Explain Agile and Scrum to someone who has never worked in a team.
Answer
- Agile: build software in small increments, get feedback early, adapt to change; values working software, collaboration and responding to change over rigid plans.
- Scrum is a framework: work in fixed sprints (1 to 4 weeks).
- Roles: Product Owner (decides priorities), Scrum Master (helps the process), Developers.
- Artifacts: product backlog (all wanted work), sprint backlog (chosen for this sprint), increment (working result).
- Events: sprint planning, daily stand-up (15 min), sprint review (demo), retrospective (how to improve).
- Kanban alternative: visual board, limit work in progress, continuous flow.
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