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Scrum

Theory & Values

Scrum isbasedonthetheoryofempiricalprocesscontrol.

Empiricismmeansthatknowledgeisgainedfromexperience

and decisionsaremadeonthebasis oftheknown.Scrum

followsaniterativeapproachtooptimizeforecastingreliability

and controlling risks. Each empirical process control is

supportedbythreepillars.

adaptation

Transparency

inspection

Scrum

Transparency

Theessentialaspectsoftheprocessmustbevisibletothoseresponsiblefortheoutcome.

Transparencyrequiresthattheseaspectsbedefinedaccordingtoacommonstandard,so

thatviewersshareacommonunderstandingofwhattheysee.

Verification

Usersmustperiodicallyreviewtheartifactsandprogressagainstthesprintgoaltodetect

undesirabledeviations.Theirinvestigationsshouldnotbesofrequentthattheyhinderthe

work.

Customization

Ifanauditorfindsthataspectsoftheprocessdeviatefromacceptablelimitsandthatthe

resultingproductwillbeunacceptable,theprocessorthematerialtobeprocessedmustbe

adapted.Theadjustmentmustbemadeasquicklyaspossibleinordertominimizefurther

deviations.