Artefacts
Agile Artefacts
What are the core elements of agile frameworks that help promote focus, quality, and create transparency?
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Learning Areas: Stage Two
Evidence based management
Aligning Sprint Goals with the Product Goal
Using the Sprint Goal as an Immediate Tactical Goal
Guides
Backlog Refinement
Getting on top of your Product Backlog is a key element of improved agility
Guardrails
Build-in Quality
Built-in Quality is a critical principle of agile teams that ensures the quality of their product.
Definition of Done
Creating “Done” Increments every Sprint
If you are unable to deliver a “Done” increment during a Sprint, you are not doing
Practices
Creating Great Sprint Goals
The Sprint Goal is an objective to be met by the Sprint through the implementation of
Empiricism
Daily Scrum
Inspecting progress toward the Sprint Goal empowers a team to adapt its Sprint Backlog
Guides
Daily Scrum isn’t a status report
Inspecting progress toward the Sprint Goal empowers a team to adapt its Sprint Backlog
Definition of Done
Definition of Done
What is the Definition of Done and how do you use it to improve quality and
Roles
Developer
Developers are the people in the Scrum Team that are committed to creating any aspect of
Management commitment
Difference between Scrum Master and Project Manager
What does it take to lead an Agile Release Train as its Product Manager?
Connectedness
Encouraging Team Work
How do you help members of the team to be mutually committed to the goals and
Backlog items
Estimation Essentials – Does it fit in a Sprint?
What do you do if work is too large to fit into a Sprint?
Backlog items
Exemplars for baselines to help with estimation
Creating a baseline for estimation speeds up estimation and makes it more accurate.
Guides
Facilitation Prompts for Scrum Masters
Teams’ agility improves when the Scrum Master supports self-organisation with these simple phrases and facilitation patterns
Process
Go beyond ‘What Worked’, ‘What Didn’t Work’ in Retrospectives
The “What Worked”, “What Didn’t” gets boring quickly. Learn how to mix things up in Retrospectives
Backlog management
How DEEP is your Backlog?
How do you slice Product Backlog items so that they can be delivered in a single
Definition of Done
How to use the Definition of Done in Sprint Planning
The Definition of Done is a vital part of Sprint Planning, indicating the quality, standards, and
Backlog items
INVEST
How do you slice Product Backlog items so that they can be delivered in a single
Guardrails
Managing complexity with Cynefin
Understanding complexity helps attack problems with the best approach
Empiricism
Mastering Agile Events
Learn how to get the most out of inspecting and adapting using Scrum’s 5 key events.
Backlog management
Objectives vs Deliverables
Start setting objectives over thinking about fixed deliverables and requirements
Backlog management
Ordering the Product Backlog
Be aware that “prioritising” the Product Backlog tends to lead to suboptimal market value and reduced
Backlog management
Prioritisation by Value and WSJF
Weighted, shortest job first is a practice from SAFe to prioritise Epics and Features
Artefacts
Product Backlog
The Product Backlog is the single source of any work undertaken by the team. It serves
Product management
Product Manager
What does it take to lead an Agile Release Train as its Product Manager?
Backlog management
Respecting Sprint Boundaries
What to do if the team is unable to finish the items before the sprint, is
Empiricism
Retrospective
Inspect the team – people, process and tools – and decide on improvement actions
Backlog items
Slicing Stories
How do you slice Product Backlog items so that they can be delivered in a single
Artefacts
Sprint Backlog
The Sprint Backlog is a plan by and for the Developers. It is a highly visible,
Empiricism
Sprint Planning – How
How does a team decide on what items will become part of their Sprint?
Empiricism
Sprint Planning – What
How does a team decide on what items will become part of their Sprint?
Empiricism
Sprint Planning – Why
How does a Product Owner facilitate discussion on the value needed from the upcoming Sprint?
Empiricism
Sprint Planning Basics
What are the essential parts of Sprint Planning and how do you make it effective?
Empiricism
Sprint Review
Go beyond a demo and inspect the increment to get feedback on the direction for the
Backlog items
Stop ‘Waterfalling’ Sprints
How do you stop Stories from “rolling” over to the next Sprint?
