Scrum Basics

Scrum Basics

Scrum revolves around the philosophy of simplicity, resulting in delivery of something that moves the project frontward. It achieves this by offering the following questions (referred to as Scrum’s three questions).

Scrum asks…	Main Project Management issue
What have you done during the last 24 hours?	This is progress, it’s work completed to date
What do you plan to do in the next 24 hours?	This is forward planning, it is work you are about to do
What’s stopping you getting on with the work of the next 24 hours? (Impediments)	These are your impediments or obstructions, it might be things you need in order to work… more forward planning. It’s also identification of immediate risks.

Scrum Roles

• Scrum uses three "roles": Product Owner, ScrumMaster and Project Team.
• The Product Owner is possibly a Product Manager or Project Sponsor
• The ScrumMaster is key, he or she "represents management to the project
• The Project Team should consist of Team members (3-10). The team itself should be self-organizing, cross-functional, involving individuals from a multitude of disciplines: SMEs, Data Analysts etc.