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Learning. Well, that never stops. The quest to do more, to dwell and indulge in new horizons is never quenched.  IT world and Project Management, it's a beast and transformer, isn't it, changing its shape, size, strategy with each blink of an eye…. As a Project Manager, my quest to implement industry best practices is always on to get the best of my Project and Team. The last couple of years have been topsy-turvy but all for good. The paradigm shift from my blood oath believes (Waterfall) to AGILE. Hereby I am starting series of Articles where I will take you all through my journey of AGILE Implementation specifically SCRUM. Starting with some theory (bear with me) and then will sail through how I implemented AGILE (SCRUM). Till now two articles published 1.      https://vijvipin.wordpress.com/2018/05/21/agile-scrum/ 2.      https://vijvipin.wordpress.com/2018/05/24/scrum-roles-and-responsibilities/ Well, today is Frid...

Learning to implement SCRUM… Before we dwell on details of same let’s get familiar with some Roles and their responsibilities. AGILE/SCRUM projects have different Roles and Responsibilities than that in the conventional waterfall model. Let understand them all. If you read about  AGILE Manifesto  the first value is:  Individuals and interactions over processes and tools So first thing first let’s create the team and understand who all we need to bring SCRUM to reality. So following are the Roles and their Responsibilities they execute. 1. Scrum Master:  The person who ensures the team keeps to the values and practices of Scrum, sort of like a coach. The Scrum Master is considered to be the top-dog in every organization because companies usually hire them and don’t treat them as permanent employees that are why they are with no authority. It is their duty to remove all the hindrance or obstruction in the way of achieving any goal. It is also their rol...