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The Professional Scrum Master Guide

You're reading from   The Professional Scrum Master Guide The unofficial guide to Scrum with real-world projects

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jul 2021
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781800205567
Length 174 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Fred Heath Fred Heath
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Table of Contents (16) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Section 1:The Scrum Framework
2. Chapter 1: Introduction to Scrum FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 2: Scrum Theory and Principles 4. Chapter 3: The Scrum Team 5. Chapter 4: Scrum Events 6. Chapter 5: Scrum Artifacts 7. Section 2:Scrum in Action
8. Chapter 6: Planning and Estimating with Scrum 9. Chapter 7: The Sprint Journey 10. Chapter 8: Facets of Scrum 11. Section 3:The PSM Certification
12. Chapter 9: Preparing for the PSM I Assessment 13. Assessments 14. Other Books You May Enjoy 15. Index

The pillars of empiricism

Just like a house needs pillars in order to be supported and withstand bad weather or earthquakes, so does a development framework need pillars to support it and make it resistant to adverse effects. For an empirical approach, such as Scrum, these pillars are Inspection, Adaptation, and Transparency.

The pillars of empiricism are summarized in the following diagram:

Figure 2.1 – The pillars of empiricism

Let's examine what each of these pillars means.

Inspection

As mentioned in Chapter 1, Introduction to Scrum, Scrum Teams produce certain artifacts. According to the Scrum Guide, Scrum practitioners should inspect Scrum Artifacts when these are being produced. Inspections should be honest and thorough, but they should not take over or obstruct the development work.

We have actually already mentioned one of these artifacts: the Increment. Increments, as well as the other artifacts that we'll examine in...

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