The document outlines the Scrum ceremonies and roles. It describes the Product Owner's role of engaging with stakeholders to understand requirements for the upcoming sprint. It also describes the key Scrum events: Sprint Planning where the team plans the sprint and creates the sprint backlog; Daily Scrums where the team synchronizes work; Sprint Review where completed work is demonstrated; and the Sprint Retrospective where the team improves processes. Additionally, it notes the Product Owner and Scrum Master roles and backlog refinement meetings to prepare stories for the sprint.

1. Sprint Meetings
Story Writing
Workshops
PO
Not part of the Scrum ceremonies, but essential part of the
project. The Product Owner engages with the Stakeholders
and Sponsors to understand the value of the work to be
done, and to help develop the scope (Stories).
StakeholdersSponsors
Sprint Planning
EPIC
EPIC
Feature
Feature
Feature
Story
Story
Story
 Team works with PO to refine
estimates, and agree Stories for
inclusion in this Sprint
 PO & Team agrees the Sprint Goal
Sprint Prioritization (Scrum Team)
 Decide how to achieve Sprint Goal
 Create Sprint Backlog
 Define Tasks
 Team Pull initial tasks to work on
 Do NOT estimate tasks!
Sprint Planning (Dev Team)
PO
SM
Backlog TO DO Doing Done
Goal
Product
Backlog
Tasks
Input Outputs
Daily Scrum
Created by: Nigel Thurlow
Last Updated: 28th
August 2015
Version: 12
A C
D
Sprint Review
 Hosted by the Scrum Team
 Product Owner Must Attend
 Open to any stakeholder to attend
 Demonstrate the Sprint achieved its Goal , elicit
stakeholder feedback, and decide what to do next.
E
Retrospective
F
2 Hrs
Per Week
of Sprint
MAX
1 Hr
Per Week
of Sprint
MAX
3
Hrs
MAX
SMEs
 What went well? J
 What didn t go so well? L
 How can we improve? Kaizen
 Problem Solving Root Cause Analysis (5 Whys)
 Attended by the Scrum Team.
10%
of the
Sprint
MAX
Backlog Refinement
PO SM
Story
EPIC
Feature
Story
Story
Story
Story
Story
EPIC Story
Story
Story
EPIC Delete Items
Refine Items
Insert Items
20 Estimate Items
Prioritize
B
The team should meet with the Product Owner up to 10% of
the Sprint to refine the upcoming stories to ensure they re
READY. Ready = everyone understands the WHAT. VALUE
to the business is defined. Enabling items are identified
(specs/wireframes etc). Stories meet INVEST.
Everyone Answers The 3 Questions
 What did I do yesterday
> that helped the Team meet the Sprint Goal?
 What will I do today
> to help the Team meet the Sprint Goal?
 Do I see any impediment that prevents me
> or the Team from meeting the Sprint Goal?
Purpose – Define a plan for today s work!
Every
Day!
15
Mins
 NO Deviation or Debate 
PO
SM
MAX
Fixed
Time
Fixed
Location