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Literal Meaning of Ceremony: a formal religious or public occasion, especially one celebrating a particular event, achievement, or anniversary. Ceremony : I love this word ceremony. Even before you say anything everyone gets an Idea something to celebrate and exactly what it is. Everyone gathers, talk to each other and celebrate their achievements. Ceremony Participants Time Purpose Sprint 0 Complete SCRUM Team (Scrum Master, Product Owner, Development Team) Once at starting. Before Sprint 1 Normally if Need arises normally before start of first Sprint. a) Set up an initial architecture (development, quality assurance, test environments) so that the team can hit the ground developing on day 1 of sprint 1 b) Identify initial product backlog, so there is a robust backlog to prioritize for sprint 1 c) Schedule required ceremonies d) Prepare preliminary design that can be used as a foundation for the first stories, but that can be refactored and added to as the project pr...

Hey all, Hope you doing well. So when I take you all with me on my Journey of implementing AGILE/SCRUM, the first obvious question you may ask: Why AGILE? Of course why, I mean life has been so planned in Waterfall Model, all stages planned, lined up one after another so why do I switch to AGILE? Waterfall methodology was so planned that’s exactly the greatest weakness. How many times, your projects went exactly the way you listed at requirement stage. You have to have physic powers or be Nostradamus to foresee and list each and every requirement beforehand. Never will that happen. Our projects, requirements change due to many factors, client requirement, market conditions, technological upgrades, competition and lot more. Benefits of AGILE 1.  Stakeholder Engagement AGILE provides multiple opportunities for stakeholder and team engagement – before, during, and after each Sprint. By involving the client in every step of the project, there is a high degree of collabo...