Scrum Lesson 01 – Scrum Principles
by admin • November 21, 2014 • Scrum and Agile • 0 Comments
What are Scrum Principles?
- Core guidelines for applying the scrum
- Should mandatorily be used in all scrum projects
- Can be applied to any type of project in any organization
- Ensure effective implementation of scrum framework
- Non-negotiable. Period.
- While scrum aspects and processes can be modified to meet the requirements of the project or organization
Six Scrum Principles
1. Empirical Process Control
- Emphasizes core philosophy of scrum
- Based on the three ideas
- Transparency
- Inspection
- Adaptation
2. Self Organization
- Focuses on today’s workers who deliver more when encouraged to self-organize rather than commanded and controlled
3. Collaboration
- It is related to three core dimensions of collaborative work
- Awareness
- Articulation
- Appropriation
- Advocates project management as a shared value creation process
4. Value Based Prioritization
- Highlights the focus of scrum to deliver maximum business value
5. Time-Boxing
- Describes time as a limiting constraint in scrum
- It helps effectively manage project planning and execution
- Time-boxed elements include
- Sprints
- Daily stand-up meetings
- Sprint planning meetings
- Sprint review meetings
6. Iterative Development
- Emphasizes how to better manage change and build projects that satisfy customer needs
- It also delineates the project owner’s and organization’s responsibility related to iterative development
