
Forming the Scrum Team – Part 3
Non-Core Roles of a Scrum Project
While non-core roles might not be as directly involved with the Scrum process, they certainly have a bearing on a project, and on testers specifically. Non-core roles include stakeholders, vendors, and the Scrum Guidance Body.
Stakeholders
The role of stakeholder consists of anyone who has a stake in the success of a project. This might include customers, employees, board members, or a variety of other groups. As part of the organisation creating a product, testers are also stakeholders.
Testers interact with other stakeholders in ensuring that a product goes to market with as few bugs as possible. A robust product improves customer satisfaction. Higher customer satisfaction results in a more successful organisation. Without testers, products would have more errors and crashes. These problems would reflect badly on the product and organisation, as well as stakeholders by extension. Since testers are responsible for finding and identifying bugs, they are vital in producing a good product that rewards stakeholders.
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Master of Agile – Scrum Product Owner With 59 Seconds Agile (Video Training Course)
Introductory Offer: Free Course
What is this course?
This ‘Master of Agile – Scrum Product Owner With 59 Seconds Agile (Video Training Course)’ provides an in-depth understanding of the Scrum Product Owner roles and responsibilities
You will explore the Agile Scrum project life-cycle, including how an Agile User Story is created, to how we know when it is ‘done’
This course is aimed at those with or without prior knowledge and experience of the Agile values and principles
During this course you will learn the tools needed to succeed as a Scrum Product Owner
What will you learn?
You will gain an in-depth understanding of the Scrum Product Owner roles and responsibilities, and you will be able to
- Fully understand the role of the Scrum Product Owner
- Understand the roles involved in an Agile project
- Create an effective Product Backlog
- Effectively participate in Scrum Meetings such as the Daily Stand-up, Sprint Review and Retrospective
- Identify the roles involves in the Scrum Team

What topics are covered within this course?
You will cover the following topics during this course:
- An Introduction to Agile Project Management (Product Owner)
- The 12 Agile Principles (Product Owner)
- The Declaration of Interdependence (Product Owner)
- Introduction to Scrum (Product Owner)
- Scrum Project Roles (Product Owner)
- The Agile Project Life-cycle (Product Owner)
- Acceptance Criteria and the Prioritised Product Backlog (Product Owner)
- Epics and Personas (Product Owner)
- Sprint Planning (Product Owner)
- User Stories (Product Owner)
- The Daily Scrum (Product Owner)
- The Product Backlog (Product Owner)
- Scrum Charts (Product Owner)
- Review and Retrospective (Product Owner)
- Validating a Sprint (Product Owner)
- Releasing the Product (Product Owner)
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