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| Word/Term | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Backlog | The list of everything that could be done by the project team if time was not a factor |
| BDD - Behaviour Driven Development | BDD aims to help focus development on the delivery of prioritised, verifiable business value by providing a common specification language, that spans the divide between business and tech |
| Blocker | Something that prevents one or more stories being completed. It is the job of the scrum master to help remove these blockers |
| Burndown | A chart that shows the amount of effort or number of stories that are in the backlog and how they are being completed over time |
| Confluence | The web application where we store all the project information that supports the backlog - linked to Jira |
| Discovery | The first phase of a project approach (before alpha) |
| DBC | Designated Body Code |
| Epic | The highest level of requirement in the backlog |
| Jira | The web application where we store the backlog, run the sprints and communicate on progress |
| Scrum Master | A member of the team who facilitates the activities so that the sprint can complete. Also monitors and reports on progress to the wider stakeholders |
| Sprint | The short period of activity in which the commited team complete the taskts that they have agreeed to complete |
| Sprint Planning | The meeting at the start of each spring where all the commited team agree what tasks/stories should be brought into that sprint |
| Standup | The daily meeting at which all commited team members update the team on their progress |
| Story | The user story that describes a requirment in the form of a user e.g as a user... I want to… so that I can…. |
| Velocity | The term used to describe measuring the progress of a sprint |