History Buff
A group of software developers gathered at Snowbird Resort, and penned the Agile Manifesto in this year.
2001
Often written from the vantage point of a user, in short, simple descriptions, this item is a conversation starter about desired functionality.
User Story
In both Kanban, and Scrum, this event is specifically set aside for teams to spend time coming up with ways to improve their processes.
Retrospective
Billed as a way for large organizations to scale their Agile implementation, this term is also known as the acronym SAFe.
Scaled Agile Framework
Known as a servant-leader for the team, this role is responsible for promoting and supporting Scrum.
Scrum Master
Ken Schwaber, and Jeff Sutherland presented the SCRUM framework at the Object Oriented Programming, Systems, Languages, and Applications (OOPSLA) Conference in this year.
1995
A series of pass/fail statements, these conditions must be satisfied in order to be accepted by a user.
Acceptance Criteria
During this event, three things should be accomplished: determining what can be done, how they'll get done, and a Sprint Goal.
Sprint Planning
This team of Agile teams, along with stakeholders, develops, and delivers working software in a value stream.
Agile Release Train (ART)
A core property of Kanban, this constraint is designed to restrict work in progress.
WIP Limit
The Scrum Guide is frequently updated based on user feedback, and the most recent revision is this version.
November 2017
Taken from an XP analogy to rock climbing, this item is often considered as a way to track research, or an enabler for future development.
Spike
This optional event can be utilized in addition to Sprint Planning, with the sole purpose for getting user stories ready to work.
Backlog Refinement
A coach for the Agile Release Train (ART), responsibilities for this role include facilitating ART events, and assisting teams in delivering value.
Release Train Engineer (RTE)
Originating in Lean Startup, this learning vehicle is often described as a prototype designed to elicit feedback from users.
Minimum Viable Product (MVP)
In the Harvard Business Review article, "The New New Product Development Game," Hirotaka Takeuchi, and Ikujiro Nonaka proposed a new way of developing new products based on the analogy of a rugby game was published this year.
1986
Ron Jeffries once stated this about these units of measuring progress: "I am not sure I invented them, but if I did I’m sorry now."
Story Points
In both Scrum, and Kanban, this 15-minute planning event occurs daily.
Daily Scrum, or Stand up
Created by Dr. Jeff Sutherland, this scaling framework applies to networks of Scrum teams to address complex problems.
Scrum@Scale
In Japanese, this term means "visual card."
Kanban
Kanban: Successful Evolutionary Change for Your Technology Business by David J. Anderson, considered by many to be Kanban canon, was published in this year.
2010
In mathematics, this sequence of numbers is the sum of the two preceding ones, starting from 0 and 1.
Fibonacci sequence, or Fibonacci numbers.
Also known as a "meta Scrum," this scaling mechanism may be used in environments that have multiple Scrum Teams.
Scrum of Scrums
Taken from Large Scale Scrum (LeSS), these groups of people share a concern, knowledge, or passion on a topic, and deepen their knowledge/expertise by interacting on an recurring basis.
Communities of Practice
In Japanese, this word means "continuous improvement."
Kaizen