Agile Testing- Part 2 - SCRUM it

What is SCRUM

Scrum is an iterative, incremental methodology for project management often seen in agile software development,  a type of software engineering.

Scrum is a process skeleton that contains sets of practices and predefined roles.

The main roles in Scrum are:

1. the “ScrumMaster”, who maintains the processes 
2. the “Product Owner”, who represents the stakeholders and the business 
3.  The “Team”, a cross-functional group of about 7 people who do the actual analysis, design, implementation, testing, etc. 

Scrum Framework

Roles :Product Owner , Scrum master, team

Ceremonies : Sprint Planning, Sprint Review, Sprint Retrospective, & Daily Scrum Meeting

Artifacts : Product Backlog, Sprint Backlog, and Burndown Chart

Original SCRUM Diagram

SCRUM Roles

Product Owner 

• Represents the voice of the customer
• Is accountable for ensuring that the Team delivers value to the business. 
• Writes customer-centric items (typically user stories), prioritizes themand adds them to the product backlog.

Scrum Master

• Interface between the management and the scrum team
• Typically progress of Scrum Team Members
• Responsible for removing impediments that stall the make
• quick decisions based on incomplete data

Scrum Team

• Cross Functional
• The Team is responsible for delivering the product.
• Team is typically made up of 5–9 people with cross-functional
• skills who do the actual work