Scrum Project Roles – Part 8
Larger Teams
As a scrum team gets larger, so does the amount of communication needed to ensure collaboration. As a Scrum Master, you should consider what is needed for the team and how complex the project working on is. Larger teams tend to be necessary for larger, more complex work.
Larger Teams
Teams need to be big enough to allow the work to be done. Sometimes if a project is larger and more complex, it will require more developers. Larger companies also tend to have larger teams since there will often be larger, more complex projects. However, teams can get too large. If a Product Owner comes to you and wants a 16-man team, a Scrum Master should consider whether it is necessary and how it will affect the use of Scrum.
Scrum Masters should consider how many development team members are needed to effectively get the work done while allowing for effective communication and efficient collaboration. When teams are too large, it can be harder to keep meetings time-boxed, communication becomes harder and more time and effort will be needed on the Scrum Master’s part to keep the team working effectively.
Essentially, from a Scrum Master’s point of view, larger teams tend to require too much coordination between the team to keep things running smoothly and effectively. The larger the team becomes; the more time is needed to keep the team on track and working efficiently.
Scrum Masters should consider the ramifications and pitfalls that can happen when teams get too large and complex. If a Product Owner comes to you and insists on a team size that seems too large to effectively handle, suggesting that the team split into two teams that work parallel to each other can help alleviate some of the problems associated with large teams.
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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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