony is used to demo and showcase the work completed in the last sprint to the team and sometimes stakeholders as well

What is an Iteration/Sprint Review?

500

This Japanese word is translated to mean Continuous Improvement.

What is Kaizen?

500

This charts displays bubbles or gaps within color bands to indicate shortages or bottlenecks.

What is a Cumulative Flow Diagram?

500

A collection of individuals, typically between five and nine members) working together to deliver the required product increments.

Who is the Scrum Team/Squad?

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