Scrum a Agile Approach
Scrum is a software
engineering which falls under agile software development. It consists of series
of steps and predefined roles. The roles are as follows:
Scrum Master
is the one who manages the development process Ex: Project Manager.
Team is the one who do
the analysis, design, implementation, testing etc.
Product Owner
is one for whom the product is being developed.
The scrum follows sprints
(short term plans), each sprint lasts between one or four weeks. The sprint
consists of set of tasks which are to be completed in a specific time frame. Before
each sprint a team meeting takes place and the tasks to be completed in sprint
are identified, followed by estimation of total time the each task in sprint
may consume to commit.
A key principle of
Scrum is its recognition that during a project the customers can change their
minds about what they want and need (often called requirements churn), and that
unpredicted challenges cannot be easily addressed in a traditional predictive or
planned manner. As such, Scrum adopts an empirical approach—accepting that the
problem cannot be fully understood or defined, focusing instead on maximizing
the team’s ability to deliver quickly and respond to emerging requirements.
Like other agile development
methodologies, Scrum can be implemented through a wide range of tools. Many
companies use universal software tools, such as spreadsheets to build and
maintain artifacts such as the sprint backlog. There are also open-source and
proprietary software packages dedicated to management of products under the
Scrum process.
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