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An Agenda for the Sprint Review While the demo itself is the most prominent part of a sprint review, running an effective review …
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The Core Principles of Agile There is no full set of agreed-upon agile principles. Is this leading to lowering the standards for …
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product backlog product owner What Is a Product? If you work on a Scrum team, you undoubtedly know you should have a product backlog and product …
