Scrum guide
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Scrum guide software#
‘Developers’ is a poor name, as most people somehow read it as software developers but it’s more like a product workers. They are a team in the first place, a team that is cross-functional so can deliver end-to-end value together. Now there is no such mentality in the Scrum team, they are in it together, responsible for all product-related activities. So, no real change there, we’ve just finally got rid of the very typical dysfunction where the Product Owner was like an enemy and the team was delivering to the Product Owner only.
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It looks like a big change, but it’s rather cosmetic as they all have to collaborate and self-organize (or self-manage if you like) to maximize value towards the Sprint and Product Goal. The biggest change seems to be that we don’t have “Development Team”, ScrumMaster, and Product Owner but “Developers”, ScrumMaster, and Product Owner forming a Scrum Team together. Unlike Scrum, which builds on empiricism and inspects and adapts the plans on the way. In such a world all different estimation techniques, velocity, burn-down, and burn-up charts are considered useful. Only what has already happened may be used for forward-looking decision making.” All over, if you know what needs to be done, can plan it, then all you need to focus on is how fast are you going to deliver it. I also like the new Scrum Guide to remind us about the primary need for Agile and Scrum in complex and unpredictable environments: “ In complex environments, what will happen is unknown. It focuses on people’s behavior, over the processes and practices. The five values of Commitment, Focus, Openness, Respect, and Courage are clearly defined there now as well. I like the fact that the new Scrum Guide stresses the three empirical pillars of transparency, inspection, and adaptation and explains what are they about. It’s finally gone! #2 – Focusing on the Mindset For example, one of my favorite changes in this space is that daily Scrum finally not suggesting the three questions but recommend that people “can select whatever structure and techniques they want, as long as their Daily Scrum focuses on progress toward the Sprint Goal…” Isn’t that awesome? After all those years of individual status meetings where people were reporting to someone what they did.
Scrum guide full#
With this version, we got rid of many long and complicated phrases full of details. Yes, Scrum is simple and so the Scum Guide.