Fond of Rugby? Then Scrum would be a recognizable term for you. The scrummage arrangement of rugby players works similar to that of the Scrum team. Hirotaka Takeuchi and Ikujiro Nonaka in the mid 80’s defined a flexible and all-inclusive product development strategy where the development team works as a unit to reach a common goal. The rugby concept of…
Scrum Non-core Roles – An Insight
In Scrum the non-core roles are those roles which are not mandatorily required for the Scrum project. They may not be continuously or directly involved in the Scrum process. They are not accountable for the success of the Scrum Project. However, knowing non-core roles is important as they could play a significant part in the projects. Non-core roles can…
A Scrum Master Wears Multiple Hats
Flexibility and speed are the need of the hour. The use of Scrum framework to deliver projects has enabled organizations to go to market with their products and services faster than ever. To adopt the Scrum framework correctly and produce the outcomes the organizations require, they need to have an expert on the team — The Scrum Master! A Scrum…
Scrum Meetings – Source of Transparency and Information
Open communication and transparency play crucial role in Scrum projects. Unlike the popular view that most meetings are waste of time, Scrum lays a lot of emphasis on conducting highly focused, time-boxed and effective meetings to allow transparency and free flow of information. In this article we are going to briefly look at some of the more important meetings in…
Scrum Framework – Artifacts that Matter
What are artifacts? Well if we roughly translate the Latin roots of the word, it translates to “Work of Art”. Artifacts can be understood as something that we create. It could be something like a tool that can be used to solve a problem. In the context of Scrum, we work with three fundamental artifacts necessary to deliver a Scrum…
ITIL and Scrum
In recent times, additional certifications such as ITIL, PRINCE2, COBIT, PMP and SCRUM have been sought both by professionals and organizations in order for modifying an existing service or for designing a new service to the required business standards. Now let us see the advantages of SCRUM and ITIL: ITIL … Source: MyITstudy Blog | MyITstudy Blog Click here and…
ITIL implementation and Agile
The answer to the nagging question as to whether ITIL best practices and Agile can be used together is a big YES! Agile’s enhanced and rapid development benefits ITIL as this provides an opportunity for needing a well-structured framework and established rules for governance. Providing the focus of the improvement … Source: MyITstudy Blog | MyITstudy Blog Click here and…
How ITIL can improve information security
There are many ways that ITIL can improve how organizations implement and manage information security. Often it is thought that information security is a cost centre to business. However ITIL helps in keeping the business and information security focused. Here the business process owners and IT discuss information security services … Source: MyITstudy Blog | MyITstudy Blog Click here and…
Where is ITIL headed to?
ITIL is an acronym for IT Infrastructure Library. The Best Management Practice website defines ITIL as a”…cohesive set of best-practice guidance drawn from public and private sectors internationally”. It helps service providers with guidance on IT services, processes and so on. On 1st July, 2013 AXELOS was announced as the company … Source: MyITstudy Blog | MyITstudy Blog Click here and…
CompTIA Network+ Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) – Part 3
In the previous article we have discussed in detail about different types of protocols viz. PPTP, L2TP and IPSec. The fourth type of VPN protocol is SSL VPN. SSL VPN (Secure Sockets Layer VPN) SSL VPN is another type of a virtual private network which can be easily integrated with … Source: MyITstudy Blog | MyITstudy Blog Click here and…