Meetings or rather term ceremonies, play an essential role in the Agile framework. The Agile framework in today’s world is called the Scrum Framework. Meetings give Agile or Scrum framework regularity and structure. In this framework, all meetings or ceremonies are required to continue the recurring process. This helps identify and solve hurdles in the process. Each meeting has its specific purpose and deadline, it helps improve the productivity level of the team.
Let us have a quick look at how the roles are divided into different elements of the Agile framework.
There are 4 main elements in an agile framework; they are Product Owner, Scrum Master, Developer / Architect and Tester. The below image helps us to understand the responsibilities of all 4 roles.
Scrum is an Agile framework, which helps teams to work together to achieve goals or complete projects. The framework helps teams to organise, learn and experiment with their approach to solve problems.
Scrum is not limited just to a software development team, any team can use it. Scrum basically means a set of roles, tools and meetings which helps the team to manage and structure their work on a day to day basis. The below image demonstrates the process.
Let us look at each element in the process.
A user story is the smallest element of an Agile framework. It is a short and simple explanation of a feature/requirement by a user or customer. This is written by product owners, team, define the Scrum master role.
Format to write User stories.
User Story Types.
In this product backlog items (PBIs) are created by the product owner or stakeholders. Initial prioritization takes place and the definition of ready is established. This takes place during the sprint process and will last up to 1 hr, can be done once or twice a week depending on the sprint requirements.
The goals of Backlog Refinement are:
At this stage, the team meets and discusses the upcoming sprint. To start you need to have few requirements, like prioritize product backlog and team size. The planning should be done on the first day of the sprint. The meeting can go up to 4 hrs depending on the size of the sprint and can be done once per sprint.
The goal of this Sprint Planning Meeting is:
These are short meetings which take place every day by the team. The time duration is between 15 mins to 30 mins. Each team member should answer 3 questions.
What did I do yesterday? What will I do today? Any obstacle which is affecting the progress?
The team should be ready with the list of features or PBIs to be demonstrated. This marks the end of the sprint. The duration can last up to 1 hr or more depending on the sprint size. The sprint review is done just once at the end of the sprint. In this meeting, the goal is to demonstrate the working software, collect feedback and discuss the upcoming sprint. This meeting is attended by the team members, scrum master, product owner, and stakeholders. The meeting is arranged by the product owner and the team.
This meeting is just like the sprint review meeting, happens at the end of the sprint but is attended by team and scrum master only. This meeting can last up to 1 hr and takes place once the sprint has ended. The purpose of this meeting is to the prime directive and have a team discussion on what went well?, What could be improved? Callouts and recognitions. The team discusses the upcoming action items for the next sprint. The meeting is attended only by the team and scrum master.
Agile Ceremonies or Scrum Ceremonies should be implemented in any process to develop a pattern in which the team can maximize their productivity. The framework helps a team to improve collaboration, develop clarity and learn from each other to success.
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