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Story

The most important unit of work that a scrum team does is the Story.  The story is a small unit of work that the team does “all at once” and is used to provide either capabilities or chores. Even...

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Epic

Another major topic for discussion here is the Epic, which many think is just a “large story.” However, I like to define epic as an item that can’t be committed to by the team. This could be for a...

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Task

Tasks are the actual units of work the team does when working on a story in a sprint. The story is the item of planning and negotiation, but team often break stories into tasks in order to manage their...

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Terms for the Work We Do

The purpose of scrum is to develop product, often software and other ancillary products based on items in the backlog. In order to talk about this work we use lots of different terms when talking about...

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Capability

First of all, let’s talk about capabilities. Basically, a capability is something that a stakeholder has asked for; and it is something that provides value for that stakeholder. When it comes to be...

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