(If you're new to scrum, here's a quick video primer on the topic of the history of scrum and its components...)
User Stories - Short to epic statements told from the perspective of the user.
The Iceberg - A pyramid of backlog items which appear in groups of small Items at the top and larger scope items in the middle and bottom.
Kano Analysis - The process of using exciters/delighters, linear, and mandatory features to adjust the priority of features in the product backlog.
Kano Analysis Process - Here's a glimpse of what the process looks like in action...
Theme Screening - Identify the selection criteria for what is important and evaluate against the baseline (mandatory) features.
Baseline Theme - The baseline theme is one that is likely but not guaranteed to be included in the upcoming release.
Theme Scoring - Similar to Theme Screening but avoids category compression by adding a weighting system. Doesn't have a single baseline theme but instead offers reference themes per attribute.
Relative Weighing - a prioritization approach that considers both the positive benefit of the presence of a feature and the negative impact of its absence.
Other Neat Recommendations that popped out:
- spend 10% of each iteration (sprint) working on the next iteration
- avoid including backlog features in the sprint that can not be encapsulated
- groom the product backlog often
- survey of 20-30 users is large enough to qualify as a quick representative sample
