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Vocabulary
Scrum provides a language for this common sense way of organizing, performing and managing work:
| Backlog |
All work to be performed in the forseeable future, both well defined and requiring further definition. |
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| Sprint |
A period of 30 days of less where a set of work will be performed to create a deliverable. |
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| Sprint Backlog |
That work that is well-enough defined that it can be worked on with relatively little change over a period of 30 days or less and will result in a tangible, incremental deliverable. |
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| Scrum |
A daily meeting at which progress and impediments to progress are reviewed. |
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| Scrum Meeting Rules |
Protocol for effective Scrum daily meetings. |
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| Scrum Team |
The cross-functional team working on the sprint's backlog. |
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Contact Ken Schwaber at ken.schwaber@verizon.net for consulting resources, training, mentoring, and information.
The Enterprise and Scrum
by Ken Schwaber
A new book for those managing large projects and programs, or wishing to adopt Scrum throughout the enterprise. Due out June 13, 2007 from Microsoft Press.
Agile Project Management
with Scrum
by Ken Schwaber
The rules and practices from Scrum - a simple process for managing complex projects - are few, straightforward, and easy to learn. In this illuminating series of case studies, Scrum co-creator and evangelist Ken Schwaber identifies the real-world lessons culled from his years of experience coaching companies in agile project management.
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