Review and Retrospective – Part 2
Common Problems and How to Avoid Them
There are some pitfalls that tend to occur quite commonly during the sprint review. Below is a description of some of them along with suggestions that can help to mitigate these issues.
Product Owner Sees the Feature for the First Time at the Sprint Review
While the showcasing of the functionality that has been built is an important part of the sprint review, it should not be the first time that the Product Owner is seeing the feature in action. On the contrary, they should be working closely with the team throughout the cycle, and as a result would be well aware of the state of completion of the piece of work. This means that it should not come as a surprise if a story is rejected, as there would have been numerous discussions in the days leading up to the sprint review in which the team would have known about any acceptance criteria that would not be met in time.
Sprint Review is Treated as a Sprint Retrospective
If there are issues with some features, or some of the stories did not get completed in time, it is easy for the team to get drawn into a conversation about what went wrong during the sprint and what should have been done differently. However, these discussions, while important, should be dealt with at the retrospective so that the process of inspecting and reviewing the software isn’t interrupted. If necessary, the Scrum Master can make a note of any queries raised, and bring them up again later at the retrospective.
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This ‘Master of Agile – Agile Scrum Tester With 59 Seconds Agile (Video Training Course)’ provides an in-depth understanding of the Agile Scrum Tester 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’
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You will gain an in-depth understanding of the Agile Scrum Tester roles and responsibilities, and you will be able to
- Fully understand the role of the Agile Scrum Tester
- 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
- Fully understand the role of the Agile Scrum Developer
- 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 (Tester)
- The 12 Agile Principles (Tester)
- Introduction to Scrum (Tester)
- Scrum Projects (Tester)
- Scrum Project Roles (Tester)
- Quality in Agile (Tester)
- Acceptance Criteria and the Prioritised Product Backlog (Tester)
- Quality Management in Scrum (Tester)
- Epics and Personas (Tester)
- Planning in Scrum (Tester)
- Scrum Boards (Tester)
- User Stories (Tester)
- The Daily Scrum (Tester)
- The Product Backlog (Tester)
- Review and Retrospective (Tester)
- Validating a Sprint (Tester)
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