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Scrum Checklists

Posted by Sprint-IT on Nov 02, 2006 08:04 PM

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Agile
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Scrum ,
Self-organizing Team


The SPRiNT-iT coaches, including Scrum Trainer Boris Gloger, have abstracted the basics from the major Scrum books and added their collective experience to produce the Scrum Checklists mini-book.  This compact collection of checks and actions will enable team members to facilitate all Scrum Meetings and create the Scrum artifacts. 

Free download, buy the print version for 19,90 euro

The Checklists are printed on cover stock and spiral bound, which creates a book that is attractive and easy to handle.  The Overview with coloured index matches the coloured tabs on the right, to give fast access to the different Checklist pages.  Use the blank space on the back of each checklist to document individual conventions and specific adaptations.  Support the author as well as future InfoQ books by purchasing the print copy for only 19,90 euro. 

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About the book

The book is not intended to teach the details of Scrum, and no book will replace intelligent team self-organization.  Instead, this book was created to give trained teams confidence in accomplishing their first Sprints. The full list of topics is explained in an Overview page and tabs down the right edge give fast access to the colour-coded topics:

  • Checklist: Impediment Backlog (an innovation springing up in teams on both sides of the Atlantic)
  • Checklist: General Meeting (basic etiquette for teams moving out of adhoc or chaos processes)
  • Checklist: Estimation Meeting (creating the Product Backlog)
  • Checklist: Sprint Planning Part 1
  • Checklist: Sprint Planning Part 2
  • Checklist: Daily Meeting
  • Checklist: Sprint Review
  • Checklist: Sprint Retrospective
  • Scrum Roles
  • Scrum Artifacts
The authors indicate that the Scrum beginner should strictly follow the Checklists. This will give them confidence to accomplish their first Sprints. Those first success will increase the acceptance of Scrum in their organization.  Experienced Scrum Masters may want to use the Checklists as an adjunct to their own training material. 

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