
Scrum Project Roles – Part 2
Forming the Scrum Team
In the case of developers on cross-functional teams, they must be able to collectively work on any features that a product may include. Most teams do contain more than one developer, but it is vital that these developers have skill sets that cover any requests that may come through the backlog. When teams are formed, they may have to pull developers from different duties in order to make sure they can cover front and back end, or whatever needs the individual product may have.
Cross-functional teams may occasionally have redundancy in roles, but this could be intentional. For projects that may have a large volume of work, one person may not be enough to handle everything within a sprint. It is convenient to have more one team member to have certain skills, especially if these skills will be in high demand for the project. Forming the team from a pool of people means that developers can shift around as their individual skills are more or less needed.
Tuckman’s Theory
Bruce Tuckman suggested that groups must develop together and that this development happens in stages. There are four basic stages: forming, storming, norming, and performing. Each of these stages has some unique details, and most teams that work together long term go through this process in one way or another.
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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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