MY LEARNINGS TO BECOME AGILE SCRUM MASTER

  1.      As a Scrum Master , one of the responsibilities is to help the team pulling up the backlog for a sprint which is already prioritized and pulling items which are placed on the top (sorted as per the priority). 2.      Once, the team is able to identify items that can add value from the pile of requirements, the Scrum Master can help them ( Product Owner + Development Team) to convert them into good user stories (if it is not already). A good user story is one which  includes          a description and           has acceptance criteria defined. It should be a piece which can be delivered in a sprint and entails minimum dependencies. The team should be able to develop and test within the boundaries of the sprint along with providing the estimates . In short, good user stories follow the INVEST principle. I ndependent - Reduced dependencies N egotiable - Describes the functionality, can be negotiated between the Team and PO V aluable - Provides value

The daily Scrum meeting, also known as the daily  stand-up The daily  stand-up ,is the daily meeting where your software development team gathers to provide project status updates about : Ø   what has been done, Ø   what needs to be done, and Ø   where there are issues.   (Or) For Example ,they might ask things such as : Ø       What did you do yesterday?  Ø       What will you do today? Ø        Are there any problems preventing us from reaching the sprint goal?   In theory, these meetings are supposed to help the team communicate and produce a better product, but unfortunately, they often go wrong. People get off of topic, distracted, and, next thing you know, what should have taken 15 minutes has now taken an hour. You don’t have to worry about your Scrum meeting getting this out of hand though if you follow our advice on how to run an effective Scrum meeting. 11 Tips for Running An Effective Scrum Meeting

  Can the Scrum master be a Product owner or a member of the development team? It is possible for a scrum master to be a part of the development team or be a product owner, however it is not recommended, and it is better if their role is kept separate.

Scrum Master vs Project Manager We will look at how the Project Manager and the Scrum Master roles differ from each other in discrete terms.

  1.       What is Capacity Planning? 2.       Benefits of Capacity Planning 3.       How to do the Capacity Planning 4.       Examples of Capacity Planning 5.       Excel Template Sample What is Capacity Planning? CAPACITY PLANNING is the Available bandwidth or Productive hours of the Team members to deliver the product. PRODUCTIVE HOURS: The number of hours that the team members could spend to do the Actual work in the project Actual Hours: The Actual hours will be calculated after deducting the hours planned for the sprint events / ceremonies For Example: If the team members work 8 hours per day around 6 hours will be considered as Productive hours Remaining 2 hours will be used for sprint events , internal discussions Availability will be measured in Hours CAPACITY PLANNING will be done for the Team members for the Entire Sprint BENEFITS OF CAPACITY PLANNING – Why should we do the capacity planning 1.  Understand the Avai