====== How Would You Describe Scrum in a Nutshell? ======
 
  * Split your organization
    * Small, cross-functional, self-organizing teams
    * Split your work
    * Small, concrete deliverables
    * Assign someone to be responsible for the work item list and to sort the list by priority
    * Assign someone to be responsible for coaching and facilitating the team
    * Implementation team estimates the relative size of each work item
  * Split time
    * Short fixed-length iterations (Usually 2 Weeks long, but Between 1 – 4 weeks)
    * Potentially shippable solutions demonstrated after each iteration
  * Optimize the release plan
    * Update priorities in collaboration with the customer, based on insights gained by inspecting the release after each iteration
  * Optimize the process 
    * Retrospective after each iteration

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