by Amit Kulkarni | Mar 5, 2019 | Agile Scrum
Story Point Estimation is a “Relative Estimation Technique”. This is one of the popular estimation technique used in Scrum implementations. The meaning of Relative is that we assign a point value to each item. The raw values we assign are unimportant. What...
by Amit Kulkarni | Mar 5, 2019 | Agile Scrum
Velocity is a measure of the amount of work a Team can tackle during a single Sprint and is the key metric in Scrum. Velocity is calculated at the end of the Sprint by totaling the Points for all fully completed User Stories....
by Amit Kulkarni | Nov 5, 2018 | Agile Scrum
The Sprint Goal is an objective set for the Sprint that can be met through the implementation of Product Backlog. It provides guidance to the Scrum Team on why it is building the Increment. It is created during the Sprint Planning meeting. The Sprint Goal gives the...
by Amit Kulkarni | Aug 15, 2018 | Agile Scrum
The 3-Question format is the most popular format for Daily Scrum. The 3 questions focus on 3 things What did I do yesterday which helped the team get closer to the sprint goal? What will I do today which will help the team get closer to the Sprint Goal? Are there any...
by Amit Kulkarni | Apr 16, 2018 | Agile Scrum
User story is one of the popular way of writing requirement in Agile. Lot of Agilists prefer the User Story format. However, that is not the only way of writing requirements in Agile projects. You could write requirements in many ways, for e.g.Use Cases, Business...
by Amit Kulkarni | Feb 14, 2018 | Agile Scrum
Because requirements in Scrum are only loosely defined, they need to revisited and clearly defined before they come into the Sprint. This is done during the current sprint in a activity called Product Backlog Refinement. Duration of the PB Refinement The guidelines in...