Scrum Project Roles – Part 7

Scrum Team Size

The basics of Scrum can be easy but implementing them and succeeding with Scrum can be infinitely harder. Scrum Teams need to be big enough to get things done, but small enough to allow for communication and move quickly.

The Scrum Team has three roles that make up the structure of the team, the Scrum Master, Product Owner, and Development Team. When deciding how large a team should be, the development team is where the numbers will increase or decrease. There will always be one Scrum Master and one Product Owner – teams shouldn’t have more than one Product Owner.

Choosing how many people are needed for a scrum team can seem like a daunting task for Scrum Masters. Scrum Masters guide the team in using Scrum and ensure that the team is working in its best way by serving the team. There isn’t any rigid template that you have to follow when creating a Scrum Team, however, there is some general advice to help out.

A common recommendation is that Scrum Teams should be seven people, plus or minus two. While recommendations allow for flexibility in building your team, they can be hard to implement when deciding how many people to include. As a Scrum Master, you will be tasked with ensuring the team performs at its peak. If a team is too big or too small it can affect the way you do your job. So what size should a Scrum Team be?

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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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