Introduction to Agile and Scrum Framework
Introduction to Agile and Scrum Framework by Kallori Vikram
English | 23 Jan. 2017 | ASIN: B01MYBN1CM | 51 Pages | AZW3/MOBI/EPUB/PDF (conv) | 4.33 MB
English | 23 Jan. 2017 | ASIN: B01MYBN1CM | 51 Pages | AZW3/MOBI/EPUB/PDF (conv) | 4.33 MB
Agile and scrum are raging buzzwords in the IT industry. Agile is not a method. It is a movement, a management framework which has been rapid in the last five to six years. Agile adoption rates in companies has been on the rise due to the trend of reduced costs and increased productivity. Scrum is a time boxed, iterative approach to software development that builds and releases software in an incremental fashion. This book summarizes Scrum and Agile methodologies and focuses on the following:
1. Agile principles and Manifesto
2. Differences between Agile and Waterfall SDLC Methodology
3. Scrum Framework
4. Role of the scrum master, self-organizing team and product owner
5. Scrum meetings- Sprint planning, Daily sprints, sprint reviews and retrospectives
6. Scrum Artifacts- product backlogs, sprint backlogs and minimal marketable feature (MMF)
7. User Stories
8. Sprint Tools like sprint velocity, task boards and burn down charts
9. Teams- Multiple, distributed and virtual teams
10. Scrum and Agile principles, challenges and opportunities