Forming the Scrum Team – Part 4
Vendors
The role of vendor is any individual or company that offers pieces and elements that are included in a product. While testers are not responsible for testing the code and functionality that vendors offer, they may encounter issues that originate outside of their own product. If testers determine that an error appears to be because of a vendor component and not specifically from code written by their team, they may need to submit a bug report to the vendor.
Scrum Guidance Body
An optional role, the Scrum Guidance Body manages more global and industrial requirements. Something like a legal change that is mandated by the government and may influence the Scrum project would be a responsibility of the Scrum Guidance Body. They must be aware of these industry changes, and lead the team in how to best comply with the regulations.
Since testers are often the last line of defence before a product goes to customers, they are responsible for verifying that the product does comply with guidelines set by the Scrum Guidance Body. If a product fails to uphold these regulations, there could be severe penalties for the organisation that created the product, as well as its customers. While testers are not alone in this responsibility, they could be the difference between sending a non-compliant product to market, and ensuring that the product receives last minute changes to satisfy the rules.
Testers are clearly an important part of any Scrum project. They interact with with other roles on the project in very specific ways, and the success of a product depends on testers being able to adequately perform their duties.
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Master of Agile – Scrum Product Owner With 59 Seconds Agile (Video Training Course)
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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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