WHAT IS SCRUM? HOW CAN I APPLY IT TO MY ACCOUNTING TEAM?

Scrum (n): A framework within which people can address complex adaptive problems, while productively and creatively delivering products of the highest possible value.

SCRUM USES AN INTERACTIVE, INCREMENTAL  APPROACH TO TEAM ORGANIZATION BUILDING ON THREE KEY PILLARS: TRANSPARENCY, INSPECTION, ADOPTION.

SCRUM USES AN INTERACTIVE, INCREMENTAL  APPROACH TO TEAM ORGANIZATION BUILDING ON THREE KEY PILLARS: TRANSPARENCY, INSPECTION, ADOPTION.

• Transparency – through visible work on a shared board, and shared definition of “done”
• Inspection – several points of inspection of work and progress through the Sprint planning process, daily Stand up meetings, Sprint reviews, and Retrospective meetings.
• Adoption – a flexible and agile process allow changes to be made at any point in the process if upon inspection changes are needed.

Scrum requires a cross functional team has all the necessary skills to complete all the points for that sprint without relying on any other team. this prevents the teams progress and efficiently to be held up by external limitations.

In Scrum a defined time period is called a sprint.  A sprint is usually 2 to 4 weeks in which the team decides how many points they believe they can complete during the sprint.  Everything else must wait until the next sprint. Teams will improve over time by better estimating what can be accomplished during the sprint.  At the end of every sprint the team reviews the past sprint it what is called a retrospective and discusses how to optimize the process with improvements.

ROLES: PRODUCT OWNER, SCRUM MASTER, TEAM MEMBERS

Product Owner – identifies work that needs to be complete

Scrum Master – Helps maximize the value of the team and is responsible for making sure the team follows the Scrum rules.

Team Members – are professionals that are self-organizing, cross-functional with all the skills and abilities to get the work identified by the product owner “done”.