The Sprint Backlog – Part 7
Sprint burn-down
Sprint burn-down is an outcome of a sprint. As tasks get completed the burn-down chart shows how much work is still to be completed and whether the team is on track or not. If the team is not on track to deliver the sprint as planned, then it is a message to the Scrum Master to find out any obstacles the team might have.
This often involves the Product Owner as the obstacles might be user stories that require additional information or decisions. A Product Owner should try to solve these obstacles as quickly as possible and later reflect if and how the issues could have been avoided with better prioritizing and planning prior to the sprint.
Summary
Creating a sprint backlog is a complex process spanning many stakeholders and activities. In order to create a good sprint backlog that delivers maximum value to the users with reasonable effort from the developers. The Scrum team needs to constantly work on improving their velocity and keeping their backlog estimated and relevant to the product vision.
For this Scrum provides many different tools like user stories, prioritizing meeting, planning meeting and velocity tracking using the burn-down chart.
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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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