Scrum Values
Azure DevOps
PBIs
Bugs
Epics and Features
100

This Scrum value encourages team members to finish Sprint work and support each other to reach a shared goal.

What is Commitment?

100

This Azure DevOps board type is commonly used by Scrum teams to visualize work in progress.

What is the sprint board?

100

This Agile artifact contains a prioritized list of work for the development team.

What is the Product Backlog?

100

A bug is a type of work item that represents this in the system.

What is a Defect or Error?

100

An epic is a large body of work that can be broken down into these smaller units.

What are features and PBIs?

200

This value means team members speak up about challenges and ask for help when needed.

What is Courage?

200

This feature in Azure DevOps helps teams track work across multiple projects and teams by providing a timeline view.

What is Delivery plans?

200

The definition of this ensures that a PBI is ready to be worked on. 

What is the definition of ready?

200

In Agile, fixing a bug should follow this process to ensure it's properly prioritized and resolved.

What is Backlog Refinement or Sprint Planning?

200

A feature is a collection of related PBIs that deliver this to the end-user.

What is the Business Value?

300

This value helps the Scrum Team stay aligned and work only on the most important items in the Sprint.

What is Focus?

300

In Azure DevOps, PBIs, bugs, and tasks are often linked using this feature.

What is Parent-Child Relationships?

300

This ceremony allows the team to refine and estimate PBIs before they enter a sprint.

What is Backlog Refinement?

300

This type of testing is performed to ensure a bug fix does not introduce new issues.

What is regression testing?

300

This Agile role is responsible for prioritizing features and ensuring they align with business goals.

What is the Product Owner?

400

This value supports transparency and honest communication, making it easier to inspect and adapt.

What is Openness?

400

This Azure DevOps report helps Scrum teams track remaining work over time and predict whether they will complete a sprint on schedule.

What is the Sprint Burndown Chart?

400

PBIs should follow this INVEST principle, ensuring they are well-defined and actionable.

What is Independent, Negotiable, Valuable, Estimable, Small, and Testable?

400

This person on the Scrum team is usually responsible for fixing bugs in the code.

What is a Developer?

400

Features (and PBIs) should include this type of documentation to clarify their purpose and expected outcomes.

What is the Acceptance Criteria?

500

Without this value, collaboration breaks down. It's about valuing everyone’s input, experience, and differences.

What is Respect?

500

This Azure DevOps feature helps teams define, execute, and track automated and manual test cases.

What is Azure Test Plans?

500

This metric helps track the amount of work the team can complete in a sprint, often measured in story points.

What is Velocity?

500

When a bug is reported, this field in Azure DevOps helps describe what the problem is and how to reproduce it.

What is the Description?

500

A Feature should be sliced so that each PBI contributes to this key Scrum goal.

What is "Delivering customer value in small, testable increments".