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Product Backlog in Scrum

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  Importance and Features of the Product Backlog Photo by  Luis Villasmil  on  Unsplash A product backlog is an ordered list of each item needed in the product. The backlog may contain new features or improvements for existing fixes or changes that need to be made to the product. The properties of a backlog item depend on the product or area of development work; Typically an item will have properties such as description, order, size and value. The product backlog items contain acceptance criteria to help test whether work has been completed. The only person responsible for the product backlog is the product owner. The activity of making changes to the product backlog is called  Product Backlog Management . How to create and manage a Product Backlog? Everything starts with a goal or vision. The product owner is expected to define the features that the product should have. The product owner will seek to understand the business needs by constantly collaborating with stakeholders, paying a
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What is Scrum?

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  Basic information about Scrum Photo by  Eden Constantino  on  Unsplash Relationship between AGILE and SCRUM Agile defines the way in which requirements and solutions emerge through the collaborative effort of self-directed teams and their end users. The term Agile used in this context comes from the Agile Software Development manifesto. Scrum is considered an agile framework and is associated with the agile movement. It is impossible to predict from the beginning how a product should be developed in today’s world where there is a high level of uncertainty with constantly changing market conditions and technological developments. We have no idea what customers will want six months from now, and we must admit that we cannot predict the future. Creating a very long-term plan with detailed requirements no longer works for every project. That’s why we need to work with time boxes and fast adaptation to ensure the success of a product. SCRUM and TIME BOXES Scrum is a framework that forces
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Creating an Agile Culture

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  When it comes to building a successful agile culture, the focus should always be on people… on every stakeholder in an organization, not just the project team. Photo by  Lala Azizli  on  Unsplash Focusing on people, and specifically on the actual mindset changes needed for an agile transformation, is fundamental to success. Spreading the agile mindset across organizations creates network effects that can deliver shared benefits, enhance project visibility and improve the chance of overall project success. However, “being agile” and “doing agile” are two different things, so let’s get that out of the way. Being agile is not necessarily about using the best agile tools or techniques — rather it is a mindset. If an organization is not achieving the desired quality, speed to market and increased team member engagement dimensions through an agile transformation, it has been implemented in theory alone — and the mindset has not kicked in. The traditional, deterministic project life cycle a
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Why Should I Get PMP® Certification?

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  PMP® Certification offers crucial opportunities for your career. Photo by  Octavian Dan  on  Unsplash The PMP® Certification (Project Management Professional) is a globally recognized certification. It proves that the knowledge that needs to be managed in a project is adequately understood by the certificate owner. Therefore, the top management of companies prefer to hand over their projects to a PMP® Certified person for the successful completion of their projects. This creates a two-sided win-win relationship. Advantages of the Certificate Let’s examine the advantages of PMP® Certification in turn. 1- Understanding the Methods A person with PMP® Certification is basically familiar with three project management approaches. Predictive, agile and hybrid. The project manager, who knows which projects should be run by which method, will implement a faster, less costly and reliable management model. 2- Understanding Knowledge Areas The titles to be managed in a project are respectively;
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