2. Agile - Terms
Goal
Become familiar with some of the terminology used with
Agile, not to understand Agile
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3. Agile - Terms
People
Team Member – does the work
Scrum Master – responsible for the process
Product Owner – responsible for the product
Stakeholder – paying for the work
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4. Agile - Terms
Ceremony
Refining (Grooming) – common understanding of the work
Sprint Planning – identify the work to do in the next iteration
Stand Up – make sure the team is on the same page
Demo – look what we did
Retrospective – how can we get better?
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5. Agile - Terms
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Process
Sprint / Iteration – fixed amount of time to finish the next increment of work
Scrum – method where work is done in iterations
Velocity – how much work the team does in an iteration
Kanban – method where work flows continuously
Cycle Time – average time for a work item to finish
BVIR – Big Visible Information Radiators
Burn Down – shows iteration progress
Burn Up – same as burn down but highlights scope change
Resource – servers, money, chairs…not people
6. Agile - Terms
Product
User Story – Smallest unit of work that the customer values
Task – what the team needs to do to finish a User Story
Bug – problem with the product
Spike – necessary research resulting in a POC
Tech Debt – work to clean up a short cut taken in a previous iteration
Backlog – ranked list of User Stories, Tasks, Bugs, Spikes, Tech Debt
Road Map – order and estimated time when features will finish
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