Scrum is an iterative method that belongs in the agile camp of how to manage and run projects. It can be used to manage almost any type of project, software, websites, hardware, marketing, event planning, etc. This presentations covers: Roles in Scrum, Key Points of Scrum, and Actions Done in Scrum such as: Planning Meeting, Completing Work, Daily Scrum Meeting, Sprint Review Meeting, & Retrospective Meeting.

1. Beginner’s Guide
to Agile with Scrum

2. Agenda:
30 Seconds Overview of Scrum
Scrum condensed in a list
Roles in Scrum
Key Points of Scrum
Actions Done in Scrum:
Planning Meeting
Completing Work
Daily Scrum Meeting
Scrum Review Meeting
Retrospective Meeting
Bonus materials

3. “The most appropriate projects for agile are ones with aggressive
deadlines, a high degree of complexity, and a high degree of novelty
(uniqueness) to them. We want to use agile when we are doing
something that is new, or at least new to the team building it. If it’s
something the team has done before over and over then the team
probably doesn’t need an agile approach.

4. Scrum can be condensed
into the following list:
1. A product owner creates a prioritized wish list called a product backlog.
2. During sprint planning, the team pulls a small chunk from the top of that wish
list, a sprint backlog, and decides how to implement those pieces.
3. The team has a certain amount of time — a sprint (usually two to four weeks) —
to complete its work, while meeting every day to assess its progress (daily
Scrum).
4. Along the way, the Scrum Master keeps the team focused on its goal.
5. At the end of the sprint, the work should be potentially shippable: ready to
hand to a customer, put on a store shelf, or show to a stakeholder.
6. The sprint ends with a sprint review and retrospective.
7. As the next sprint begins, the team chooses another chunk of the product
backlog and begins working again.
8. This goes on until the project is deemed complete, either by stopping to work
(deadline, budget, etc.) or by completing the entire wish list.

5. “So, agile is most appropriate on any urgent
project with significant
complexity and novelty – which
includes software development and weddings.
Scrum can be thought of as a framework for managing a process from beginning to end.

6. Roles in Scrum
• The Scrum Master, ensures the procedure is followed, eliminates impediments, and safeguards the team
from disturbances. The Scrum Master differs from a traditional project manager in many ways, including
that this role does not provide day-to-day direction to the team and does not assign tasks to individuals.
• The Product Owner, is typically a project’s key stakeholder. Part of the product owner’s responsibilities is
to have a vision of what he or she wishes to build, and convey that vision to the Scrum team. The foremost
task of the Product Owner is to provide value to the stakeholders.
• The Scrum Team, is a self-organizing and a cross-functional team, who does the analysis, implementation,
design, testing, and so forth. Although individuals may join the team with various job titles, in Scrum, those
titles are insignificant. Scrum methodology states that each person contributes in whatever way they can
to complete the work of each sprint. Individuals will thus spend most (and sometimes all) of their
time working in whatever discipline they know, be it analysis, design, development, test, etc.

7. Key Points of Scrum
Some of the key points of Scrum that many teams find attractive:
• Self-organized with focus on the team.
• No necessity for large amounts of documentation. Instead having very accurate and to the point stories,
tasks, etc.
• The cross functional team works together as a single unit.
• Close communication and lots of interaction.
• Has a definite and repeating rhythm for completing work of maximum 30 days.
• Instead of trying to do the whole “thing” at the same time, Scrum helps complete a small amount of
everything at a given interval.
• The ability of individuals is trusted and their availability is known before committing to anything.

8. An example of a Story board

9. The following list will walk you through some of the main
processes of Agile with Scrum:
• Planning Meeting
• Complete Work
• Daily Scrum Meeting
• Sprint Review Meeting
• Retrospective Meeting
Actions Done
in Scrum

10. Planning Meeting
The Sprint Planning meeting is the preliminary point of Scrum. It’s the meeting where the entire Scrum team
assembles; in collaboration with the Product Owner and the Scrum Master the team selects a user story from
the backlog and the group brainstorms on it. Based on the conversation, the Scrum group decides the
complexity of the story and decides if it should go into the sprint.
A typical backlog on the left, and the planned sprints on the right.

11. Completing Work
As the title suggests, it’s necessary for the team to complete work to progress on the project. The
people on the team works on stories until they are done and then they move on to the next. Typically,
the stories are arranged on a board with discrete steps, so it’s easy to get a feel for how the sprint is
progressing.
An example of a card or user story

12. Daily Scrum Meeting
Through the sprint cycle, each day the scrum team meets for maximum
fifteen minutes (typically in the morning). This is also known as the daily
standup meeting.
Each team member answers 3 things:
1. What did I do yesterday?
2. What do I intend to do today?
3. Explain if the person has anything blocking them
from completing their work for the day.

13. Sprint Review Meeting
After each sprint, the team holds a Sprint Review Meeting to
demonstrate a working product increment to the Product Owner and
everyone else who is interested. The meeting should feature a live
demonstration, not a report. The Product Owner may verify the stories
according to their acceptance criteria.

14. Retrospective Meeting
Retrospective meeting occurs after the review meeting.
The Scrum group meets and talks about the following points:
• Exactly what went well in the sprint.
• Exactly what didn’t go as planned in the sprint.
• Lessons learned.
• Action items to be acted on.

15. Bonus Materials
We went through the main points of Agile with Scrum. If the
description has aroused your interest, you can continue with our
step-by-step guide on how to implement and get started with
Scrum.
On the other hand, if Scrum doesn’t feel right for your team, we
also have a more general look into the space of project
management methodologies, Agile vs. Waterfall and all the
major methods under each category. No method is the best, it all
comes down to your combination of projects and team.