Scrum and Lean Principles

Scrum is an agile framework that helps teams deliver complex products through collaboration and iterative progress. It's built on empiricism—making decisions based on what's known through experience and observation. Scrum has three pillars: transparency, inspection, and adaptation. Scrum defines three roles: Product Owner (manages product backlog and maximizes value), Scrum Master (promotes Scrum practices and removes impediments), and Developers (build product increments). The framework includes events like Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint Review, and Sprint Retrospective, each serving a specific purpose in the empirical process. Lean principles complement Scrum by focusing on value delivery and waste elimination. These principles include: 1. Optimize the whole: Focus on total system performance rather than local optimizations 2. Eliminate waste: Remove anything that doesn't add value (waiting time, partially done work, task switching) 3. Build quality in: Address quality issues as they occur instead of delaying fixes 4. Deliver fast: Maintain steady flow and short cycle times 5. Create knowledge: Learn continuously and document learning 6. Defer commitment: Make decisions at the last responsible moment with maximum information 7. Respect people: Empower team members and trust their expertise Scrum teams apply these Lean principles by maintaining a clear Definition of Done, limiting work in progress, focusing on delivering value each Sprint, and continuously improving through retrospectives. Both Scrum and Lean emphasize empirical process control, continuous improvement, and respect for people. When combined effectively, they create a powerful approach for delivering complex products while adapting to changing requirements and maintaining high quality.

Scrum is an agile framework that helps teams deliver complex products through collaboration and iterative progress. It's built on empiricism—making decisions based on what's known through experience …

Concepts covered: Scrum Meetings (Daily Stand-Up), Agile Values and Principles, Roles in Scrum, Lean Principles