Transparency is essential to Scrum since it enables everyone to see and understand what is actually occurring throughout each sprint, resulting in increased and improved team trust.
1) Closer cooperation and quicker feedback
The team should be open and honest in their work practices. This includes collaborating with stakeholders frequently, getting to know them, allowing feedback to flow both ways, and sharing the risk of going in a particular direction.
2) Create more visible work in progress
Sprint Boards and Burndown Charts are the conventional ways for tracking progress against sprint goals, so the team can make progress apparent. It is always good to have a status dashboard or a report that illustrates progress at all planning levels, from sprint all the way up to vision, so that everyone in the team will be aware what is being worked on and when each task will be finished.
3) Unlimited access to current information
The flow of information must be reciprocal. The same rules apply to stakeholders and product roles, especially for those who interact directly with a team. To ensure that the team is aware of the broad objectives and expectations they agreed to meet, product direction might be made visible to them in the form of roadmaps, release schedules, definition of done.
4) Role of Scrum Master
In Scrum, Product Owner, Developers, and other parties must collaborate with the Scrum Master to determine whether the events and artifacts are entirely transparent. In the lack of perfect transparency, the Scrum Master must assist everyone in using best practices. By looking at the artifacts, noticing trends, paying close attention to what is being said, and spotting discrepancies between expected and actual results, a Scrum Master can spot incomplete transparency.
5) Events with Transparency
Every Scrum event, including Planning, Daily Scrum, Review, and Retrospective, is a formal chance to examine and modify something. These occasions were planned with the express purpose of facilitating crucial transparency and examination. A missed chance to examine and adjust outcomes from leaving out any one of these occurrences, which reduces transparency.
6) The openness of Artifacts
The Product Backlog and Sprint Backlog are examples of Scrum artifacts that operate as information radiators for each stage of the Scrum process. The team is provided with information that is easily seen and comprehended so they are aware of the trends in product development. Making wise selections depends heavily on the information being accessible and understandable.
7) Definition of Done
The Definition of Done and transparency are closely related concepts. The likelihood of work going unfinished is decreased when the Definition of "Done" is formally established, and transparency is increased when progress is measured in clear terms (either "Done" or "Not Done").