SCRUM!

What is Scrum?

"Scrum is an agile project management framework that helps teams structure and manage their work through a set of values, principles, and practices" - Atlassian

Scrum Actors

Product Owner: Backlogs the list of things that need to be done

Team: Responsible for delivering shippable increments and estimating backlog items 

Scrum Master: Responsible for managing the overall scrum process, removing obstacles, facilitating events, and helping communication

Sprint Ceremony

Part 1

When: At the start of each sprint

What: Dev team moves items from product backlog to sprint backlog

Who: Dev Team, Product Owner, Scrum Master

How Long: ~6 hours for 4-week sprint

Part 2

When: Daily

What: Each team member answers 3 questions: what was done yesterday, what needs to be done today, identify obstacles

Who: Dev Team, Scrum Master

How Long: ~15 minutes

Part 3

When: At the end of each sprint

What: Dev team demos product increments to stakeholders; product backlog is revised as needed; product may be released

Who: Entire Scrum Team + Stakeholders

How Long: ~3 hours for a 4-week sprint

Part 4

When: At the end of each sprint

What: Scrum team reflects upon the 'process': what went well, room for improvement, experiments to be conducted in the next sprint

Who: Entire scrum team

How Long: ~2 hours for 4-week sprint

This implementation also served to maintain accountability regarding each individual's contributions to the app. It streamlined the process of sharing our contributions and identifying potential critical errors in our code. This was achieved by necessitating that our code branches pass through the checkstyle before merging with the main branch, ensuring a higher standard of code quality and reducing the likelihood of introducing bugs or inconsistencies.