Meetings and Documents
While the product vision and project business case are useful, they do not create themselves. There are certain meetings and documents used to create and maintain these tools. Developers are involved in some, but not all, but each of them has a particular purpose for the product vision and project business case.
The product vision meeting gets everyone on board. As soon as a project begins, everyone on the team gathers to create and discuss the product vision. This gives every team member a chance to be heard. If developers have questions or concerns about the product vision, they can ask the product owner directly. Open communication builds trust and encourages the entire team to work toward the common goal that they establish in the product vision.
Early in the process, a JAD or Joint Application Design meeting addresses technical concerns. The Scrum team is able to speak with stakeholders and get business requirements. In addition to business requirements, the Scrum team can work together to create new information systems. Since developers are the more technical role of the Scrum team, they are most likely the ones who will understand what stakeholders need. Plus, the business requirements will ultimately become tasks to go in the product backlog. Developers can see these requirements early, and anticipate future work for the project.
Recommended Further Reading
The following materials may assist you in order to get the most out of this course:
Course Contents
Section 1: Agile Project Management
Section 2: Using the Agile Manifesto to Deliver Change
Section 3: The 12 Agile Principles
Section 4: The Agile Fundamentals
Section 5: The Declaration of Interdependence
Section 6: Agile Development Frameworks
Section 7: Introduction to Scrum
Section 8: Scrum Projects
Section 9: Scrum Project Roles
Section 10: Meet the Scrum Team
Section 11: Building the Scrum Team
Section 12: Scrum in Projects, Programs & Portfolios
Section 13: How to Manage an Agile Project
Section 14: Leadership Styles
Section 15: The Agile Project Life-cycle
Section 16: Business Justification with Agile
Section 17: Calculating the Benefits With Agile
Section 18: Quality in Agile
Section 19: Acceptance Criteria and the Prioritised Product Backlog
Section 20: Quality Management in Scrum
Section 21: Change in Scrum
Section 22: Integrating Change in Scrum
Section 23: Managing Change in Scrum
Section 24: Risk in Scrum
Section 25: Risk Assessment Techniques
Section 26: Initiating an Agile Project
Section 27: Forming the Scrum Team
Section 28: Epics and Personas
Section 29: Creating the Prioritised Product Backlog
Section 30: Conduct Release Planning
Section 31: The Project Business Case
Section 32: Planning in Scrum
Section 33: Scrum Boards
Section 34: Sprint Planning
Section 35: User Stories
Section 36: User Stories and Tasks
Section 37: The Sprint Backlog
Section 38: Implementation of Scrum
Section 39: The Daily Scrum
Section 40: The Product Backlog
Section 41: Scrum Charts
Section 42: Review and Retrospective
Section 43: Scrum of Scrums
Section 44: Validating a Sprint
Section 45: Retrospective Sprint
Section 46: Releasing the Product
Section 47: Project Retrospective
Section 48: The Communication Plan
Section 49: Formal Business Sign-off
Section 50: Scaling Scrum
Section 51: Stakeholders
Section 52: Programs and Portfolios