IBM Leaders
This is the IBM CIO
Who is Kathryn Guarini
A body of work broken down into specific tasks to create a hierarchal structure
What is an Epic?
An explanation of a feature written from the perspective of an end user and their articulated needs and value add
What is a User Story?
This web conferencing application is owned by Cisco
What is Webex?
The reason for the session explaining why each member is there.
What is Purpose?
This is IBM's CFO
Who is James Kavanaugh
Collection of Epics and Stories that drive toward a common goal.
What is an initiative
A short, time boxed period where a Scrum team works to complete a set amount of work
What is a Sprint?
Slack, a communication platform with the ability to organize conversations by topic, was recently acquired by this company.
What is Salesforce?
This represents how best to increase interaction and attain feedback for that particular session.
What is Engagement?
This is IBM's Chief Human Resource Officer
Who is Nickle LaMoreaux
As opposed to traditional projects, this is produced at the end of every sprint rather than the end of every project
What is Working Software/Done Feature?
A prioritized list of work from the team derived from the product roadmap and requirements
What is a Backlog?
Jira is a powerful work management tool created by this Australian company.
What is Atlassian?
The Roles & Responsibilities section for this preparatory session should include the Product Owner, Scrum Master and the entire development team
What is the Iteration Planning?
This is the IBM CEO
Who is Arvind Krishna
As opposed to traditional projects, end users are engaged on a regular cadence and provide their input throughout each sprint?
What is collaboration?
Desired outcome and declared work to be fully finished by end of sprint.
What is a Sprint Goal?
This web-based, Kanban-style application tool that organizes projects into boards is known for its fun background selection and quirky stickers feature
What is Trello?
This part of the acronym explains the tangible benefits of attending this meeting.
What is What's In It For Everyone (Wii-FE)?
This is the head of IBM's cloud platform
Who is Howard Boville
As opposed to traditional projects, agile teams are able to adapt if requirements or circumstances change?
What is adapting to change?
Defines when a unit of work is complete and can be closed out for burndown tracking
What is the Definition of Done?
This digital workspace for visual collaboration is commonly used as a whiteboard for remote teams.
What is Mural?
The Outcome for this ceremony would be a shared understanding of the product backlog items that may be taken into the next sprint.
What is the Product Backlog Refinement?