Scrum Fundamentals

In July 2016, the Scrum Values were added to The Scrum Guide.  These values include Courage, Focus, Commitment, Respect, and Openness. This poster provides a view of the Scrum Values with some descriptions to help you better understand them.

Empiricism means working in a fact-based, experience-based, and evidence-based manner. Scrum implements an empirical process where progress is based on observations of reality, not fictitious plans. Scrum also places great emphasis on mind-set and cultural shift to achieve business and organizational Agility. The three pillars of empiricism are as follows:

The following is a short extract from our recent book, Scrum: Novice to Ninja, available for free to SitePoint Premium members.

Scrum is a framework for developing and sustaining complex products. The Scrum Guide contains the official definition of Scrum as authored by Ken Schwaber and Jeff Sutherland.

Scrum has not been immune to controversy, and the history of how and who invented it is a topic of frequent debate. Venkatesh Krishnamurthy describes this popular framework's confusing origin story.

Insights into the application of Agile across different areas of the enterprise and about Value Stream Management

The first article to mention the Scrum approach.

There is no one-size-fits-all, magic bullet for determining a sprint length that works well for every team. Originally, Scrum called for one-month sprints, but nowadays many teams have been successful with two-week or even one-week sprints. Choosing the right sprint length is about determining an appropriate stimulus-to-response cycle. In a sprint, the initial stimulus is the customer setting the priority of the stories. The response is the team building working software.

The Scrum Guide provided in HTML format on the web.