
Scrum: a Breathtakingly Brief and Agile Introduction

the team needn’t solve problems in the meeting: simply surfacing the issues and deciding which team members will address them is usually sufficient.
Hillary Louise Johnson • Scrum: a Breathtakingly Brief and Agile Introduction
Note the separation in authority: the product owner decides which stories will be considered, but the team members doing the actual work are the ones who decide how much work they can take on.
Hillary Louise Johnson • Scrum: a Breathtakingly Brief and Agile Introduction
The simplest task board consists of three columns: to do, doing and done. Tasks move across the board, providing visibility regarding which tasks are done, which are in progress, and which are yet to be started. This visibility helps the team inspect their current situation and adapt as needed. The board also helps stakeholders see the progress tha
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Part 2: “How will we do it?” In phase two of the sprint planning meeting, the team rolls up its sleeves and begins to decompose the selected stories into tasks.
Hillary Louise Johnson • Scrum: a Breathtakingly Brief and Agile Introduction
The product owner is responsible for recording the requirements, often in the form of user stories (eg, “As a , I want , so that I can ”) and adding them to the product backlog.
Hillary Louise Johnson • Scrum: a Breathtakingly Brief and Agile Introduction
the stakeholders will have feedback and ideas, and the product owner and the team members will gather this feedback, which will help the team to inspect-and-adapt the product. This meeting is not a decision-making meeting.