Zombie Scrum

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Definition of Zombie Scrum

Any of the Scrums that the Scrum Guide replaced; they don’t have a Team Captain and/or they commit to completing their Sprint Backlogs.

See:

Team Captain, The Team Member accountable for maximizing the value of the Scrum Team’s Work. Each Team must have its own Team Captain to ‘call the plays’ about what work the Team...
Sprint Backlog A ‘living document’ that consists of the Stories the Team has brought into the Sprint, along with their definitions of “Done” and (possibly) Tasks.

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