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Review and Retrospective – Part 4

Key People not Attending the Sprint Review

It goes without saying that the Product Owner and the team must attend the meeting. Occasionally, with teams that are new to agile, there may be a tendency to see the review as a waste of time. In these situations, the Scrum Master needs to step in and help to create the sense of giving a rhythm to the sprint. The sprint review enhances this rhythm by providing a kind of endpoint where everybody gets together to establish what has been accomplished and celebrate what has been achieved.

The Sprint Review

In Agile software development, the Sprint Review Meeting is a demonstration meeting held at the end of every sprint. In it, the Scrum team showcases new features finished in the sprint. To some, this may seem excessive or unnecessary. Why have a review meeting after every sprint when you can just have one big review meeting at the end of the project? However, having a sprint review meeting at the end of every sprint yields several benefits.

The biggest benefit of the sprint review meeting is that it keeps all parties informed. Even roles who did not directly work on the project get regular updates. Stakeholders see features in action, within weeks after they are finished. Instead of going months or even years without new features, they see the fruits of new development often. In turn, developers and other scrum team roles see stakeholder reaction to their hard work. This can help steer future development.

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Master of Agile – Scrum Product Owner With 59 Seconds Agile (Video Training Course)

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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:

  1. An Introduction to Agile Project Management (Product Owner)
  2. The 12 Agile Principles (Product Owner)
  3. The Declaration of Interdependence (Product Owner)
  4. Introduction to Scrum (Product Owner)
  5. Scrum Project Roles (Product Owner)
  6. The Agile Project Life-cycle (Product Owner)
  7. Acceptance Criteria and the Prioritised Product Backlog (Product Owner)
  8. Epics and Personas (Product Owner)
  9. Sprint Planning (Product Owner)
  10. User Stories (Product Owner)
  11. The Daily Scrum (Product Owner)
  12. The Product Backlog (Product Owner)
  13. Scrum Charts (Product Owner)
  14. Review and Retrospective (Product Owner)
  15. Validating a Sprint (Product Owner)
  16. Releasing the Product (Product Owner)

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