Domain 1 of 5

Scrum Foundations

Scrum theory and the five scrum values, the scrum team, the events with their timeboxes, and the three artifacts with their commitments. Scrum Alliance requires these objectives to be covered before or during every CSPO course.

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Concepts in this domain

01Empiricism and the three pillarsScrum is founded on empiricism and lean thinking. Transparency, inspection and adaptation are the pillars that make empirical process control work.02The Scrum ValuesCommitment, Focus, Openness, Respect and Courage, the five values that make the three empirical pillars work in practice.03The Scrum TeamOne team of ten or fewer people, with three accountabilities and no sub-teams or hierarchies, responsible for all product-related activities.04Self-managementThe Scrum Team decides who does what, when and how, and the Scrum Master's job is to make that possible rather than to direct it.05Cross-functionalityThe Scrum Team holds every skill needed to create value each Sprint, without depending on people outside the team.06How the Scrum Master servesA true leader who serves the Scrum Team, the Product Owner and the organisation, and is accountable for the Scrum Team's effectiveness.07The SprintA fixed-length event of one month or less that contains all the other events, and the container in which ideas turn into value.08Sprint PlanningThe event that starts a Sprint, timeboxed to a maximum of eight hours for a one-month Sprint, addressing three topics.09The IncrementA concrete stepping stone toward the Product Goal, additive to all prior Increments and verified to work together with them.10The Definition of DoneThe shared standard for what "finished" means, a commitment to the Increment, and the thing that stops undone work accumulating invisibly.11The Product BacklogAn emergent, ordered list of what is needed to improve the product, and the single source of work undertaken by the Scrum Team.

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Three Sprints into a new product, usage data shows that the feature the team has been building for six weeks is opened by four per cent of users. The Product Owner suggests carrying on because the work is nearly finished and stopping now would waste the effort so far. Which response is most consistent with empiricism?

AFinish the feature, because abandoning nearly complete work wastes the investment already made.
BAdapt the Product Backlog now on the basis of what has been observed, and treat the six weeks as already spent regardless of the decision.
CContinue for one more Sprint and decide at the Sprint Review after that.
DEscalate to the sponsor who requested the feature and follow their decision.

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