
Scrum Project Roles – Part 9
Smaller Teams
So what happens if teams are too small?
Teams should be big enough to handle the work effectively and efficiently. Having only a couple developers can affect the amount of work that is able to be done on the project. Even with this, collaboration becomes a problem since there will be fewer people available to check each other’s work or test solutions.
Furthermore, small teams tend to have less breadth of skills in them which makes losing a team member can have more of an impact. Teams that are too small tend to have less cross-skill ability so if a team member leaves, or becomes sick, a too small team may have a harder time covering the lost member’s work. This can lead to lost productivity until someone else is found to replace them.
From a Scrum Master’s point of view, small teams pose their challenges too. Collaboration is key here, as well. If there aren’t enough people on the team to effectively collaborate, bounce ideas off each other, check each other’s work, and so on, it can be difficult to effectively do the work.
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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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