Scrum instance with User Stories as functional Product Backlog

Meeting Participants Agenda Purpose Outcome/Deliverables

User Story PO, SHs, SM Write many “one- High-level PB with User Stories
Workshop liner” stories requirements classifieds as themes
regular, epics and as functional
defines themes requirements
Prioritization, Buy PO, SHs, SM, Compare relative Define priority Functional PB (User
the future priority in terms and order of User Stories) with priority
of business value Stories order
and determine
order
Add additional PO, SM, Team Add Complement Expanded PB with
PBIs infrastructure functional altered order
PBIs including requirements (dependencies)
ordering or with additional
interlacing with work
User Stories
Planning Poker PO, SM, Team Compare selected Determine PB with relative sizes
PBIs to a relative size of a
reference story selected number
of PBIs (could be
all PBIs)
Architectural PO, SM, Team, or Analyze each Provide high-level User Stories with
Scan selected story (epics or logical architectural patterns
members of regulars), and architectural in notes
Team determine guidance
architectural or
design patterns
Release Planning PO, SM, Team Order and assign Agree to contents PB with tentative PBIs
PB to different of MVP for next assigned for the
Sprints using release Sprints
business value,
dependencies
and capability
User Acceptance PO, SM, SHs Add UATs to PB Elaborate User Stories with
Grooming typically users, for 1-3 Sprints = functional UATs
Team grooming 1 requirements
through UATs
Sprint Planning PO, SM, Team Agree to PBIs for Finalize the Sprint PB, tasks for it
a Sprint, contents and goal
Volunteer for of a Sprint. Build
work, provide a product
tasks for Sprint increment.
Backlog == Isolate work for
grooming 2 the team.
Daily Scrum SM, Team Answer 3 Provide empirical Collaborations among
 questions: what process team members, up-
did you do? management for to-date Sprint Backlog
What will you do how to
with new implement PBIs
estimates? What
issues or
impediments?
Sprint Review PO, Team, SM, Review or Provide assurance PBIs in the Sprint that
SHs demonstrate to the PO that need more work
contents of the progress has been
Sprint made, provide
positive
reinforcement to
the team
Retrospective Team, SM Provide input on Allow the team to List of proposed
what worked, and improve by self- improvements as PBIs
what could be analysis to present to the PO
improved
PB Refactoring PO, SM Add or modify Retargeting the Modified PB
PBIs in backlog project: Provide
with new content, empirical process
sizes and management for
priorities WHAT to do next