{"id":193,"date":"2010-06-10T20:16:41","date_gmt":"2010-06-10T18:16:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/complexitymaze.com\/?p=193"},"modified":"2010-06-10T20:16:41","modified_gmt":"2010-06-10T18:16:41","slug":"scrum-cheat-sheet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/complexitymaze.com\/?p=193","title":{"rendered":"Scrum Cheat Sheet"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Scrum Cheat Sheet - click for larger image<\/p><\/div>\n

Often tasked with explaining Scrum to people new to it, we have debated thoroughly about the essentials of Scrum. What should you focus on? In a short presentation you do not get the luxury of being exhaustive and tailoring the explanation to the person you talk to is a great strategy but when speaking to a larger audience not always an option.<\/p>\n

Well, a quick Internet search answers the question with a Scrum Cheat Sheet<\/a>. It sums up the key elements in Scrum without getting you bogged down in details. Of course this is not enough to teach someone Scrum but it can serve as a great conversation starter.<\/p>\n

There are several of the short points on the cheat sheet that deserves highlighting even to functioning Scrum teams and that is a testimony to the quality of the points.<\/p>\n

The two points that are actually highlighted with a different color are some of the vaguer points about Scrum: “DONE” = potentially shippable<\/em> and Visibility+flexibility = Scrum<\/em>. Not neccesarily the MOST important points about Scrum but maybe the author of the cheat sheet has some experiences that makes these points especially important to her.<\/p>\n

Personal experience makes me focus on the following:<\/p>\n