Traci Moore
- Transparency
- Inspection
- Adaptation
- Transparency
- Inspection
- Adaptation
- All team members must share a common language to refer to the overall process.
- The definition of "Done": For the team that is performing the work and inspecting the result, they should agree upon the definition of what is concerned 'done'.
- The main motive of transparency is to build trust among team members which eventually results in the successful completion of tasks and the overall project's success.
- “Transparency enables inspection. Inspection without transparency is misleading and wasteful.”- Scrum
In Scrum we make important decisions based on all three Artifacts:
- Product Backlog
- Sprint Backlog
- Increment
The work to be done is made visible in both the Product & Sprint Backlog so that the team can make decisions towards overall product development and set Sprint Goals that will lead to an MVP delivery. The Increment itself needs to be inspected and transparent to all so that it helps make better decisions, decreases the potential; for risk, and improves the value of product delivery to our clients.
- Sprint Review is a great time for inspection. This involves the external stakeholders to facilitate inspection from outside of the Scrum team. They will also verify that the Scrum team is on the right track in their development and offer feedback to adjust the course rapidly if needed.
- Inspection not only involves the products being developed by the team, but also includes the overall processes, people, practices, and continuous improvements of the overall product.
- “Inspection enables adaptation. Inspection without adaptation is considered pointless. Scrum events are designed to provoke change.” - Scrum
Scrum believes that the process of development can be improved by learning from past implementations. It works because it adheres to the Agile principles of iterative, value-based incremental delivery. This is achieved by gathering stakeholder feedback and accepting changes. The Three Pillars of Empiricism are very beneficial to overall product development. These benefits are items like faster time to market, increased stakeholder responsiveness, enhanced quality, ability to change direction by managing priorities, better delivery predictability, and improved risk management. These are just a few examples of reasons why Scrum has been successful among all different types of industries and why these three pillars are worked in throughout the processes of Scrum.
